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Legislative Drafting Step-by-step

Author : Arthur J. Rynearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611633801
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Drafting Step-by-step written by Arthur J. Rynearson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legislative Drafting Step-by-Step is a practical, step-by-step guide to drafting legislation. This "how to" book untangles the web of confusion and technical detail that surrounds legislative drafting and presents drafting in an easy-to-understand way. In so doing, legislative drafting is shown to be a fun, intellectually engaging endeavor and not an intimidating prospect to be dreaded. In short, this concise, user-friendly guide seeks to de-mystify legislative drafting. Legislative Drafting Step-by-Step includes the following: * A five-step framework for analysis to guide the drafter in converting any legislative proposal into an actual bill, resolution, or amendment. * Easy-to-learn rules to carry out each step of drafting. * More than 150 examples of draft legislative language. * 19 charts and tables illustrating the text. * 9 drafting exercises, together with the answers, to test drafting skills. * A description of the United States legislative process, as viewed by a legislative drafter. * 16 House and Senate bill, resolution, and amendment forms. Legislative Drafting Step-by-Step is designed to assist legislators, their staffs, and all who read or write legislation to better understand the basics of legislative drafting and the important role that well written legislation plays in promoting the rule of law. To this end, this guide may be used either as an essential reference tool for any office drafting legislation or as an introduction to legislative drafting for anyone seeking to learn the craft. Legislative Drafting Step-by-Step is copublished by the International Law Institute. "The people who are best at doing things are not always equally adept at explaining what they do and how they do it. That is why I am so pleased that we have Arthur Rynearson''s Legislative Drafting Step-by-Step to explain, carefully and lucidly, how bills and other legislative documents are drafted for consideration by Congress in Washington. This book should be required reading for every Representative and Senator, every congressional staffer involved in the legislative process, every lobbyist, and every lawyer and law student who is interested in public policy and how it is made. ...[A] careful reader will come to appreciate Mr. Rynearson''s enthusiasm for and pride in his chosen profession. ...What they also will come to appreciate is that there are so many serious and dedicated people like Mr. Rynearson who devote their professional lives to enabling our government to do what we want it to do." -- Dr. Stanley Bach (Amazon.com review) "Mr. Rynearson has produced a guide for the legislative drafter that is both concise and complete. It is very well organized and presents a very complicated subject as clearly and directly as possible. Throughout the book, Mr. Rynearson has included drafting problems that are perfectly conceived to test the reader''s understanding of each of the teaching points presented. And he very thoughtfully provides answers for the exercises at the end of the book. The book concludes with a series of appendices that should be very helpful to the aspiring drafter. All-in-all, Legislative Drafting Step-by-Step is a highly readable and useful introduction to the art of legislative drafting, but it would also serve well as an excellent refresher course for the experienced drafter." -- Francis L. ("Frank") Burk, Jr., Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate, 1991-1999, and currently self-employed as a legislative drafting consultant "Arthur Rynearson''s quarter century career as legislative draftsman, ultimately as Deputy Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate, enables him to draw on the experience of drafting literally thousands of legislative instruments for the US Senate. [...] There is a very detailed table of contents, a useful index and more than 50 pages of exercises (and answers!). To conclude: it has been an almost unadulterated pleasure to read this book. I heartily recommend it." -- Don Wallace, Jr., Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and Chairman, International law Institute

Legislative Drafting Step-by-step

Author : Arthur J. Rynearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781531006747
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Drafting Step-by-step written by Arthur J. Rynearson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

SketchBook

Author : Pet Book
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book SketchBook written by Pet Book and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notebook for Drawing - Writing - Painting - Sketching or Doodling Unlined Sheet Notebook Marble Size 8.5inchx11inch There is room for drawing or writing notes -tories - and ideas High quality paper means minimalhow-through even when you use heavy ink Perfect gift idea for kids - girls - boys - teens - tweens - and adults who love writing

Legislative Drafter's Deskbook

Author : Tobias A. Dorsey
Publisher : TheCapitol.Net Inc
ISBN 13 : 1587330156
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Drafter's Deskbook written by Tobias A. Dorsey and published by TheCapitol.Net Inc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legislative Drafter's Deskbook offers practical advice and insight for those engaged in legislative drafting, those more interested in policy than drafting itself, or those interested in reading and interpreting the law. The Legislative Drafter's Deskbook helps anyone understand why laws are drafted the way they are. This book explains why laws are drafted the way they are. Legislative drafting is - to the extent it is writing at all - the form of writing used for legislative measures, a category that covers original bills and resolutions as well as amendments. Ultimately, legislative drafting is the form of writing used for enacted law. The focus of this book is on legislative drafting for the Congress of the United States, but many, if not most, of the principles described here apply just as well to drafting for other legislatures. As forms of writing go, drafting is not freewheeling like poetry, nor showy like rhetoric, nor personal like a novel. Drafting is disciplined, rigorous, and analytical. Done well, drafting can also be creative, elegant, and clever. (Unfortunately, drafting is not always done well.) The purpose of this book is to provide practical advice on drafting to anyone who does, or may, engage in drafting, and indirectly to provide insight into the drafting process to other interested people. For example, this book is for people who are more interested in policy than in drafting, but want to understand why drafters operate the way they do. It is also for people who are more interested in reading and interpreting the law than in drafting, but want to understand why laws are drafted the way they are. It is hoped that this book will be accessible to beginners while remaining valuable to veterans. The traditional method of training drafters is to train them on the job; the consensus is that drafting is best learned holistically, on a case-by-case basis. For that reason this book is best used as a resource, not a course. It is a supplement to, not a substitute for, the learning that comes from experience. The author designed this book to answer the variety of questions about drafting that arise daily in the work of individuals with a professional interest in how bills, resolutions, and laws are drafted. The approach used here is pragmatic: You will find no linguistic theories or esoteric conundrums discussed here. What you will find is solid advice for everyday drafting projects. "A masterful work. It is comprehensive and exceptionally well written. It is an essential tool for anyone who drafts legislation or interprets the law." -- William K. Suter, Clerk of the United States Supreme Court "An essential and indispensable book, both as a reference work and as a thorough introduction to Federal legislative drafting." -- Frank Burk, Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate 1991-1998 "The succinct and thorough assessment of good legislative drafting techniques provides a set of 'best practices' for drafters at all levels of government." -- Elizabeth Garrett, Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, University of Southern California "State legislative drafters will also greatly appreciate this work." -- Bruce Feustel, Senior Fellow, NCSL Summary of Contents 1. Being a Drafter 2. Understanding How Laws Are Made 3. Considering the Courts: Statutory Interpretation 4. Thinking Through the Policy 5. Choosing the Right Measure 6. Writing Effectively 7. Organizing and Arranging 8. Using the Right Style 9. Affecting and Amending Other Laws 10. Working in, and Working with, the Executive Branch Appendices Back of the Book Table of Cases Table of Constitutional Provisions Table of Statutes at Large Table of Public Laws Table of U.S. Code Sections Index Complete Table of Contents online at www.LegislativeDraftersDeskbook.com

Drafting Legislation

Author : Constantin Stefanou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317148266
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Drafting Legislation written by Constantin Stefanou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drafting Legislation sets out to prove Sir William Dale's doctrine that the rules for drafting good quality legislation are the same in common and civil systems of law. Legislative solutions can therefore serve the drafter, the judge and the practitioner of any jurisdiction. The book discusses the general issue of quality in legislation from the legislative process to the actual drafting interpretation and enforcement. It also analyzes topics related to quality in legislation such as clarity, precision and disambiguity, plain language and gender-neutral language and assesses whether Sir William's view of universality in the definition and elements of quality in legislation is right or not. The volume is of critical interest to students and scholars of European law and the philosophy and theory of law.

Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, 2nd ed.

Author : Sandra L. Strokoff
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1452263957
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Book Synopsis Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, 2nd ed. by : Sandra L. Strokoff

Download or read book Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, 2nd ed. written by Sandra L. Strokoff and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference is a practical guide to the drafting of federal and state laws for law and public policy students, and legal, lobbying, and legislative professionals. It contains a treasure trove of information that sets forth solid drafting principles in language that is easy to understand. It offers an introduction to the concept and the process of bill drafting along with step-by-step details of all the issues associated with crafting legislative bills or agency regulations. The new and updated second edition captures how the work of legislative drafting has changed dramatically since the first edition because of the impact of word processing and the Internet in the drafting process. It features: Chapter length treatments of the issues associated with crafting bill preliminaries, provisions, amendatory provisions, and style and usage Discussion of emerging issues such as pay/go, budget, appropriations procedures, practical political realities, court treatment of statutory construction principles, and other factors that have emerged to make the process of drafting and amending legislation more complex Helpful compare/contrast exercises derived from poorly drafted bills Coverage of new issues such as the unintended consequences of legislation and how to make technical corrections to statutes New material on drafting regulations for federal and state executive branch personnel

Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, 2nd ed.

Author : Lawrence E. Filson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0872894118
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (728 download)

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Book Synopsis Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, 2nd ed. by : Lawrence E. Filson

Download or read book Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference, 2nd ed. written by Lawrence E. Filson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference is a practical guide to the drafting of federal and state laws for law and public policy students, and legal, lobbying, and legislative professionals. It contains a treasure trove of information that sets forth solid drafting principles in language that is easy to understand. It offers an introduction to the concept and the process of bill drafting along with step-by-step details of all the issues associated with crafting legislative bills or agency regulations. The new and updated second edition captures how the work of legislative drafting has changed dramatically since the first edition because of the impact of word processing and the Internet in the drafting process. It features: Chapter length treatments of the issues associated with crafting bill preliminaries, provisions, amendatory provisions, and style and usage Discussion of emerging issues such as pay/go, budget, appropriations procedures, practical political realities, court treatment of statutory construction principles, and other factors that have emerged to make the process of drafting and amending legislation more complex Helpful compare/contrast exercises derived from poorly drafted bills Coverage of new issues such as the unintended consequences of legislation and how to make technical corrections to statutes New material on drafting regulations for federal and state executive branch personnel

Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change

Author : Ann Seidman
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041197931
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Book Synopsis Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change by : Ann Seidman

Download or read book Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change written by Ann Seidman and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A. The law part

Commonwealth Legislative Drafting Manual

Author : Roger Rose
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
ISBN 13 : 1849291691
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Commonwealth Legislative Drafting Manual written by Roger Rose and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Commonwealth Legislative Drafting Manual guides the practitioner step by step through the various things he or she needs to know. It also contains a series of appendices relating to the procedure for the preparation of legislation, the contents of drafting instructions, and some hints to the beginner on the best approaches to the task.

LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING.

Author : J. PAUL. SALEMBIER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780433486909
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING. written by J. PAUL. SALEMBIER and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference

Author : Lawrence E. Filson
Publisher : Cq Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568020082
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference written by Lawrence E. Filson and published by Cq Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily an all-purpose manual for individuals who may be called on to draft legislation, but also a picture of what legislative drafting involves and how it fits into the legislative process as a whole. Includes a comprehensive list of drafting rules, principles, and forms applicable to all types of bills at all levels of government and a section on matters of form, style, and procedure that are specifically involved in bill drafting at the federal level. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Legislative Process

Author : Bilika H. Simamba
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1449002218
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Legislative Process written by Bilika H. Simamba and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People are generally aware that legislation is introduced through Bills that are sent to the legislature, usually by the executive, and then passed into law. Few, however, are familiar with the processes that precede the submission of a Bill to the legislature. In fact, what eventually comes to the legislature is the product of long, often laborious processes, which go on for weeks, months and even years. To ensure that the civil servants and others who may be involved in shaping proposals are able to candidly express their views on policies that are being developed and refined, the deliberations on the executive side of government traditionally take place in secrecy. Mainly for that reason, the processes are not well known to the general public and even to some activists who lobby for or against legislation. This book, written by a lawyer who has long experience participating in these processes, gives rare insight into how legislative proposals are conceived, developed and finally written into the law. It also contains easy-to- understand technical information that explains the significance of certain features of statutes. Further, it deals with other matters that follow after enactment including publication, entry into force, application and much more.

Legislative Drafting

Author : Tonye Clinton Jaja
Publisher : Wolf Legal Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789058508720
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Drafting written by Tonye Clinton Jaja and published by Wolf Legal Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drafter has skills and knowledge not generally possessed by policy makers. The drafter is an architect.an expert...a specialist...The difference between a legal mechanic and a legal craftsman turns largely on this point. -- G. Thornton, Legislative Drafting (London, Butterworths, 1996) p.125. *** As the quotation shows, without knowledge of legislative drafting theory and principles, a legislative drafter's competence is as incomplete. This book introduces the relevant theories and principles that are necessary for promoting quality legislation in the field of legislative drafting. A "legislative drafting theory" or "legislative theory" is defined as: "the structure of a drafter's justification for a bill constitutes the operative face of a de facto legislative theory and methodology". The first and fundamental theory is the necessity for a regulatory framework for legislative drafting as a holistic platform for promoting quality legislation. Closely related is the principle of effectiveness of legislation as the paramount goal in legislative drafting. By combining these two fundamental principles, the book demonstrates how legislative drafters can improve the quality of legislation. The purpose is not to lay down any hard-and-fast rules, but to provoke thinking by introducing the reader to principles derived from legislative drafting in the dominant jurisdictions of the common law, civil law, and the European Union law. Using legislative drafting in Nigeria as a case study, the book demonstrates how application of these theories and principles are likely to prove beneficial even in the most challenging jurisdiction. Examples from Nigeria's oil and gas legislation have been chosen to illustrate the hypothesis. Oil and gas legislation have been chosen considering its transnational nature and pervasive impact on the economy. This book is a significant contribution in the field of legislative drafting, considering that it is the first book that discusses the quality of legislation and not techniques of drafting which has suffered from a paralysis of analysis in other legislative drafting texts.

An Introduction to Drafting Legislation in California

Author : Chris Micheli
Publisher : Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781792452802
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Drafting Legislation in California written by Chris Micheli and published by Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to assist persons who have had little or no drafting experience as well as to provide a reference and explanatory material to more sophisticated legislative drafters. The purpose of a legislative drafting manual is to promote uniformity in drafting style and to make statutes clear, simple, and easy to understand.

Legislative Drafting

Author : G. C. Thornton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Drafting written by G. C. Thornton and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legislative Drafting

Author : Frederick Reed Dickerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Legislative Drafting written by Frederick Reed Dickerson and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation

Author : Bryan A. Garner
Publisher : Rosepen Books
ISBN 13 : 9780997977004
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation by : Bryan A. Garner

Download or read book Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Rosepen Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new Garner title consolidates into one set of covers all the best advice on legislative drafting. Garner elucidates his blackletter principles with statutory rewrites from all 50 states as well as from federal statutes. He demonstrates how legislation can be streamlined, simplified, and clarified. The exmaples show stunning improvements. Commissioned by the Uniform Law Commission, Garner's work here represents another in his string of first-rate reference books. No legislative drafter should be without it. In the back of the book are two model statutes plus a typically poor statute annotated to explain its deficiencies. Also included is a groundbreaking essay on the optimal method for expressing criminal prohibitions. Throughout the book appear shaded boxes containing timeless quotations from leading commentators on legislative drafting from the 18th century to the present day. Together the the book's extensive bibliography, these quotations place Garner's principles into a historical context. They also underscore the degree to which legislative drafters have neglected many long-standing principles of legal drafting. The foreward by Harriet Lansing, president of the Uniform Law Commission, says of Garner's work: "With these Guidelines--with his earlier booklet on court rules--Bryan Garner has made an incomparable contribution to clarity and coherence in the halls of our legislatures, the pages of our statute books, and the everyday world of all people as we try to plan our lives and predict legal consequences."