Although they devote about half their programs to training students in the craft techniques of drafting, the Seidmans' approach does not focus exclusively on writing laws clearly and precisely. Sure well-written laws exist elsewhere. But every country's circumstances remain unique. As a result, laws copied from elsewhere almost never work the same way in their new homes as in their countries of origin. In the professors' opinions, writing new laws requires an in-depth understanding of the country's culture and its institutions.
Government usually initiates policy to resolve an urgent social problem.
Then our participants design detailed legislative measures to overcome those causes. A properly drafted law thus translates government policy into effectively implemented law. That kind of law works by inducing social actors to behave in ways likely to foster desired change and development consistently with good governance. Already, it has been translated into several languages. Yet it constitutes the critical research component.