Legislative drafting step-by-step
By: Arthur J. Rynearson
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781611633801
Subjects: Bill drafting
Description: "Designed to assist all who read, write, or use legislation to better understand the basics of legislative drafting and the important role that well-written legislation plays in promoting the rule of law. The book features: a five-step framework for analysis; easy-to-learn rules; more than 150 examples of draft legislative language; nineteen charts and tables illustrating the text; nine draft exercises, together with the answers; a description of the United States legislative process; sixteen House and Senate bill, resolution, and amendment forms"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword : the five-steps of legislative drafting & other matters; title: How to achieve the intended legal effect; title: How to choose the right legislative vehicle; title: How to relate to existing law; title: How to organize the legislative text; title: How to achieve clarity; title: Postscript : legislative drafting and the rule of law.