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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811059003321

Titolo

Drafting legislation : a modern approach / / edited by Constantin Stefanou and Helen Xanthaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., 2008

ISBN

1-315-57802-6

1-317-14827-4

1-317-14826-6

1-281-83406-8

9786611834067

0-7546-8843-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Philosophy and Theory of Law: European Law

Altri autori (Persone)

DaleWilliam, Sir,  <1906->

StefanouConstantin <1961->

XanthakiHelen

Disciplina

328.3/73

Soggetti

Bill drafting

Legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In memory of Sir William (Leonard) Dale KCMG (1906-2000)."--Page facing t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; 1 On Transferability of Legislative Solutions: The Functionality Test; 2 Drawing the Line; 3 Legislative Intention; 4 Legislator's Intent: How Judges Discern it and What They Do if They Find it; 5 The Techniques of Gender-neutral Drafting; 6 Drafting Legislation at the Tax Law Rewrite Project; 7 Retrospectivity in the Drafting and Interpretation of Legislation; 8 Repealing or Amending Legislation by Non-Legislative Means; 9 Pre-legislative Scrutiny; 10 The Role of the Legislative Drafter in Promoting Social Transformation

11 Improving Democratic Development by Better Regulation12 Drafting Principles of Existing European Contract Law; 13 Drafting of EU Acts: A View From the European Commission; 14 Drafting to Implement EU Law: the European Arrest Warrant in the United Kingdom; 15 Procedures for the Approximation of Albanian Legislation with the



Acquis Communautaire; 16 Compromise and Clarity in International Drafting; 17 Can Legislation Rank As Literature?; 18 Open Management of Legislative Documents; 19 Between Policy and Implementation: Legislative Drafting for Development

20 Drafters, Drafting and the Policy ProcessIndex

Sommario/riassunto

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. The book discusses the general issue of quality in legislation from the legislative process to the actual drafting interpretation and enforcement, as well as issues of clarity, precision and disambiguity, plain language and gender-neutral language.