03765nam 2200721Ia 450 991045445650332120200520144314.01-317-14827-41-317-14826-61-281-83406-897866118340670-7546-8843-7(CKB)1000000000556350(EBL)438516(OCoLC)567983737(SSID)ssj0000141210(PQKBManifestationID)11148623(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141210(PQKBWorkID)10079727(PQKB)11275899(MiAaPQ)EBC438516(MiAaPQ)EBC5293419(Au-PeEL)EBL438516(CaPaEBR)ebr10254932(CaONFJC)MIL922457(Au-PeEL)EBL5293419(CaONFJC)MIL183406(OCoLC)277069764(EXLCZ)99100000000055635020080416d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDrafting legislation[electronic resource] a modern approach /edited by Constantin Stefanou and Helen XanthakiAldershot, Hampshire, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgate Pub.c20081 online resource (347 p.)Philosophy and Theory of Law: European Law"In memory of Sir William (Leonard) Dale KCMG (1906-2000)."--Page facing t.p.0-7546-4903-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Transformation11 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 Development20 Drafters, Drafting and the Policy ProcessIndexDrafting 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.Philosophy and Theory of Law: European LawBill draftingLegislationElectronic books.Bill drafting.Legislation.328.3/73Dale WilliamSir,1906-984405Stephanou Constantine A984406Xanthaki Helen263018MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454456503321Drafting legislation2248559UNINA