LEADER 03765nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910454456503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-14827-4 010 $a1-317-14826-6 010 $a1-281-83406-8 010 $a9786611834067 010 $a0-7546-8843-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000556350 035 $a(EBL)438516 035 $a(OCoLC)567983737 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141210 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148623 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141210 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10079727 035 $a(PQKB)11275899 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293419 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438516 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10254932 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL922457 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293419 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL183406 035 $a(OCoLC)277069764 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000556350 100 $a20080416d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDrafting legislation$b[electronic resource] $ea modern approach /$fedited by Constantin Stefanou and Helen Xanthaki 210 $aAldershot, Hampshire, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate Pub.$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 225 1 $aPhilosophy and Theory of Law: European Law 300 $a"In memory of Sir William (Leonard) Dale KCMG (1906-2000)."--Page facing t.p. 311 $a0-7546-4903-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a11 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 327 $a20 Drafters, Drafting and the Policy ProcessIndex 330 $aDrafting Legislation sets out to prove Sir William Dale's doctrine that the rules for drafting good quality legislation are the same in common and civil systems of law. The book discusses the general issue of quality in legislation from the legislative process to the actual drafting interpretation and enforcement, as well as issues of clarity, precision and disambiguity, plain language and gender-neutral language. 410 0$aPhilosophy and Theory of Law: European Law 606 $aBill drafting 606 $aLegislation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBill drafting. 615 0$aLegislation. 676 $a328.3/73 701 $aDale$b William$cSir,$f1906-$0984405 701 $aStephanou$b Constantine A$0984406 701 $aXanthaki$b Helen$0263018 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454456503321 996 $aDrafting legislation$92248559 997 $aUNINA