Introduction to legislative drafting

Table of content for Introduction to legislative drafting

1. How Drafters Should Fulfill Their Responsibilities
2. How Is Legislative Drafting Viewed By Users Of Legislation?
3. The Principal Characteristics Of Commonwealth Drafting
4. Advantages and disadvantages of a Central Drafting Office
5. Drafters’ Aims and Constraints On The Drafter
6. Forms Primary Legislation Take- Bodies That Have Power To Make Subsidiary Legislation
7. How Does Legislative Expression Compare With Other Forms Of Communication?
8. How Were Coode’s Foundations Built Upon?
9. How did Legislative Drafting Develop?
10. Importance of Legislative Drafting
11. Principled Drafting-How Have These Developments Influenced The Way In Which We Draft?
12. Principles Of Legislative Syntax-The components of every legislative sentence
13. Principles of “Good” Legislative Drafting
14. Requirements of a Drafting Office
15. Responsibilities of Drafters
16. The aim of legislation
17. To Whom Should Legislation Be Addressed?
18. What Are The Differences Between Every-Day And Legal Commands?
19. What Forms Does Subsidiary Legislation Take-Types of subsidiary legislation
20. What Is Legislative Drafting?
21. What More Is Needed To Meet The Legislative Requirements?
22. What is Legislation?-Bodies That Have Power To Make Primary Legislation
23. Who Should Undertake The Drafting Of Legislation?

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