Legislative drafter's desk reference / Lawrence E. Filson and Sandra L. Strokoff.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Filson, Lawrence E.
• TeilnehmendeR: Strokoff, Sandra L.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xvii, 583 p.

Table of Contents

• Approaching the subject
• What is legislative drafting?
• The drafting process itself
• Defining the problem and its solution
• Searching out the collateral questions
• Organizing the bill
• The mechanics of good writing
• The roman rule, modified
• Readability
• General considerations
• The introductory provisions
• The central provisions
• The caboose
• General considerations
• The basic amendatory tools
• Amendatory form and style
• Organization of amendments
• Amendatory cautions
• General considerations
• Breakdown, designation, and headings of subdivisions
• Grammatical considerations
• Word usage in general
• Devices especially suited for coping with complexity
• References to statutory provisions
• References to nonstatutory provisions
• Dealing with effective dates
• Other usages and considerations
• Statutory construction
• Significant case law for the federal drafter
• Typography and typographical terminology
• Locations and forms of existing federal law
• Legislative vehicles in congress
• Federal drafting styles
• Federal parliamentary considerations
• Drafters of nonfederal law
• Considerations in drafting regulations.