Research Catalog

Title

Drafting legislation and rules in plain English / by Robert J. Martineau.

Author

Martineau, Robert J.

Publication

[St. Paul, Minn.?] : West Pub. Co., c1991.

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Details

Description

xv, 155 p.; 25 cm.

Alternative Title

• Drafting legislation and rules.
• Drafting legislation and rules

Subject

• Bill drafting > United States
• Administrative regulation drafting > United States
• Procedure (Law) > United States > Language
• Law > United States > Interpretation and construction

Note

• Spine title: Drafting legislation and rules.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. The drafting environment. Chap. 1. Poor drafting of legislation and rules : the problem and the cure -- Chap. 2. The legislative process -- Chap. 3. Statutory construction -- Chap. 4. Formal requirements and limitations -- Chap. 5. Administrative and court rules -- Part 2. Drafting principles. Chap. 6. Concentrate on the who and the what -- Chap. 7. The who--the actor -- Chap. 8. The what--the action and object complement -- Chap. 9. General principles -- Chap. 10. Special rules -- Chap. 11. Organization and subdivision of a bill -- Appendix A. Enacting clauses -- Appendix B. Sample bills -- Index of subjects and words.

ISBN

0314890238

LCCN

^^^91193459^

OCLC

• 24088380
• SCSB-10378104

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library