Research Catalog

Title

Legal, legislative, and rule drafting in plain English / by Robert J. Martineau, Michael B. Salerno.

Author

Martineau, Robert J.

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2005

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Additional Authors

Salerno, Michael B.

Description

xix, 164 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

American casebook series

Uniform Title

American casebook series

Subject

• Legal composition
• Legislation > United States
• Law > United States > Interpretation and construction
• Administrative regulation drafting > United States
• Bill drafting > United States

Note

• "A substantially expanded version of Professor Martineau's Drafting legislation and Rules in Plain English."--P. v.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. Poor legal, legislative, and rule drafting : the problem and the cure. 1. The causes of poor legal drafting -- 2. How to improve the quality of legal drafting : the relationship between style and substance -- II. Setting the stage. 3. Finding out what the client wants and translating those desires into a legal document -- 4. Use of forms -- III. Drafting principles. 5. Concentrate on the who and the what -- 6. The who : the actor -- 7. The what : the action and object or complement -- 8. General rules -- 9. Ambiguity, vagueness, and generality -- IV. Distinctive aspects of drafting legislation. 10. The legislative process -- 11. Legislative drafting process -- 12. Statutory construction -- 13. Organization and subdivision of a bill -- 14. Formal requirements and limitations -- V. Distinctive aspects of drafting administrative and court rules. 15. Administrative rules -- 16. Court rules -- Appendix : Drafting examples.

ISBN

• 9780314153012 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0314153012 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005282254

OCLC

61446980

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library