Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change: A Manual for Drafters

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Ann Seidman, Nalin Abeyesekere

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Product Line	Kluwer Law International
Product SKU	10058232-0001
ISBN-13	9789041197931
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Last Updated	2000-12-01

Overview

Good governance, that is, effective government based on non-arbitrary decision-making, is central to a country's successful development or transition to a market-oriented economy. This Manual aims to equip legislative drafters with the conceptual tools and specific techniques they need to draft laws likely to bring about the institutional transformation necessary for good governance.

Designed as a practical aid for practitioners in the developing and transitional worlds, this unique work demonstrates how, within constitutional and other limits, a drafter should structure a bill, provides instruction in drafting amendments and subordinate legislation, and describes the skills required to write the clear, unambiguous and readily-interpreted provisions required to achieve a bill's policy objectives.

It provides a model for a research report that, based on facts and logic, will justify the bill's detailed provisions and demonstrate that the responsible agency will implement them effectively.

The final section focuses on drafting laws to facilitate government decision-making in accordance with the rule of law. In particular, it suggests devices for drafting defensively against corruption, thus providing the legislative environment essential for successful transition and development.

Law and Social Change
The Legislative Drafters' Role in Drafting Transformatory Laws
Prioritizing Drafting Proposals
An Introduction to Legislative Theory and Methodology: Organizing the Research Report
Writing a Research Report: Ensuring Effective, Non-Arbitrary Implementation
Capturing the Relevant Social Science Evidence for Legislative Drafting
Form of a Research Report
The Architecture of a Bill
Writing a Legislative Sentence: The Who and the What
Writing a Legislative Sentence II: Ensuring Clarity and Avoiding Ambiguity
Drafting Within the Constitution and Other Constraints
Internal Aids to Interpretation
Formal Matters: Placing the Statute in the Corpus of the Law
Drafting for the Rule of Law and Defensively Against Corruption

Legislative Drafting for Democratic Social Change: A Manual for Drafters

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