Description
Shows students how to draft legislation and rules in a wide variety of jurisdictions. The term "legislation," is broadly interpreted to include constitutional provisions, charters, statutes, and ordinances as enacted by referendum or a legislative body. This book is equally applicable to rules and rulemaking by federal, state, and local governmental agencies responsible for health, welfare, education, water and sewer, transportation, zoning, and planning.
Features
- Covers administrative and court rules
- Defines statutory construction and relation between legislative drafting
- Describes specific rules and the organization and subdivision of a bill
- Examines the legislative process and sources of proposed legislation
- Explains formal federal, state, and local requirements and limitations
- Looks at the problem and cure of poor drafting of legislation and rules
- Provides general principles on readability
- Reviews drafting principles regarding the who and what