{"product_id":"9781841137728","title":"Principles of Legislative and Regulatory Drafting","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePrinciples of Legislative and Regulatory Drafting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Ian McLeod\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinciples of Legislative and Regulatory Drafting provides a succinct guide to an area of law and practice which has previously been poorly served by English textbooks. It explains how drafters can convert legislative and regulatory policy into a form which has the desired effect in the most direct and accessible way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the basis that those who seek to communicate must be conscious of how their words will be read, it includes a chapter on interpretation. Other chapters include the nature of drafting instructions (including ethical considerations), the general principles of drafting, the protection of human rights, the creation of statutory corporations and schemes of licensing, subordinate legislation, and the creation of criminal offences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe principles and skills of drafting are very largely common to both the legislative and regulatory fields, but the book draws attention to areas in which significant differences arise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtracts from the Interpretation Act 1978 and the European Convention on Human Rights are included as Appendices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides an invaluable introduction for those engaged in legislative and regulatory drafting, while also being useful to anyone who is interested in the creation and interpretation of legislative and regulatory texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is much that is of value in this book, which certainly does provide a clear and detailed guide to the novice drafter” —\u003ci\u003eJournal of Legislative Studies Volume 16, No. 4, 2010\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Principles of Legislative and Regulatory Drafting is a short work comprising just over 200 pages and is all the better for that...Too many legal works are marred by too much detail and laying cases one on top of the other to build a veritable tower of confusion...McLeod controls references to cases with a tight rein; the references to cases are relevant and the quotations pithy and to the point.\u003cbr\u003eI have carried this book about with me for some months now and consulted it regularly ... I have had the pleasure, not of discovering things for the first time, but of discovering and remembering them for myself with the assistance of this volume. \u003cbr\u003eThe book has acted as a valuable refresher for me; it has changed my practice in some areas. It has been a welcome resource to be used for thinking things out again.\u003cbr\u003eThere is much in this book not only for officials and neophyte drafters but also for those with more experience ... Thank you, Ian McLeod.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781841137728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Hart Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40731661533390,"sku":"9781841137728","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781841137728","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}