Lexis Nexis Legal and Legislative Drafting, 3rd Edition
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Product description
Drafting complex legal and legislative documents can be challenging. From the organization of complex ideas to ensuring clear and unambiguous language, legal and legislative drafting is an onerous task. Mistakes can be costly – even catastrophic – for lawyers who face malpractice claims if drafting errors cost their clients money. Those charged with drafting legislative or legal documents need a solution to help them navigate through these challenges.
Legal and Legislative Drafting, 3rd Edition helps legislative drafters and private sector lawyers write concise and precise legal documents by providing them with:
- Practical advice – The book's step-by-step approach leaves theory-driven publications far behind
- Expert guidance – Over 750 examples are covered to help illustrate how provisions evolve through the application of various drafting techniques
- Best practices – Helps drafters deal with other key parties in the process and increase their efficiency
- Invaluable tools – Allow drafters to choose the right words in the appropriate context to convey the document's intended meaning
What’s New in This Edition
- Many new examples, additions and improvements since the previous edition published in 2018
- Three brand new chapters, covering:
- Those who translate legislation into second or multiple languages (Chapter 14)
- A discussion of the potential for artificial intelligence to improve and expedite, if not supplant, the work of legislative drafters (Chapter 15)
- The practices and pitfalls of co-developing legislation with stakeholders (Chapter 17)
- Expansion of best practices (Chapter 18), covering:
- The training of legislative drafters on the inefficiency and inadequacy of current methods of inaugurating newcomers to the field
Who Should Read This Book
- Legislative drafters – who need to understand the principles and practices of legislative drafting to master their skills
- Private sector lawyers – who engage in drafting complex contracts, leases, and other legal documents
- International lawyers or legislative drafters – who require an international perspective on legislative drafting and application that can be relied upon by drafters all over the world
- Law professors and students – who seek an accessible solution for legal writing courses
Table of contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Essence of Drafting
Chapter 2: Composing a Legislative Sentence
Chapter 3: Choosing the Right Words
Chapter 4: Gender-Neutral Drafting
Chapter 5: Reducing Complexity
Chapter 6: Definitions and Other Interpretive Provisions
Chapter 7: Problematic Provisions
Chapter 8: Transitional and Savings Provisions
Chapter 9: Structuring Legislation and Contracts
Chapter 10: Amendments
Chapter 11: Logical Challenges
Chapter 12: Using an Interpretation Act
Chapter 13: Plain Language Drafting
Chapter 14: Drafting in a Multilingual Jurisdiction
Chapter 15: Computer-Assisted Drafting
Chapter 16: Drafting to Limit Corruption
Chapter 17: Co-Development of Legislation
Chapter 18: Best Practices
Table of Cases
Index
