Articles published under International Journal of Legislative Drafting and Law Reform

Editorial

In this issue of the journal, we feature two articles that reflect the challenges faced by Estonia in its efforts to apply

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Legislative Drafting in Transitional States: The case of Palestine

This paper explores the ongoing efforts of Palestinian legislative drafters to comply with modern standards in the drafting of legislation. It presents an example on how new States might start l

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Legislative Drafting: The Consumer Protection Act

The use of auxiliary verbs used in the Act, of the application of a legislative drafting convention relating to definitions (i.e. words used in a definition are not to be repeated in the provisi

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Legislative Drafting Challenges in Communications Regulation: Convergence, Globalisation and New Media Culture

For any state that aspiresto respect the rule of law, there is no question that freedom of expression is of major importance. F

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Developing The Role of Legislative Counsel in Protecting Human Rights

Legislative counsel plays an important role in protecting human rights – although this role is often invisible to the public. They prefer a modest and ad hoc approach, away from the spotlight

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The Impact of Information Technology on Drafted Offices

This article reviews some of the impacts of information technology on society; on law offices in general; and on drafting offices in specific. It explains the particular challenges faced by draftin

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Second International Conference on Legislative Drafting and Law Reform

The textualist turn in statutory interpretation has enormous implications for statutory drafting, some of which are already being explored by congressional and state legislative staff. Most importa

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