Record Display for the EPA National Library Catalog
RECORD NUMBER: 9 OF 23Main Title | Drafting legislation and rules in plain English | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Author | Martineau, Robert J. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | West Pub. Co., | |||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 24088380 | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0314890238 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Bill drafting--United States ; Administrative regulation drafting--United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
Holdings |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Collation | xv, 155 p. ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Spine title: Drafting legislation and rules. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|||||||||||||||||||||
Contents Notes | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. The drafting environment. Chap. 1. Poor drafting of legislation and rules : the problem and the cure -- Chap. 2. The legislative process -- Chap. 3. Statutory construction -- Chap. 4. Formal requirements and limitations -- Chap. 5. Administrative and court rules -- Part 2. Drafting principles. Chap. 6. Concentrate on the who and the what -- Chap. 7. The who--the actor -- Chap. 8. The what--the action and object complement -- Chap. 9. General principles -- Chap. 10. Special rules -- Chap. 11. Organization and subdivision of a bill -- Appendix A. Enacting clauses -- Appendix B. Sample bills -- Index of subjects and words. |