A guide to legislative drafting in South Africa. created by Andrew J. Burger

By:

Burger, Andrew J [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cape Town : Juta, 2002.Description: 147 pages 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0702157295

Subject(s):

Contents:

1 - Introduction; 2 - The legislative process in South Africa; 3 - Legislative research; 4 - Legislative interpretation; 5 - The structure of a bill; 6 - Principles of legislative drafting; 7 - Drafting legislation in plain English; 8 - Punctuating the legislative sentence; 9 - Miscellaneous provisions.

Summary: The author recognizes that the ultimate goal of the drafter is that the legal writings be understandable to the people for whom it is intended. On this basis, this book sets about giving guidance to those on the threshold of a legal carrier, where good, accurate drafting is a prerequisite. For the seasoned drafters it assists in eliminating bad writing habits.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66248	Available	BK5509
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66365	Available	BK5516
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66367	Available	BK5527
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66364	Available	BK5499
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66366	Available	BK5643
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66249	Available	BK5552
Book	Law Library Open Shelf	KTL48.7 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	66368	Available	BK5497

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lncludes bibliographical references and index

The author recognizes that the ultimate goal of the drafter is that the legal writings be understandable to the people for whom it is intended. On this basis, this book sets about giving guidance to those on the threshold of a legal carrier, where good, accurate drafting is a prerequisite. For the seasoned drafters it assists in eliminating bad writing habits.

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