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Legislative Process And Drafting In U.S. Law Schools: A Close Look At The Lammers Report, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Process And Drafting In U.S. Law Schools: A Close Look At The Lammers Report, Reed Dickerson
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Clear Legal Drafting: What's Holding Us Back?, F. Reed Dickerson
Clear Legal Drafting: What's Holding Us Back?, F. Reed Dickerson
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Book Review. Dale, William, Legislative Drafting: A New Approach, Reed Dickerson
Book Review. Dale, William, Legislative Drafting: A New Approach, Reed Dickerson
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Teaching Legal Writing In The Law Schools (With A Special Nod To Legal Drafting), Reed Dickerson
Teaching Legal Writing In The Law Schools (With A Special Nod To Legal Drafting), Reed Dickerson
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Legal Drafting: Writing As Thinking, Or, Talk-Back From Your Draft And How To Exploit It, Reed Dickerson
Legal Drafting: Writing As Thinking, Or, Talk-Back From Your Draft And How To Exploit It, Reed Dickerson
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Seminar On Legal Drafting Raises Questions On Teaching, Reed Dickerson
Seminar On Legal Drafting Raises Questions On Teaching, Reed Dickerson
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Professionalizing Legislative Drafting: A Realistic Goal?, Reed Dickerson
Professionalizing Legislative Drafting: A Realistic Goal?, Reed Dickerson
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The teaching of skills that result in sound legislative drafting is neglected in law schools, and professionalism in legislative drafting is lacking on both the federal and state fronts. With the adoption by the American Bar Association of seven major principles relating to the drafting of federal legislation, perhaps there is more hope now that there will be a move toward professionalism.
Statutory Interpretation: The Uses And Anatomy Of Context, Reed Dickerson
Statutory Interpretation: The Uses And Anatomy Of Context, Reed Dickerson
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Every communication that is generated by a written instrument consists of two elements which must be considered in arriving at the meaning of the communication. Those elements are: (1) the written vehicle itself, and (2) its surrounding context. The surrounding context which thus completes the communication consists only of those underlying cultural aspects which, when considered in relation to the written vehicle, are: (1) relevant to the written vehicle, (2) reliable, (3) shared by the author and the audience, and (4) relied on by both author and audience to complete the communication. The author suggests that those cultural elements which …
The Catholic University Study Of Federal Legislative Drafting In The Executive Branch: A Foreword, Reed Dickerson
The Catholic University Study Of Federal Legislative Drafting In The Executive Branch: A Foreword, Reed Dickerson
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The Diseases Of Legislative Language, Reed Dickerson
The Diseases Of Legislative Language, Reed Dickerson
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In this article Professor Dickerson examines some of the most basic problems facing the legislative draftsman in his attempt to obtain clarity in statutes. He discusses the "diseases" of ambiguity, over-vagueness, over-precision, over- and under-generality and obesity, and distinguishes them from useful devices with which they are often confused.
The Difficult Choice Between "And" And "Or", Reed Dickerson
The Difficult Choice Between "And" And "Or", Reed Dickerson
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Legislative Drafting In London And In Washington, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Drafting In London And In Washington, Reed Dickerson
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Legislative Drafting: American And British Practices Compared, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Drafting: American And British Practices Compared, Reed Dickerson
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The principal difference between legislative drafting for the British Parliament and legislative drafting for the American Congress, Mr. Dickerson declares, arises from the fact that the many-authored legislation 'proposed in Congress is extremely vulnerable to revision and redrafting as it makes its way through subcommittee hearings and committee debates, whereas the legislation in Parliament, prepared by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, is much more likely to be enacted in its original form. This article points up the problems inherent in drafting statutes in a complex world.
Legislative Drafting And The Law Schools, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Drafting And The Law Schools, Reed Dickerson
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How To Write A Law, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Drafting: A Challenge To The Legal Profession, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Drafting: A Challenge To The Legal Profession, Reed Dickerson
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