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Making Sausage: What, Why And How To Teach About Legislative Process In A Legislation Or Leg-Reg Course, Deborah A. Widiss
Making Sausage: What, Why And How To Teach About Legislative Process In A Legislation Or Leg-Reg Course, Deborah A. Widiss
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Although a rapidly growing number of law schools require students to take a course on legislation, many of these courses teach very little about how laws are actually enacted. This essay, written for a special issue of the Journal of Legal Education, argues that study of the legislative process helps students interpret and apply statutory language.
The essay surveys existing text books and supplemental resources that could be easily integrated into a Leg-Reg or Legislation class to explain modern Congressional procedure. The focus is the multiple distinct paths that bills may take through a legislative body and the written …
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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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.
One Approach To Teaching Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson
One Approach To Teaching Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson
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Legislative Drafting And The Law Schools, Reed Dickerson
Legislative Drafting And The Law Schools, Reed Dickerson
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Objectives In The Field Of Legislation, Frank Edward Horack
Objectives In The Field Of Legislation, Frank Edward Horack
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