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Professionalizing Legislative Drafting: A Realistic Goal?, Reed Dickerson Jan 1974

Professionalizing Legislative Drafting: A Realistic Goal?, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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.


Electronic Aids To The Drafting Of Legal Instruments, Reed Dickerson Jan 1970

Electronic Aids To The Drafting Of Legal Instruments, Reed Dickerson

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No abstract provided.


General Considerations In Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson Jan 1970

General Considerations In Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson

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No abstract provided.


One Approach To Teaching Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson Jan 1965

One Approach To Teaching Legal Drafting, Reed Dickerson

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The Diseases Of Legislative Language, Reed Dickerson Jan 1964

The Diseases Of Legislative Language, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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 Jan 1960

The Difficult Choice Between "And" And "Or", Reed Dickerson

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Legislative Drafting In London And In Washington, Reed Dickerson Jan 1959

Legislative Drafting In London And In Washington, Reed Dickerson

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No abstract provided.


Legislative Drafting: American And British Practices Compared, Reed Dickerson Jan 1958

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.


Symbolic Logic: A Razor-Edged Tool For Drafting And Interpreting Legal Documents, Layman E. Allen Jan 1957

Symbolic Logic: A Razor-Edged Tool For Drafting And Interpreting Legal Documents, Layman E. Allen

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A large amount of the litigation based on written instruments-whether statute, contract, will, conveyance or regulation-can be traced to the draftsman's failure to convey his meaning clearly. Frequently, of course, certain items may purposely be left ambiguous, but often the question in issue is due to an inadvertent ambiguity that could have been avoided had the draftsman clearly expressed what he intended to say. In this Article it is suggested that a new approach to drafting, using certain elementary notions of symbolic logic, can go a long way towards eliminating such inadvertent ambiguity. This new approach makes available to draftsmen …


Legislative Drafting And The Law Schools, Reed Dickerson Jan 1955

Legislative Drafting And The Law Schools, Reed Dickerson

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No abstract provided.


How To Write A Law, Reed Dickerson Jan 1955

How To Write A Law, Reed Dickerson

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Legislative Drafting: A Challenge To The Legal Profession, Reed Dickerson Jan 1954

Legislative Drafting: A Challenge To The Legal Profession, Reed Dickerson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


On Research In Law -- A Challenge And A Proposal, Jerome Hall Jan 1940

On Research In Law -- A Challenge And A Proposal, Jerome Hall

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


A Review Of Reviews, Paul L. Sayre Jan 1927

A Review Of Reviews, Paul L. Sayre

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


The Literature Of Law, Ernest W. Huffcut Jan 1892

The Literature Of Law, Ernest W. Huffcut

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.