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Viswwanathan T K

Legislative drafting : Shaping the law for the new millennium - New Delhi The Indian Law Institutute 2007 - 536p xxi

CONTENTS
CHAPTER- 1: INTRODUCTORY;
CHAPTER- 2: HISTORY OF STATUE LAW IN ENGLAND;
CHAPTER- 3: ORIGINS OF THE OFFICE OF PARLIMENTARY COUNSEL IN ENGLAND;
CHAPTER- 4: INFLUENCE OF BENTHAM AND HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING IN INDIA;
CHAPTER- 5: THE INDIAN STATUE BOOK;
CHAPTER- 6: DRAFTSMAN AND HIS EQUIPMENT;
CHAPTER- 7: REASONS FOR COMPLEXITY OF LEGISLATION;
CHAPTER- 8: PLAIN LANGUAGE DRAFTING;
CHAPTER- 9: STRUCTURE OF AN ACT;
CHAPTER-10: PREPARATION AND PASSING OF BILLS- INDIAN SCENE;
CHAPTER-11: PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUES;
CHAPTER-12: THE GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1897;
CHAPTER-13: STATUTORY FORMS;
CHAPTER-14: SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION;
ANNEXURE I: COMMON ERRORS IN DRAFTING R.V.S.PERI SASTRY;
ANNEXURE II: BASIC STEPS OF DRAFTING SUBSTANCE AND STYLE- REED DICKERSON;
ANNEXURE III: STATISTICS ABOUT ACTS FROM 1834;
ANNEXURE IV: STATISTICS ABOUT ORDINANCES FROM 1950;
ANNEXURE V: STATISTICS ABOUT CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT ACTS FROM 1950;
ANNEXURE VI: LIST OF VALIDATION ACTS;
BIBLIOGRAPHY;
INDEX.


Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Legislation - Drafting -Techniques2. Legislative Drafting - Proces

Dewey Class. No.: 348.02 / VIS