Legislative Law and Process in a NutshellLegislative Process: Four Fundamental Ideas; Legislative Institutions; Processing Bills; Legislative Advocacy; Making a Bill; Ideas for Legislation; Bill Drafting; Perspectives on Legislative Power; Legislative Policy Making; Running Government; Limitations on Power; Struggle for Legislative Power; Impact of Constitutions: Constitutional Tests of Legislation; Constitutional Rules Aimed at Legislatures; Statutory Interpretation: Fundamentals of Statutory Interpretation; Lawmaking Roles of Courts and Legislatures. |
Contents
Ideas for Legislation | 134 |
B Bill Creation as a Governmental Process | 141 |
Bill Drafting | 159 |
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