Course description
Drafting Legislation
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Training Course Content
This Drafting Legislation course will cover:
Legislative instruments under the microscope
- Types of legislation
- Primary and secondary legislation
- Dissecting a statute
- Structure and elements of an Act of Parliament
- Assembling the machinery of an Act
- Problems with how laws work
Drafting Legislation
- Principles of drafting
- Alternative approaches
- Planning your draft
- Writing for the reader
- Using plain English
- Dos and Don’ts in drafting
- Writing instructions for the parliamentary draftsman
Interpretation and construction of Statutes
- Identifying the purpose of a law
- The Mischief Rule
- The Golden Rule
- Judicial interpretation of legislation
- Judicial creativity and the sovereignty of parliament
Stakeholder participation in Law-Making
- The need for involvement
- Formal and informal consultation
- Consultation processes
- The draft Bill and consultation
- Ethical lobbying
- The role of the public affairs professional
Turning Policy into practice
- Why do some laws fail to achieve their objectives?
- Effective and ineffective law making
- Education, communication and legal effectiveness
- The challenge of over-complex laws
- How to address legal effectiveness issues
- Alternatives to law making – nudge theory
Why choose LCT International
We have trained over 25,000 delegates from almost 500 client organisations
Highly qualified and experienced trainers who offer a unique learning experience tailored to you
Endorsed by various organisational and subject specific accrediting bodies
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