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2022 | Legislative Drafting Conference (21st Edition)

Conference Title: 2022 Legislative Drafting Conference (21st Edition)
Date: September 8-9, 2022
Location: In person in Ottawa and Online

Videos of the Conference are available in the library under "videos."

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD266 The future of legislative drafting: a strategic approach (PowerPoint)
Daniel Lovric | 13 pages
Daniel Lovric 13 pages
  LD267 Background on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PowerPoint)
Brenda Gunn | 10 pages
Brenda Gunn 10 pages
  LD268 Moment in time graphic (PowerPoint)
Jessica Wood | 4 pages
Jessica Wood 4 pages
  LD269 Legislative Process (PowerPoint)
Jessica Wood | 1 pages
Jessica Wood 1 pages
  LD270 La mise en œuvre de la Déclaration et de la Loi sur la Déclaration : de nouvelles responsabilités pour les conseillers législatifs et une nouvelle ère pour la production des normes juridiques étatiques (PowerPoint)
Maxime Lamothe | 37 pages
Maxime Lamothe 37 pages
  LD271 The Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth And Families (AFIMCYF): Example of State Management of Legal Pluralism (PowerPoint)
Ghislain Otis | 17 pages
Ghislain Otis 17 pages
  LD272 La loi concernant les enfants, les jeunes et les familles des premières nations, des inuits et des Métis (LEJFPN): Exemple de gestion étatique du pluralisme juridique (PowerPoint)
Ghislain Otis | 17 pages
Ghislain Otis 17 pages
  LD273 The Cowichan Tribes’ Nation-Based Child & Family Wellness Legislation Project: a case study (PowerPoint)
Sarah Morales | 16 pages
Sarah Morales 16 pages
  LD274 Different Approaches to Incorporating Indigenous Law Through Legislation (PowerPoint)
Thomas Ahlfors | 19 pages
Thomas Ahlfors 19 pages
  LD275 Différentes approches pour intégrer le droit autochtone dans la législation (PowerPoint)
Thomas Ahlfors | 19 pages
Thomas Ahlfors 19 pages

2020 | Making Laws in a Post-Modern World: Are You Ready?

Conference Title: Making Laws in a Post-Modern World: Are You Ready?
Date: 4 parts of 3 hours each, on September 10-18-24 and October 1, 2020
Location: Online program

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD242 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law (PowerPoint)
Gillian K. Hadfield | 26 pages
Gillian K. Hadfield 26 pages
  LD243 Better Rules for Government Discovery Report
Service Innovation Lab (New Zealand ) | 47 pages
Service Innovation Lab (New Zealand ) 47 pages
  LD244 Blawx: Rules as Code Demonstration
Jason Morris | 38 pages
Jason Morris 38 pages
  LD245 Deeming Provisions in Federal Legislative Texts (PowerPoint)
France Allard | 16 pages
France Allard 16 pages
  LD246 Dispositions déterminatives dans les textes législatifs fédéraux (PowerPoint)
France Allard | 16 pages
France Allard 16 pages
  LD247 Drafting Enabling Provisions (PowerPoint)
Ajay Ramkumar | 14 pages
Ajay Ramkumar 14 pages
  LD248 Enabling Provisions-Gatekeeper of Legislative Power (PowerPoint)
Peter Birt | 21 pages
Peter Birt 21 pages
  LD249 Gender-neutral Drafting (PowerPoint)
Peter Birt | 21 pages
Peter Birt 21 pages
  LD250 La rédaction des dispositions habilitantes (PowerPoint)
Ajay Ramkumar | 14 pages
Ajay Ramkumar 14 pages
  LD251 Le rôle des présomptions substantielles dans l’interprétation des lois (PowerPoint)
Thomas A Cromwell | 13 pages
Thomas A Cromwell 13 pages
  LD252 Le sexe le genre et l'identité de genre (PowerPoint)
Louise Langevin | 26 pages
Louise Langevin 26 pages
  LD253 Les présomptions d'intention en droit transitoire
Sylvie Parent | 7 pages
Sylvie Parent 7 pages
  LD254 Post-Modern Regulation: Keeping up With a Changing World (PowerPoint)
Claude Lesage, Patricia Pledge | 31 pages
Claude Lesage, Patricia Pledge 31 pages
  LD255 Réglementation contemporaine: adaptation à un monde en évolution (PowerPoint)
Claude Lesage, Patricia Pledge | 31 pages
Claude Lesage, Patricia Pledge 31 pages
  LD256 Regulatory Flexibility, Parliamentary Sovereignty & Judicial Review (PowerPoint)
Lerissa Thaver | 18 pages
Lerissa Thaver 18 pages
  LD257 Revisiting the Role of Presumptions of Legislative Intent in Statutory Interpretation (Canadian Bar Review vol.95 n02 2017)
Thomas A Cromwell, Siena Anstis, Thomas Touchie | 28 pages
Thomas A Cromwell, Siena Anstis, Thomas Touchie 28 pages
  LD258 Rules as Code (PowerPoint)
Jason Morris | 14 pages
Jason Morris 14 pages
  LD259 Rules as Code (PowerPoint)
Scott McNaughton | 15 pages
Scott McNaughton 15 pages
  LD260 Rules as code: Legislative Counsel's Perspective (PowerPoint)
Marek Bilinski, Jennifer Dufresne, Charles Duperreault | 8 pages
Marek Bilinski, Jennifer Dufresne, Charles Duperreault 8 pages
  LD261 Spreadsheets for Legal Reasoning: The Continued Promise of Declarative Logic Programming in Law
Jason Morris | 140 pages
Jason Morris 140 pages
  LD262 The Origins of Gender Identity and Gender Expression in Anglo-American Legal Discourse (PowerPoint)
Kyle Kirkup | 10 pages
Kyle Kirkup 10 pages
  LD263 The Role of Substantive Presumptions in Statutory Interpretation (PowerPoint)
Thomas A Cromwell | 13 pages
Thomas A Cromwell 13 pages
  LD264 Transformation de règles en code logiciel: la perspective du conseiller législatif (PowerPoint)
Marek Bilinski, Jennifer Dufresne, Charles Duperreault | 8 pages
Marek Bilinski, Jennifer Dufresne, Charles Duperreault 8 pages
  LD265 What is Better Rules?
New Zealand Digital Government | 5 pages
New Zealand Digital Government 5 pages

2018 | Charting Legislative Courses in a Complex World

Conference Title: Charting Legislative Courses in a Complex World
Date: September 13-14, 2018
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD220 Resolving Policy Challenges through use of AI (PowerPoint)
Neil Bouwer | 13 pages
Neil Bouwer 13 pages
  LD221 Résoudre les défis liés aux politiques grâce à l'utilisation de IA (PowerPoint)
Neil Bouwer | 13 pages
Neil Bouwer 13 pages
  LD222 Complexity Case-Cannabis (PowerPoint)
John Clare-Diane Labelle | 22 pages
John Clare-Diane Labelle 22 pages
  LD223 Étude de cas sur la complexité-Cannabis (PowerPoint)
John Clare-Diane Labelle | 22 pages
John Clare-Diane Labelle 22 pages
  LD224 Statute revision for the future-path to coherence recovery (PowerPoint)
Janet Erasmus | 17 pages
Janet Erasmus 17 pages
  LD225 Examples de filets de sécurité législatifs dans le domaine de l'environnement (PowerPoint)
Vincent Fréchette | 18 pages
Vincent Fréchette 18 pages
  LD226 Examples of environmental backstop legislation (PowerPoint)
Vincent Fréchette | 18 pages
Vincent Fréchette 18 pages
  LD227 Intersection of Indigenous Legal Traditions and Legislation (PowerPoint)
Hadley Friedland | 23 pages
Hadley Friedland 23 pages
  LD228 The Drafters' Dance (PowerPoint)
Robert Geyer | 32 pages
Robert Geyer 32 pages
  LD229 A Client Perspective and the ECCC Model (PowerPoint)
Philippe Giguère | 16 pages
Philippe Giguère 16 pages
  LD230 Perspective du client et modèle d'ECCC (PowerPoint)
Philippe Giguère | 16 pages
Philippe Giguère 16 pages
  LD231 Overcoming Policy Blockages-Dénouer les blocages liés aux orientations (PowerPoint)
Aleksander Hynna | 23 pages
Aleksander Hynna 23 pages
  LD232 Ontario's Change Powers (PowerPoint)
Tamara Kuzyk | 23 pages
Tamara Kuzyk 23 pages
  LD233 Les modifications autorisées en Ontario (PowerPoint)
Tamara Kuzyk | 23 pages
Tamara Kuzyk 23 pages
  LD234 Legalizing and Regulating Cannabis-Alberta (PowerPoint)
Melissa McKinley | 7 pages
Melissa McKinley 7 pages
  LD240 Yukon (PowerPoint)
Laurel Montrose | 20 pages
Laurel Montrose 20 pages
  LD241 Full Statute Revisions (PowerPoint)
Peter Pagano | 9 pages
Peter Pagano 9 pages
  LD235 Drafting for clients who need help (PowerPoint)
Alexandra Schorah | 13 pages
Alexandra Schorah 13 pages
  LD236 The Role of PCO (PowerPoint)
Gavin Sellar | 10 pages
Gavin Sellar 10 pages
  LD237 The Uniform Law Conference of Canada (PowerPoint)
Elizabeth Strange | 19 pages
Elizabeth Strange 19 pages
  LD238 La conférence pour l'harmonisation des lois au Canada (PowerPoint)
Elizabeth Strange | 19 pages
Elizabeth Strange 19 pages
  LD239 Complexity Case Study-Brexit (PowerPoint)
Ton Zuijdwijk | 33 pages
Ton Zuijdwijk 33 pages

2016 | The New Legislative Counsel: At the Intersection of Law, Policy and Politics

Conference Title: The New Legislative Counsel: At the Intersection of Law, Policy and Politics
Date: September 12-13, 2016
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD211 Presentation Notes
Julie Lynn Blackhawk | 9 pages
Julie Lynn Blackhawk 9 pages
  LD212 Notes d'allocution
Julie Lynn Blackhawk | 11 pages
Julie Lynn Blackhawk 11 pages
  LD213 What happens next? Anticipating the future for sub-national legislative counsel (PowerPoint)
Lawrence Purdy | 24 pages
Lawrence Purdy 24 pages
  LD214 De certaines dispositions législatives en matière de sécurité automobile (PowerPoint)
Mistrale Goudreau | 32 pages
Mistrale Goudreau 32 pages

2014 | Nudging Regulations: Designing and Drafting Regulatory Instruments for the 21st Century

Conference Title: Nudging Regulations: Designing and Drafting Regulatory Instruments for the 21st Century
Date: September 8-9, 2014
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD187 The Promises and Pitfalls of Behavioural Regulation (PowerPoint)
Alberto Alemmano | 90 pages
Alberto Alemmano 90 pages
  LD188 La réglementation par orientation : promesses et défi (PowerPoint)
Alberto Alemmano | 88 pages
Alberto Alemmano 88 pages
  LD189  Nudging and Other Regulatory Techniques (Speaking Notes) 
W. A. Bogart | 4 pages
W. A. Bogart 4 pages
  LD190  Leveling the Playing Field: Using the Internet to Get Broader Better Public Participation in Rule Making (PowerPoint)
Cynthia R. Farina  | 18 pages
Cynthia R. Farina  18 pages
  LD191  L’effet des politiques réglementaires sur l’existence d’attentes légitimes d’être consulté lors du processus réglementaire : commentaire de jurisprudence
France Houle  | 13 pages
France Houle  13 pages
  LD195 Incorporation by Reference of Standards in Regulations (PowerPoint)
Michel Girard | 20 pages
Michel Girard 20 pages
  LD196 Incorporation by Reference as a Modern Regulatory Technique: Benefits and Burdens – Incorporation by Reference of Standards in Regulations (PowerPoint) Incorporation par renvoi – technique moderne de réglementation : avantages et inconvénients
Patricia Pledge | 16 pages
Patricia Pledge 16 pages
  LD197 Incorporation by Reference as a Modern Regulatory Technique: Benefits and Burdens Perspective of Counsel to a Line Ministry (PowerPoint)
Shannon DeLeskie | 15 pages
Shannon DeLeskie 15 pages
  LD198 Meaningful Public Access to Legislation (PowerPoint)
Daniel Poulin | 33 pages
Daniel Poulin 33 pages
  LD199 Meaningful Public Access to Legislation: The Role of Public Legal Education and Information (PowerPoint)
Julie Mathews | 18 pages
Julie Mathews 18 pages
  LD200 Clarity in Drafting: How Can We Know What Works Best for the Reader? (PowerPoint)
Alison Bertlin | 35 pages
Alison Bertlin 35 pages
  LD201 The Importance of Legislative Drafters to Legislative Scrutiny by Parliamentary Committees – Challenges Presented by Recent Developments in the (Australian) Commonwealth Jurisdiction
Stephen Argument | 40 pages
Stephen Argument 40 pages
  LD202 The Importance of Legislative Drafters to Legislative Scrutiny by Parliamentary Committees – Challenges Presented by Recent Developments in the (Australian) Commonwealth Jurisdiction (PowerPoint)
Stephen Argument | 68 pages
Stephen Argument 68 pages
  LD203 UK Secondary Legislation and Parliamentary Committees
Peter Davis | 9 pages
Peter Davis 9 pages
  LD204 Parliamentary Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation in Canada: Too Late and Too Little?
Peter Bernhardt | 11 pages
Peter Bernhardt 11 pages

2012 | Legislative Architecture – Building With Words

Conference Title: Legislative Architecture - Building With Words
Date: September 10-11, 2012
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD157 The Development and use of Policies and Guidelines in the Decision-Making Process - A Discussion Paper (PowerPoint)
Administrative Justice Office, Ministry of Attorney General, Province of British Columbia | 27 pages
Administrative Justice Office, Ministry of Attorney General, Province of British Columbia 27 pages
  LD158 Principle-Based Securities Regulation in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis
Cristie Ford | 50 pages
Cristie Ford 50 pages
  LD159 Alternative Design - Emerging Trends in Instrument Choice - Policies, Directives and Guidelines (PowerPoint)
Dianne Flood | 17 pages
Dianne Flood 17 pages
  LD160 Draft Speaking Notes
Dianne Flood | 8 pages
Dianne Flood 8 pages
  LD161 Forward and Addendum to: Legislative Methodology
Edward Rubin | 25 pages
Edward Rubin 25 pages
  LD162 Legislative Methodology: It Is Actually Possible to Improve the Process of Designing Statutes
Edward Rubin | 76 pages
Edward Rubin 76 pages
  LD163 Emerging Trends in Instrument Choice - Incorporation by Reference (PowerPoint)
Jacqueline Kuehl | 12 pages
Jacqueline Kuehl 12 pages
  LD164 Nouvelles tendances dans le choix des outils d'intervention (PowerPoint)
Jacqueline Kuehl | 12 pages
Jacqueline Kuehl 12 pages
  LD165 Cleaning Up The Statute Book / Épuration du corpus législatif
John Mark Keyes | 11 pages
John Mark Keyes 11 pages
  LD166 The Evolution of Statute Revision: The New Brunswick Experience (PowerPoint)
Kimberley Poffenroth | 23 pages
Kimberley Poffenroth 23 pages
  LD167 L'évolution de la révision des lois au Nouveau-Brunswick (PowerPoint)
Kimberley Poffenroth | 23 pages
Kimberley Poffenroth 23 pages
  LD168 Cleaning Up Regulations: Regulatory Reform (Provincial Perspective)
Peter Pagano, Q.C. | 15 pages
Peter Pagano, Q.C. 15 pages
  LD169 Legislative Building Blocks - 1 Basic Design - Statutes, Regulations, Rules, Principles and Discretion - Fundamental Choices for Statutes and Regulations (PowerPoint)
Rodney Fehr | 10 pages
Rodney Fehr 10 pages
  LD170 Legislative Building Blocks - Basic Design: Fundamental Choices for Statutes and Regulations
Rodney Fehr | 11 pages
Rodney Fehr 11 pages
  LD171 Commission sur la réduction de la paperasse - Principales leçons retenues (PowerPoint)
Roger Scott-Douglas | 8 pages
Roger Scott-Douglas 8 pages
  LD172 Red Tape Reduction Commission - Key Lessons Learned (PowerPoint)
Roger Scott-Douglas | 8 pages
Roger Scott-Douglas 8 pages
  LD173 Cleaning Up the Statute Book In Ontario (PowerPoint)
Tamara Kuzyk | 12 pages
Tamara Kuzyk 12 pages
  LD174 Le nettoyage du corpus législatif de l'Ontario (PowerPoint)
Tamara Kuzyk | 12 pages
Tamara Kuzyk 12 pages
  LD175 Architecture législative : le pouvoir de la parole
Ted Glas | 7 pages
Ted Glas 7 pages
  LD176 Legislative Architecture: Building with the Spoken Word
Ted Glas | 7 pages
Ted Glas 7 pages
  LD177 Accessibility of Legislative Texts on line to Readers With Visual Disabilities - La consultation en ligne des textes législatifs par les lecteurs ayant une déficience visuelle
Ted Glas | 12 pages
Ted Glas 12 pages
  LD178 Drafting Directive on the Web Accessibility of Visual Components of Laws
Ted Glas | 7 pages
Ted Glas 7 pages
  LD179 Regulatory Responsibility - Notes for Remarks
Alan Nymark | 7 pages
Alan Nymark 7 pages
  LD180 A Digest of Recent Canadian Appellate Case Law (Mostly Statutory Interpretation Cases) of Possible Interest to Legislative Drafters - January 2010 to July 2012
Ruth Sullivan | 108 pages
Ruth Sullivan 108 pages
  LD181 Sommaire des décisions rendues récemment par des tribunaux d'appel canadiens (principalement sur l'interprétation législative) et pouvant intéresser les rédacteurs législatifs - de janvier 2010 à juillet 2012
Ruth Sullivan | 116 pages
Ruth Sullivan 116 pages
  LD182 Case law of possible interest to legislative drafters (PowerPoint)
Ruth Sullivan | 5 pages
Ruth Sullivan 5 pages
  LD183 La jurisprudence qui pouvait être d'intérêt aux rédacteurs législatifs (PowerPoint)
Ruth Sullivan | 5 pages
Ruth Sullivan 5 pages
  LD184 L'entrée en vigueur des lois (PowerPoint)
Richard Tremblay | 32 pages
Richard Tremblay 32 pages
  LD185 Ethical Issues for Legislative Counsel (PowerPoint)
Louis Sormany | 23 pages
Louis Sormany 23 pages
  LD186 Le rédacteur législatif face à l'éthique et à la déontologie
Louis Sormany | 23 pages
Louis Sormany 23 pages

2010 | Re-Imaging the Law: Legislative Drafting Redefined

Conference Title: Re-Imaging the Law: Legislative Drafting Redefined
Date: September, 2010
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD149A Professional Responsibilities of Legislative Counsel
John Mark Keyes | 47 pages
John Mark Keyes 47 pages
  LD149B Les responsabilités professionnelles du conseiller législatif
John Mark Keyes | 51 pages
John Mark Keyes 51 pages
  LD149C Professional Responsibilities of Legislative Counsel - Les responsabilités professionnelles du conseiller législatif (PowerPoint)
John Mark Keyes | 13 pages
John Mark Keyes 13 pages
  LD150 L'émergence des langues autochtones dans les textes législatifs : les défis d'un rendez-vous interculturel (PowerPoint)
Maxime Lamothe, Sarret Smit | 40 pages
Maxime Lamothe, Sarret Smit 40 pages
  LD151 Réinventer le droit à partir de l’harmonisation des concepts et traditions juridiques – La conférence pour l’harmonisation des lois au Canada et le droit civil québécois
Frédérique Sabourin | 13 pages
Frédérique Sabourin 13 pages
  LD152A Inuktitut: An official language of legislation in Nunavut - L’inuktitut : une des langues officielles de la législation au Nunavut
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 28 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 28 pages
  LD152B Atauttimungaqtirniq umani ilitariyauhimayunut uqauhirnut maligaq
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 39 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 39 pages
  LD152C Consolidation of Official Languages Act
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 37 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 37 pages
  LD152D Codification administrative de la loi sur les langues officielles
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 38 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 38 pages
  LD152E Language Rights in Canada's North: Nunavut's New Official Languages Act (Final Report)
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 29 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 29 pages
  LD152F Les droits linguistiques dans le grand nord Canadien: la nouvelle loi sur les langues officielles du Nunavut (Rapport final)
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 31 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 31 pages
  LD152G Document in Inuktitut language
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut | 47 pages
Susan Hardy, André Samson, Government of Nunavut 47 pages
  LD153 Re-Imagine the Law: Legislative Drafting Refined. The Harmonization of Legal Regimes and Concepts
Edwin E. Smith | 13 pages
Edwin E. Smith 13 pages
  LD154 Atelier de rédaction
Jacques Lagacé | 3 pages
Jacques Lagacé 3 pages
  LD155 Introductory Remarks for "Re-Imaging the Law through Language and Culture: Aboriginal Law Making" panel
Naiomi Metallic | 6 pages
Naiomi Metallic 6 pages
  LD156 Harmonization - Key Legislative Drafting Techniques and Issues (PowerPoint)
Laura Hopkins | 31 pages
Laura Hopkins 31 pages

2008 | Who Really Writes the Law?

Conference Title: Who Really Writes the Law?
Date: September, 2008
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD130 Best Practices for Developing Drafting Team Expertise: British Columbia - Legislation and Legislative Process Course
Rod Fehr | 10 pages
Rod Fehr 10 pages
  LD131 Best Practices for Developing Drafting Team Expertise: British Columbia - Legislation and Legislative Process Course (PowerPoint)
Rod Fehr | 3 pages
Rod Fehr 3 pages
  LD132 Meilleures pratiques pour le perfectionnement de l'équipe de rédaction, Colombie-Britannique - Cours sur la législation et le processus législatif (PowerPoint)
Rod Fehr | 3 pages
Rod Fehr 3 pages
  LD139 Best Pratices for Developing Drafting Team Expertise - Australia: Publications and Presentations
Claire Parkhill | 14 pages
Claire Parkhill 14 pages
  LD140 Drafting Bills in the Senate and the House of Commons
Marie-Andrée Roy | 9 pages
Marie-Andrée Roy 9 pages
  LD141 La rédaction des projets de loi au Sénat et à la Chambre des communes
Marie-Andrée Roy | 10 pages
Marie-Andrée Roy 10 pages
  LD142 The Dialogue Between Drafters and Instructing Officials During the Drafting Process
Mark Spakowski | 23 pages
Mark Spakowski 23 pages
  LD143 The Changing Role of the Departmental Solicitor in the New Brunswick Legislative Drafting Process
C. Clyde Spinney | 9 pages
C. Clyde Spinney 9 pages
  LD145 La double détermination normative: toute règle est en soi la réponse à une question - Exercises
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine | 2 pages
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine 2 pages
  LD146 La double détermination normative: toute règle est en soi la réponse à une question
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine | 8 pages
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine 8 pages
  LD148 From Drafting Instructions to Judicial Decisions and Back Again
Richard G. Mosley | 14 pages
Richard G. Mosley 14 pages

2006 | Drafting for Diversity: A Singular Challenge

Conference Title: Drafting for Diversity: A Singular Challenge
Date: September, 2006
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD106 Drafting for Diversity Through Private Members' Bills : A Senate Perspective - PowerPoint
Mark A. Audcent | 8 pages
Mark A. Audcent 8 pages
  LD107 La rédaction des projets de loi émanant des parlementaires : un point de vue sénatorial - PowerPoint
Mark A. Audcent | 8 pages
Mark A. Audcent 8 pages
  LD108 Drafting for Diversity Through Private Members' Bills : A Senate Perspective
Mark A. Audcent | 46 pages
Mark A. Audcent 46 pages
  LD109 La rédaction des projets de loi émanant des parlementaires : un point de vue sénatorialLa rédaction des projets de loi émanant des parlementaires : un point de vue sénatorial
Mark A. Audcent | 49 pages
Mark A. Audcent 49 pages
  LD110 La rédaction législative en contexte bilingue - la corédaction des lois fédérales - PowerPoint
Josée Baril | 2 pages
Josée Baril 2 pages
  LD111 Drafting for Diversity Through Private Members' Bills : An Executive Perspective
Selena Beattie | 1 pages
Selena Beattie 1 pages
  LD112 Le droit pluriel grâce aux affaires émanant des députés: Une perspective gouvernementale
Selena Beattie | 1 pages
Selena Beattie 1 pages
  LD113 L'intelligibilité du droit et les conséquences de la codification : L'inintelligibilité croissante de la loi
Catherine Bergeal | 22 pages
Catherine Bergeal 22 pages
  LD114 À chaque loi son ministre, mais comment le dire?À chaque loi son ministre, mais comment le dire?
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine | 31 pages
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine 31 pages
  LD115 À chaque loi son ministre, mais comment le dire? PowerPoint
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine | 6 pages
Jean-Paul Chapdelaine 6 pages
  LD116 Drafting for Diversity Through Private Members' Bills - La rédaction des projets de loi émanant des parlementaires - PowerPoint
Richard Denis | 9 pages
Richard Denis 9 pages
  LD117 Applying "Reader Expectation Theory" to Legislative Texts - PowerPoint
Earl Evaniew, Lynn Douglas | 6 pages
Earl Evaniew, Lynn Douglas 6 pages
  LD118 The Role for Parliaments in Treaty-Making
Joanna Harrington | pages
Joanna Harrington pages
  LD119 Diversity in Drafting: The Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement and the Interaction of Inuit and Provincial Law
Mary E. Hatherly | 35 pages
Mary E. Hatherly 35 pages
  LD120 L'outre-loi - Séance VII : Droit et langue
Nicholas Kasirer | 30 pages
Nicholas Kasirer 30 pages
  LD121 L'outre-langue de la loi - Résumé
Nicholas Kasirer | 2 pages
Nicholas Kasirer 2 pages
  LD122 The Law's Language-beyond - Summary
Nicholas Kasirer | 2 pages
Nicholas Kasirer 2 pages
  LD123 A Legislative Perspective on the Interaction of International and Domestic Law
John Mark Keyes, Ruth Sullivan | 63 pages
John Mark Keyes, Ruth Sullivan 63 pages
  LD124 L'interaction du droit international et du droit national dans une perspective législativeL'interaction du droit international et du droit national dans une perspective législative
John Mark Keyes, Ruth Sullivan | 67 pages
John Mark Keyes, Ruth Sullivan 67 pages
  LD125 L'incidence du pluralisme juridique sur la rédaction des textes législatifs: Une perspective canadienne de common law en français
Donald Poirier | 25 pages
Donald Poirier 25 pages
  LD126 Expression de la règle pénale - PowerPoint
Richard Tremblay | 3 pages
Richard Tremblay 3 pages
  LD127 Exercices de rédaction des dispositions pénales - PowerPoint
Richard Tremblay | 2 pages
Richard Tremblay 2 pages

2004 | Legislative Drafting in Perspective

Conference Title: Legislative Drafting in Perspective
Date: September, 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD95 Creating Expert Legislative Drafters: A Literature Review and Research Agenda
Erika J. Abner | 16 pages
Erika J. Abner 16 pages
  LD96 Ce que le traducteur juridique doit savoir des règles d'interprétation législative - What Translators Need to Know about the Rules of Statutory Interpretation
Michel Bastarache | 23 pages
Michel Bastarache 23 pages
  LD97 Ethics and Drafting
Deborah Macnair | 11 pages
Deborah Macnair 11 pages
  LD98 Legal Ethics and the Legislative Drafter
Beverley Smith | 11 pages
Beverley Smith 11 pages
  LD99 L'éthique au service du légiste québécois
Louis Sormany | 12 pages
Louis Sormany 12 pages
  LD100 Notes for a Speech by The Honourable Donald H. Oliver, Q.C.
Donald H. Oliver | 11 pages
Donald H. Oliver 11 pages
  LD101 Tips and Techniques for Drafting Complex Law
Janet Erasmus, David Elliott | 28 pages
Janet Erasmus, David Elliott 28 pages
  LD102 Notes for a Speech by The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, P.C., Senator, representing the Honourable Dan Hays, Speaker of the Senate
Sharon Carstairs | 2 pages
Sharon Carstairs 2 pages
  LD104 Interpretive Roles of Non-judicial Bodies and Officials
John Mark Keyes, Suzanne Comtois, Thomas Cromwell, Ann Chaplin | 9 pages
John Mark Keyes, Suzanne Comtois, Thomas Cromwell, Ann Chaplin 9 pages
  LD104A Le rôle interprétatif des organismes non judiciaires et des fonctionnaires
John Mark Keyes, Suzanne Comtois, Thomas Cromwell, Ann Chaplin | 9 pages
John Mark Keyes, Suzanne Comtois, Thomas Cromwell, Ann Chaplin 9 pages

2002 | Drafting to Communicate the Law: The State of the Art

Conference Title: Drafting to Communicate the Law: The State of the Art
Date: September, 2002
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD88 Vers une redéfinition des supports de lectureVers une redéfinition des supports de lecture
Christian Vandendorpe | 7 pages
Christian Vandendorpe 7 pages
  LD89 Understanding the Code of Codes: On the Prospects for Legislation in the Digital AgeUnderstanding the Code of Codes: On the Prospects for Legislation in the Digital Age
David Howes | 14 pages
David Howes 14 pages
  LD90 The Best Things in Law are Free? Towards Quality Free Public Access to Primary Legal Materials in Canada
Teresa Scassa | 41 pages
Teresa Scassa 41 pages
  LD91 Drafting in Australia, New Zealand & Ontario: An Informal Survey
Nick Horn | 41 pages
Nick Horn 41 pages
  LD91A Legislative Drafting in Australia, New Zealand & Ontario: Notes on an Informal Survey
Nick Horn | 8 pages
Nick Horn 8 pages
  LD92 The Australian Approach in the New Drafting Environment
Hilary Penfold | 69 pages
Hilary Penfold 69 pages
  LD93 Changing How a Drafter Drafts - Impact of Electronic Systems on Document Creation (Speaking Notes)
Miriam Leitman | 8 pages
Miriam Leitman 8 pages
  LD94 Roles of Legislative Drafting Offices and Drafters
John Mark Keyes, Katharine MacCormick | 33 pages
John Mark Keyes, Katharine MacCormick 33 pages
  LD94A Rôle des services de rédaction législative et des rédacteurs
John Mark Keyes, Katharine MacCormick | 37 pages
John Mark Keyes, Katharine MacCormick 37 pages

2000 | Legislative Drafting in the Global Village

Conference Title: Legislative Drafting in the Global Village
Date: November, 2000
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD80 The Global Picture - The Acknowledged Influence: Treaties and Conventions
Peter Leuprecht | 24 pages
Peter Leuprecht 24 pages
  LD81 La perspective mondiale - L'influence reconnue: les traités et les conventions - Examen des sources du droit international reconnues qui influent sur la rédaction des lois au Canada (Notes pour une allocution)
Philippe Lortie | 9 pages
Philippe Lortie 9 pages
  LD81A The Global Picture - The Acknowledged Influence: Treaties and Conventions - A Review of the Acknowledged Sources of International Law that Influence the Drafting of Statute Law in Canada (Speaking Notes)
Philippe Lortie | 8 pages
Philippe Lortie 8 pages
  LD82 La transformation de la filière législative dans les pays étrangers : le rôle des Canadiens
Robert C. Bergeron | 8 pages
Robert C. Bergeron 8 pages
  LD83 The Influence of UCC Article 8 on Canadian Securities Transfer Law: Is There Room for a Canadian Dialect in Global Commercial Language?
Eric T. Spink | 51 pages
Eric T. Spink 51 pages
  LD84 Foreign Influences in Canadian Electronic Commerce Legislation
John D. Gregory | 16 pages
John D. Gregory 16 pages
  LD85 Computer Assisted Legislative Drafting in the Netherlands: The LEDA-System
Wim Voermans | 15 pages
Wim Voermans 15 pages
  LD87A L'essor des actes étatiques incitateurs : le glas de la loi?
Alexandre Flückiger | 26 pages
Alexandre Flückiger 26 pages

1998 | Legislative Drafting, Getting Results

Conference Title: Legislative Drafting, Getting Results
Date: November, 1998
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD70 Les lois d'interprétation - sont-elles utiles?
Richard Tremblay | 14 pages
Richard Tremblay 14 pages
  LD71 Plain Language Drafting Meets Interpretive Principles and Rules - A Drafter's Perspective
Janet Erasmus | 14 pages
Janet Erasmus 14 pages
  LD72 Legislative Drafting in a Crisis Environment - Real Life Tips
Colleen Parrish | 9 pages
Colleen Parrish 9 pages

1997 | Legislative Drafting: Current Shock, Future Reality

Conference Title: Legislative Drafting: Current Shock, Future Reality
Date: April, 1997
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD59 How Expert Systems in Legislative Drafting Might Influence the Law
Grayfred B. Gray | 23 pages
Grayfred B. Gray 23 pages
  LD60 L'écriture de la loi; de la codification à l'informatisation
Danièle Boursier | 5 pages
Danièle Boursier 5 pages
  LD63 Les réelles difficultés de modifier les projets de la loi à l'Assemblée Nationale
René Chrétien | 5 pages
René Chrétien 5 pages
  LD67 The Difficulties Inherent in the Amendment of Bills at the National Assembly
René Chrétien | 5 pages
René Chrétien 5 pages
  LD69 The Up and Down of Lawyering in the '90s; Our Traditional Profession in the Postmodern World
Tom Carter | 11 pages
Tom Carter 11 pages

1995 | Regulations and By-laws – Real Laws in the Real World

Conference Title: Regulations and By-laws - Real Laws in the Real World
Date: November, 1995
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD44 Designing the Regulatory Scheme
Gilles Létourneau | 19 pages
Gilles Létourneau 19 pages
  LD46 A New Approach to Enabling Legislation. Alberta's Municipal Government Act
Alex Fyfe | 22 pages
Alex Fyfe 22 pages
  LD47 The Alberta Municipal Government Act: A Municipal Perspective
Brand Inlow | 12 pages
Brand Inlow 12 pages
  LD48 The Alberta Municipal Government Act: How We Got There
Tom Forgrave | 24 pages
Tom Forgrave 24 pages
  LD49 La réglementation municipale : Conditions de validité et moyens de défense
Jean Hétu | 37 pages
Jean Hétu 37 pages

1994 | Communicating the Law: Getting the Message Across

Conference Title: Communicating the Law: Getting the Message Across
Date: September, 1994
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD30 Want to know the law? It'll cost you - Law texts and Legislative History
Francis Bennion www.francisbennion.com | 14 pages
Francis Bennion www.francisbennion.com 14 pages
  LD31 Le recours aux travaux préparatoires dans la pratique canadienne récente 
Alain-François Bisson | 15 pages
Alain-François Bisson 15 pages
  LD32 The Indiscipline of Common Law: Dilemmas of the Use of Legislative History in the United Kingdom
T. St. John N. Bates | 43 pages
T. St. John N. Bates 43 pages

1990 | Legislative Drafting, Language and Law

Conference Title: Legislative Drafting, Language & Law
Date: November, 1990
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD10 Semiotics: Does Modern French Language Theory Have Lessons for the Draftsperson
William E. Conklin | 22 pages
William E. Conklin 22 pages
  LD12 New technology and drafting: The latest devices, techniques and ideas
David Elliott | 79 pages
David Elliott 79 pages

1989 | Legislative Drafting and Subordinate Legislation

Conference Title: Legislative Drafting and Subordinate Legislation
Date: November, 1989
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD5 Drafting in Municipal Legislation - A Weird Science
George Rust-d'Eye | 19 pages
George Rust-d'Eye 19 pages
  LD9 Special Warrants
Merrilee Rasmussen | 18 pages
Merrilee Rasmussen 18 pages

1987 | National Seminar on Legislative Drafting and Interpretation

Conference Title: National Seminar on Legislative Drafting and Interpretation
Date: August 19 - 21, 1987
Location: Ottawa, ON

# Title Author(s) Pages Price
  LD87-1 Should the Rules Relating to the Admissibility of Extrinsic Evidence be Relaxed? Outline of Comments on a Paper Prepared by Professor W.H. Charles
J. A. Scollin | 15 pages
J. A. Scollin 15 pages
  LD87-2 La rédaction des lois en langage ordinaire
Roch Rioux | 18 pages
Roch Rioux 18 pages
  LD87-3 The Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation
R. G. L. Fairweather | 14 pages
R. G. L. Fairweather 14 pages
  LD87-4 Interprétation stricte et interprétation libérale
Pierre-André Côté | 17 pages
Pierre-André Côté 17 pages
  LD87-5 Bilingual Drafting - The Government of Canada System - Part 1
Peter Johnson | 10 pages
Peter Johnson 10 pages
  LD87-6 Judicial Approaches to the Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation
Michael Beaupré | 20 pages
Michael Beaupré 20 pages
  LD87-7 Formal vs. Functional Approaches to Statutory Interpretation
H. Wade MacLaughlan | 24 pages
H. Wade MacLaughlan 24 pages
  LD87-8 Rédaction bilingue des lois - Partie II
M. Gérard Bertrand | 12 pages
M. Gérard Bertrand 12 pages
  LD87-9 Plain Language, Legal Documents and Forms: Background Information
Gail S. Dykstra | 47 pages
Gail S. Dykstra 47 pages