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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 ‐