Legislative drafting
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
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
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 | |
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LD211 | Presentation Notes | Julie Lynn Blackhawk | 9 pages | ‐ | |
LD212 | Notes d'allocution | Julie Lynn Blackhawk | 11 pages | ‐ | |
LD213 | What happens next? Anticipating the future for sub-national legislative counsel (PowerPoint) | Lawrence Purdy | 24 pages | ‐ | |
LD214 | De certaines dispositions législatives en matière de sécurité automobile (PowerPoint) | 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
2012 | Legislative Architecture – Building With Words
Conference Title: Legislative Architecture - Building With Words
Date: September 10-11, 2012
Location: Ottawa, ON
2010 | Re-Imaging the Law: Legislative Drafting Redefined
Conference Title: Re-Imaging the Law: Legislative Drafting Redefined
Date: September, 2010
Location: Ottawa, ON
2008| Who Really Writes the Law?
Conference Title: Who Really Writes the Law?
Date: September, 2008
Location: Ottawa, ON
2006 | Drafting for Diversity: A Singular Challenge
Conference Title: Drafting for Diversity: A Singular Challenge
Date: September, 2006
Location: Ottawa, ON
2004 | Legislative Drafting in Perspective
Conference Title: Legislative Drafting in Perspective
Date: September, 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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
2000 | Legislative Drafting in the Global Village
Conference Title: Legislative Drafting in the Global Village
Date: November, 2000
Location: Ottawa, ON
1998 | Legislative Drafting, Getting Results
Conference Title: Legislative Drafting, Getting Results
Date: November, 1998
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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LD70 | Les lois d'interprétation - sont-elles utiles? | Richard Tremblay | 14 pages | ‐ | |
LD71 | Plain Language Drafting Meets Interpretive Principles and Rules - A Drafter's Perspective | Janet Erasmus | 14 pages | ‐ | |
LD72 | Legislative Drafting in a Crisis Environment - Real Life Tips | 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 | |
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LD59 | How Expert Systems in Legislative Drafting Might Influence the Law | Grayfred B. Gray | 23 pages | ‐ | |
LD60 | L'écriture de la loi; de la codification à l'informatisation | Danièle Boursier | 5 pages | ‐ | |
LD63 | Les réelles difficultés de modifier les projets de la loi à l'Assemblée Nationale | René Chrétien | 5 pages | ‐ | |
LD67 | The Difficulties Inherent in the Amendment of Bills at the National Assembly | 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 | ‐ |
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 | |
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LD44 | Designing the Regulatory Scheme | Gilles Létourneau | 19 pages | ‐ | |
LD46 | A New Approach to Enabling Legislation. Alberta's Municipal Government Act | Alex Fyfe | 22 pages | ‐ | |
LD47 | The Alberta Municipal Government Act: A Municipal Perspective | Brand Inlow | 12 pages | ‐ | |
LD48 | The Alberta Municipal Government Act: How We Got There | Tom Forgrave | 24 pages | ‐ | |
LD49 | La réglementation municipale : Conditions de validité et moyens de défense | 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 | |
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LD30 | Want to know the law? It'll cost you - Law texts and Legislative History | Francis Bennion www.francisbennion.com | 14 pages | ‐ | |
LD31 | Le recours aux travaux préparatoires dans la pratique canadienne récente | 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 | ‐ |
1993 | Legal Drafting: Changing Times
Conference Title: Legal Drafting: Changing Times
Date: May, 1993
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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LD23 | Le discours du législateur et le langage du droit. Rédaction, style et texte juridiques | Jean-Claude Gémar | 29 pages | ‐ | |
LD26 | La nature, les buts et l'application des peines sanctionnant les lois fédérales non criminelles | Marc Brissette | 19 pages | ‐ | |
LD29 | Legislative Drafting and Parliamentary Control Over Delegated Legislation | Derek Lee | 18 pages | ‐ |
1991 | Legal Drafting: International Perspectives
Conference Title: Legal Drafting: International Perspectives
Date: November, 1991
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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LD14 | Teaching Legal Drafting in a United States Law School: The Evolution of the Florida Program | Barbara Child | 32 pages | ‐ | |
LD15 | The Drafting Process in the American Legislative Context | Maryann Corbett | 19 pages | ‐ | |
LD17 | Drafting in Developing Countries: The Problems of Importing Expertise | V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe | 37 pages | ‐ | |
LD18 | La linguistique au service de la légistique | Gérard Cornu | 15 pages | ‐ | |
LD20 | L'enseignement de la rédaction juridique à la faculté de droit de l'Université de Liège | Paul Delnoy | 14 pages | ‐ |
1990 | Legislative Drafting, Language and Law
Conference Title: Legislative Drafting, Language & Law
Date: November, 1990
Location: Ottawa, ON
# | Title | Author(s) | Pages | Price | |
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LD10 | Semiotics: Does Modern French Language Theory Have Lessons for the Draftsperson | William E. Conklin | 22 pages | ‐ | |
LD12 | New technology and drafting: The latest devices, techniques and ideas | 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 | |
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LD5 | Drafting in Municipal Legislation - A Weird Science | George Rust-d'Eye | 19 pages | ‐ | |
LD9 | Special Warrants | 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 | |
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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 | ‐ | |
LD87-2 | La rédaction des lois en langage ordinaire | Roch Rioux | 18 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-3 | The Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation | R. G. L. Fairweather | 14 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-4 | Interprétation stricte et interprétation libérale | Pierre-André Côté | 17 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-5 | Bilingual Drafting - The Government of Canada System - Part 1 | Peter Johnson | 10 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-6 | Judicial Approaches to the Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation | Michael Beaupré | 20 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-7 | Formal vs. Functional Approaches to Statutory Interpretation | H. Wade MacLaughlan | 24 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-8 | Rédaction bilingue des lois - Partie II | M. Gérard Bertrand | 12 pages | ‐ | |
LD87-9 | Plain Language, Legal Documents and Forms: Background Information | Gail S. Dykstra | 47 pages | ‐ |