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Issue 1-2, 2005
Editorial

Access_open Editorial
Authors Helen Xanthaki
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Helen Xanthaki
Editorial Board Member. Senior Lecturer and Academic Director, Centre for Legislative Studies, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London.
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Access_open Sir William Dale Annual Memorial Lecture: The Art of Legislative Drafting
Authors Geoffrey Bowman
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Geoffrey Bowman
The article “The Art of Legislative Drafting” was written by Sir Geoffrey Bowman of the Parliamentary Counsel Office. It is published with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and The Queen's Printer for Scotland. This is a slightly revised version of the Sir William Dale Memorial Lecture for 2005. It was given in the Senate House of London University on 7 November 2005 by Sir Geoffrey Bowman KCB, the First Parliamentary Counsel and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn.
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Access_open Plain Language: Drafting and Property Law
Authors Peter Butt
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Peter Butt
BA, LL B, LL M, LL D. University of Sydney, Australia. This article is a revised version of a paper delivered to the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Statute Law Society, London, December 2005.
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Access_open All Trains Stop at Crewe: The Rise and Rise of Contextual Drafting
Authors Daniel Greenberg
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Daniel Greenberg
Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister; Parliamentary Counsel. This article is based on observations made by the author in the course of a lecture on statutory construction to the legal advisers to the Lord Chancellor on 10 October 2005. The author is greatly indebted to Saira Salimi of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel for her comments on a troublesomely lengthy series of drafts
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Access_open Mosaics of Legal Provisions
Authors Patricia Popelier
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Patricia Popelier
The author is professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp, (Belgium), president of the Interuniversity Centre for Legislation (ICW) and auditor of the European Association of Legislation (EAL).
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Access_open On the State of Legislation Studies in Europe
Authors Ulrich Karpen
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Ulrich Karpen
Prof. Dr. iur. Universitätsprofessor at the Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, Germany.
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Access_open Conscientious Objection in Public Service Ethics: A Proposed Procedure for Europe
Authors Eric B. Litwack
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Eric B. Litwack
Eric B. Litwack holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Queen's University at Kingston (Canada). He is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Queen's University at Kingston's International Study Centre, in East Sussex, UK. For assistance in the preparation of this work, he would like to express his gratitude to the University of London's IALS, where he recently completed a research fellowship. Thanks are also due to Grant Amyot, Gerard Horgan and Constantin Stefanou for their helpful critical comments.
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Access_open Transposition of EC Law for EU Approximation and Accession: The Task of National Authorities
Authors Helen Xanthaki
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Helen Xanthaki
Senior Lecturer and Academic Director, Centre for Legislative Studies, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Access_open Drafting for Accession: Bulgaria's Way to Success
Authors Gergana Maneva
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Gergana Maneva
Legal researcher, Centre for European Programmes, American University in Bulgaria.
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Access_open Efficiency of the Legislative Process in Uganda
Authors Pius Perry Biribonwoha
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Pius Perry Biribonwoha
MA Advanced Legislative Studies (Merit) (London), LLB (Hons) (MUK), Cert. Legislative Drafting, International Law Institute, Kampala, Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and Senior Legal Officer, Uganda Law Reform Commission.
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Access_open The Process of Constitutional Amendments in Tanzania: With a Reference to the Role of Parliamentary Draftsman
Authors Richard Franklin Mbaruku
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Richard Franklin Mbaruku
The author is a Parliamentary Draftsman in the Office of the Attorney General in Tanzania and holds an MA in Legislative Studies (2004/2005) (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies).
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Access_open Efficiency and Chinese Legislation
Authors Qionglin Lu
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Qionglin Lu
PhD of Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; Attorney with Zhejiang Heping Law Firm, China.
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Access_open Legal Transplantation in the People's Republic of China: A Response to Alan Watson
Authors Shaohong Zhuang
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Shaohong Zhuang
MA in Advanced Legislative Sudies, IALS, University of London, LLB in Xiamen University, P.R. China, currently studying for MSc Management, Imperial College, London.
Book Review

Access_open Simon Askey and Ian McLeod, Studying Law, Palgrave Macmillan (2005). Paperback; 194 pp (ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-9926-9; ISBN-10: 1-4039-9926-0)
Authors Helen Xanthaki
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Helen Xanthaki
Senior Lecturer and Academic Director Centre for Legislative Studies, IALS
Book Review

Access_open Daniel Greenberg, Craies on Legislation, Thomson Sweet and Maxwell (2004). Hardback; 890 pp (ISBN 0 421 859 601)
Authors Helen Xanthaki
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Helen Xanthaki
Senior Lecturer and Academic Director Centre for Legislative Studies, IALS