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Legislation
One of the challenges facing the process of legal drafting in legislation is diction and language. Plain language may be warranted in some situations, whereas jargon is often acceptable and occasionally necessary. All abbreviations need to be identified and used judiciously. Each piece of legislation should be drafted differently, with regard to the subject matter and audience. The challenge is in knowing the audience, and remembering the constraints of each country's legislative system. It should not be assumed that a purely judicial or legal audience is the recipient, as legislation entails a large number of stakeholders. Each piece of legislation should be considered differently, and yet there should always be consistency among the corpus of legislation drafted and regard for plain language.
Another challenge is that there are so many types of legislation, and so many types of drafting styles and formats. The cacophony of acceptable styles and...
Creating harmony may be possible within some systems, but shifting ideologies and norms could create a situation in which legislation is confusing or contradictory. In nations with state/provincial legislation that competes with federal legislation, there are further challenges with regards to the diversity of drafted documents available. Ultimately one party might have the final say in the drafting technique used, but in some cases, there will be no clearly defined protocol for drafting. It is sometimes useful to have clearly defined protocols within certain systems or levels of government.
Legislation should be clear, concise, and when possible, written in plain language. Formatting issues such as whether to use bulleted points, or simple doubles to express application of the law may arise. However, there are special challenges…
Military Draft In arguing against reinstating the military draft in the United States, several things come immediately to mind. First among those, for anyone who has learned anything at all about the Vietnam War, is that the draft can be devastating to society, causing upheaval at home as well as the return of bright, strong young men in body bags. David Halberstam, a journalist of considerable experience, wrote a book, The
Lincoln and Draft Riots in Nyc -- Lincoln in NYC (1859) and Draft Riots in NYC (1863) Lincoln in New York City (NYC) (1859) Abraham Lincoln paid a visit to the city of New York in the year 1860, when campaigning for his Republican nomination. This is where he made his historic Cooper Union speech, which proved to be a unique combination of rhetorical opportunity, political culture, human genius, and technological innovation. It
Firearms Legislation and Firearms-Related Violence in Europe This paper examines the relationship between firearms legislation and gun-related violence across countries and regions in Europe. The focus of the paper is to identify possible sources of literature to help answer questions regarding whether legislation is an effective tool in reducing firearms-related violence. The paper focuses on variance of gun violence rates throughout Europe, gun legislation, and possible national strategies for addressing the
SOPA & PIPA Legislation File sharing involving copyright infringement began as peer-to-peer operations, sometimes with the involvement of a central server that acts as a search engine. Recently there has been a rise in file sharing where the infringing content is actually stored on the central server, such as the now-defunct megaupload.com. Consequently, there is a conflict between the rights of content owners and the rights of ordinary users of the
Sometimes state politics plays a major role and it shapes the outcomes of the legislative action in completely different ways. For example, the Texas Enterprise Fund was created in 2003. The main reason for its implementation of the fund was to attract new companies to Texas. However, the main point of debate here was that this fund was approved, when drastic budget cuts for state programs were being implemented
Mental Health Legislation Critical Appraisal of Recent Mental Health Legislation and its Effect Upon Service Users and Carers In recent years, we have seen a renewed government interest in public health. The everyday coming amendments and suggestions show that achievement of a healthy individual in society is not just related to medical treatment. It also shows that social, environmental and economic surroundings play an important part to determine levels of illness and