Overview

Legislative process and activities can be enriched when the basic documents of legislative activities are enriched through the application of high quality skills in their production. Sharpening the skills of drafters of legislative documents will go a long way to make legislatures to have and use high quality basic documents like bills, motions, and resolutions, thereby making legislative activities effectively useful. This course has been structured to sharpen the skills of participants involved in the production of basic and strategic legislative documents.

Who to Attend

Legal officers working in Legislative Houses.

Objectives

The objectives of this course are, to:

• Teach participants the principles of legislative drafting.
• Enable participants to identify the skills required for effective legislative drafting.
• Equip the participants with the skills and enthusiasm to be effective in drafting legislative documents.

Outline

• The Purpose of Legislation.
• Nature and Types of Legislative Documents.
• Converting Policies to Bills.
• Principles of Legislative Drafting.
• Writing Legislative Sentences.
• The Semantics of Legislative Drafting.
• Use of Plain Language.
• Legislative Language.
• The Structure of Bills, Motions, and Resolutions.
• Drafting Amendments and Repeals.
• Use of Superseding Language in Drafting.
• Practical Drafting of Legislative Documents.
• Capacity Building for Legislative Drafting.

Booking Information

Location and Date:

London: 20th – 31st January, 3rd – 14th November Kigali (Rwanda): 3rd – 14th November Istanbul (Turkey): 1st – 12th December Fee: $9,600(2 weeks)          $5,500(1 week)

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