Document Drafting Handbook
Writing Readable Regulations
The focus of this manual is not what provisions to include in a given contract, but instead how to express those provisions in prose that is free ofthe problems that often afflict contracts.
The Commonwealth Legislative Drafting Manual guides the practitioner step by step through the various things he or she needs to know.
This manual is a comprehensive course in drafting, providing all the necessary information alongside practical exercises to help the reader practise and master the skill of drafting.
In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application.
See also Stuart W. Shulman , E - Rulemaking : Issues in Current Research and Practice , 28 INT'L J. PUB . ADMIN . 621 ( 2005 ) ; Beth Simone Noveck , The Electronic Revolution in Rulemaking , 53 EMORY L.J. 433 ( 2004 ) ; Barbara H.