Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide
Book Description
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook provides practical advice on drafting to anyone who does, or may, engage in drafting, and provides insight into the drafting process to other interested people. It is also for people who are more interested in policy than in drafting, but want to understand why legislative drafters operate the way they do. It is also for people who are more interested in reading and interpreting the law than in drafting, but want to understand why laws are drafted the way they are.
About the Author
Tobias A. Dorsey is an attorney in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Within that office, he works primarily on issues relating to national defense, homeland security, and civil and criminal justice. He has taught at drafting seminars and is an active member of various drafting and professional associations. He serves on the governing council of the Capitol Hill Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Before joining the office, Mr. Dorsey was a trial and appellate lawyer in private practice. He has brought appeals to the highest State court of Maine and of California and to the Supreme Court of the United States. He has written articles, edited a legal magazine, and directed the in-house research and writing program at several law firms. He is a member of the bar in Maine, Massachusetts, and California, and a member of the bar association of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Dorsey was a reporter and editor for several newspapers. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his law degree from UCLA School of Law.
Reviews
William K. Suter, Clerk of the United States Supreme Court
"The Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide is a masterful work. It is comprehensive and exceptionally well written. It is an essential tool for anyone who drafts legislation or interprets the law."
Frank Burk, Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate 1991-1998
"The Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide is exactly that. It should be a part of every Federal practitioner's library. Even the experienced legislative attorney will find things in the Deskbook that he or she did not know. It is an essential and indispensable book, both as a reference work and as a thorough introduction to Federal legislative drafting."
Curtis Ellis, American Political Science Association's Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, Volume 29, Number 2, July 2006
"Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide presents legislative scholars, legislation drafters, and quite frankly anyone interested in the construction of statute with a meticulous exploration of the planning and thought processes that must occur in order for clear, understandable laws to be written. Dorsey accomplishes his desired missions of providing practical advice to drafters and interesting insight to scholars (and normal people) on the drafting process."
Book details:
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide
by Tobias Dorsey
ISBN 1587330156 / 9781587330155 / 1-58733-015-6
Publisher The Capitol.Net
Language English
Edition Hardcover
http://www.bookfinder.com/author/tobias-a-dorsey/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1587330156/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook provides practical advice on drafting to anyone who does, or may, engage in drafting, and provides insight into the drafting process to other interested people. It is also for people who are more interested in policy than in drafting, but want to understand why legislative drafters operate the way they do. It is also for people who are more interested in reading and interpreting the law than in drafting, but want to understand why laws are drafted the way they are.
About the Author
Tobias A. Dorsey is an attorney in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. Within that office, he works primarily on issues relating to national defense, homeland security, and civil and criminal justice. He has taught at drafting seminars and is an active member of various drafting and professional associations. He serves on the governing council of the Capitol Hill Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Before joining the office, Mr. Dorsey was a trial and appellate lawyer in private practice. He has brought appeals to the highest State court of Maine and of California and to the Supreme Court of the United States. He has written articles, edited a legal magazine, and directed the in-house research and writing program at several law firms. He is a member of the bar in Maine, Massachusetts, and California, and a member of the bar association of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Before becoming a lawyer, Mr. Dorsey was a reporter and editor for several newspapers. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his law degree from UCLA School of Law.
Reviews
William K. Suter, Clerk of the United States Supreme Court
"The Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide is a masterful work. It is comprehensive and exceptionally well written. It is an essential tool for anyone who drafts legislation or interprets the law."
Frank Burk, Legislative Counsel of the United States Senate 1991-1998
"The Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide is exactly that. It should be a part of every Federal practitioner's library. Even the experienced legislative attorney will find things in the Deskbook that he or she did not know. It is an essential and indispensable book, both as a reference work and as a thorough introduction to Federal legislative drafting."
Curtis Ellis, American Political Science Association's Legislative Studies Section Newsletter, Volume 29, Number 2, July 2006
"Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide presents legislative scholars, legislation drafters, and quite frankly anyone interested in the construction of statute with a meticulous exploration of the planning and thought processes that must occur in order for clear, understandable laws to be written. Dorsey accomplishes his desired missions of providing practical advice to drafters and interesting insight to scholars (and normal people) on the drafting process."
Book details:
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook: A Practical Guide
by Tobias Dorsey
ISBN 1587330156 / 9781587330155 / 1-58733-015-6
Publisher The Capitol.Net
Language English
Edition Hardcover
http://www.bookfinder.com/author/tobias-a-dorsey/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/1587330156/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
Link: http://www.thecapitol.net/Publications/legislativedraftersdeskbook.html
