CALC Catalogue - Loophole and CALC Newsletter articles
Current edition of CALC catalogue - updated January 2012	293k	854k
1st edition of CALC catalogue - published in the February 2011 edition of Loophole	388k	222k

Papers

Organised by year of publication in The Loophole.

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2005 | 2004 | 2001 | 1998 | 1997 | 1995 | 1990 | 1989 | undated

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2011
Legislative Drafting: Art, Science or Discipline? This article by Sandra Markman was published in the November 2011 issue of The Loophole.	218k
The Role and Efficacy of Legislative Drafting in the United States: An Update on the American Drafting Process This article by Douglass Bellis was published in the November 2011 issue of The Loophole.	221k
Emerging from the Shadow - Legislative Drafting in Gibraltar This article by Paul Peralta was published in the November 2011 issue of The Loophole.	254k
"High-quality" Legislation - (How) Can Legislative Counsel Facilitate It? This article by Ross Carter was published in the November 2011 issue of The Loophole.	449k
The Role and Efficacy of Legislation This article by Sudha Rani was published in the November 2011 issue of The Loophole.	206k
Training and Development of Legislative Counsel in Commonwealth Africa - the Way Forward This article by Estelle Appiah was published in the November 2011 issue of The Loophole.	222k
The Language of the Law: How do we need to use language in drafting legislation? This article by Roger Rose was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	296k
Legislative Drafting in Mauritius: A Developing Discipline This article by Sir Victor Glover was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	171k
Behind-the-Scenes Actors? Towards Enhancing the Visibility of Legislative Counsel in Developing Countries This article by Elizabeth Martha Bakibinga was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	442k
Testing Client Policy: The Emperor's Clothes This article by Paul Salembier was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	259k
The Wavering Line between Policy Development and Legislative Drafting This article by Elizabeth Grant was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	198k
The Wavering Line between Policy Development and Legislative Drafting This article by Therese Perera was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	202k
Human Rights: the Role of Legislative Counsel This article by Daniel Lovric was published in the August 2011 issue of The Loophole.	321k
Legislative drafting in Sri Lanka This article by Therese Perera was published in the May 2011 issue of The Loophole.	94k
A bonfire of the criminal laws? A review of Law Commission Consultation Paper no195: Criminal liability in regulatory contexts? This article by Kiron Reid was published in the May 2011 issue of The Loophole.	236k
Purpose sections: Why they are a good idea for drafters and users This article by Duncan Berry was published in the May 2011 issue of The Loophole.	171k
Legislative Drafting in South Sudan This article by William E. Kosar was published in the May 2011 issue of The Loophole.	124k
The virtue in an Old Act This article by David Hull was published in the May 2011 issue of The Loophole.	87k
Duncan Berry: a full life in progress This article by John Moloney was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	51k
Short History of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel This article by Walter Iles QC was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	99k
Duncan Berry: A visionary of training in legislative drafting This article by Dr Helen Xanthaki was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	133k
Work methods and processes in a drafting environment This article by Lionel A. Levert QC was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	91k
Shaping policy into law: A strategy for developing common standards This article by Nick Horn was presented at the CALC Africa Region conference, Nigeria, April 2010, and was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	172k
Sustainable Drafting This article by John Mark Keyes was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	80k
Giving effect to policy in legislation: how to avoid missing the point This article by Sir Stephen Laws, KCB was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole, and is a lecture delivered on 10 November 2010 as the Statute Law Society's Lord Renton Lecture at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.	129k
Accessibility of European Union legislation This article by William Robinson was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	169k
A survey of users attitudes to the use of aids to understanding in legislation This article by Peter Quiggin, PSM was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	70k
The three myths of plain English drafting This article by Daniel Greenberg was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	133k
It's Just Your Imagination - Some Thoughts on the Role of Parliamentary Counsel in Ensuring Practicability of Legislative Instruments This article by Sandra Markman was published in the February 2011 issue of The Loophole.	54k

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2010
Drafting Legislative Provisions: Challenges and Opportunities This article by Vijay K Bhatia was published in the December 2010 issue of The Loophole.	85k
Principles-based drafting: experiences from tax drafting This article by Daniel Lovric was published in the December 2010 issue of The Loophole.	124k
Statutory Adjudication Under Nine Commonwealth Jurisdictions - A User's Perspective on Legislative Drafting Style This article by NAN Ameer Ali and Dr S Wilkinson was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the December 2010 issue of The Loophole.	401k
Legislative Drafting: A Lawmaker's Perspective This article by Margaret Ng was published in the December 2010 issue of The Loophole.	103k
The consultative process in social policy legislation: the experience of Ghana in the Property Rights of Spouses Bill This article by Estelle Appiah was published in the August 2010 issue of The Loophole, and is an edited version of a paper presented at the CALC Africa Region conference, Nigeria, April 2010.	62k
The difficulties of teaching legislation to students This article by John Burrows was published in the August 2010 issue of The Loophole, and is an edited version of a paper presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009.	116k
The long march: pen and paper drafting to E-publishing law This article by Don Colagiuri SC and Michael Rubacki was published in the August 2010 issue of The Loophole, and is an edited version of a paper presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009.	125k
Bi-lingual Drafting in Hong Kong This article by Tony Yen was published in the August 2010 issue of The Loophole, and is an edited version of a paper presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009.	43k
Keepers of the Statute Book: Lessons from the space-time continuum This article by Janet Erasmus was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the January 2010 issue of The Loophole.	450k
Legislative drafting: a judicial perspective This article by Hon. Mr Justice Bokhary PJ was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the January 2010 issue of The Loophole.	78k
Scrutiny of legislative drafting by the Legislature: The role of the legal Advisers of the Hong Kong Legislative Council This article by Jimmy Ma was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the January 2010 issue of The Loophole.	47k
Whose law is it? A jurilinguistic view from the trenches This article by Lise Poirier was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the January 2010 issue of The Loophole	63k
Legislative counsel and pre-legislative scrutiny This article by Stephen Argument was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the January 2010 issue of The Loophole	61k
Legalese and plain language This article by Mark Adler was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the January 2010 issue of The Loophole	48k

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2009
Professional Responsibilities of Legislative Counsel This article by John Mark Keyes was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the October 2009 issue of The Loophole.	147k	383k
Consistency versus Innovation This article by Stephen Laws was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the October 2009 issue of The Loophole.	41k	112k
Access to Legislation - the Legislative Counsel's Role This article by Daniel Greenberg was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the October 2009 issue of The Loophole.	40k	1.1M
Whose Law is it? - Accessibility through LENZ This article by Melanie Bromley was presented at the CALC conference, Hong Kong, April 2009, and published in the October 2009 issue of The Loophole.	266k	1.5M
Problems in drafting anti-terrorism laws in Australia This article by Meredith Leigh was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the June 2009 issue of The Loophole.	28k	102kb
Enforcement Mechanisms (including Alternatives to Criminal Penalties) This article by Eamonn Moran was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the June 2009 issue of The Loophole	35k	88kb
The Need for Simplicity in Legislation and Challenges in its Attainment This article by Fredrick Ruhindi MP was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the June 2009 issue of The Loophole	42k	139kb
Keeping the Statute Book up to date - a self-help guide This article by Jeremy Wainwright was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the June 2009 issue of The Loophole	54k	264kb
One Giant Leap - The Ultimate Legislation System, Available Now This article by Ed Hicks was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the June 2009 issue of The Loophole	50k	106kb

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2008
The impact of judicial interpretation on legislative drafting This article by The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Mary Arden DBE was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the August 2008 issue of The Loophole.	105k	2.8M
In support of plain law: an answer to Francis Bennion This article by Mark Adler was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the August 2008 issue of The Loophole.	221k	1.9M
The Role of Legislative Counsel: Wordsmith or Counsel? This article by David Hull was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the August 2008 issue of The Loophole.	79k	7.9M
The Role of Legislative Counsel: Wordsmith or Counsel? This article by Stephen Laws was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the August 2008 issue of The Loophole.	154k	102k
The Delegation by Parliament of its legislative powers: a South African perspective This article by Deon Rudman was presented at the CALC conference, Nairobi, September 2007, and published in the August 2008 issue of The Loophole.	125k	1.5M

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2007
Straddling a barbed wire fence: reflections of a gamekeeper, turned poacher, turned gamekeeping poacher This article by Stephen Argument was presented to the Australia - New Zealand Scrutiny of Legislation Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 31 July to 2 August 2007, and published in the October 2007 issue of The Loophole.	248k	222k
Statute Revision in British Columbia: Recent developments from a jurisdiction with a long history of statute revision This article by Janet Erasmus was presented at the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the October 2007 issue of The Loophole.	321k	311k
Keeping the Statute Book up-to-date - A personal view This article by Duncan Berry was presented at the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the October 2007 issue of The Loophole.	356k	297k
Aspects of law revision in the Commonwealth This article by Neil Adsett was presented at the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the October 2007 issue of The Loophole.	295k	771k
The nature of legislative intention and its implications for legislative drafting This article by Daniel Greenberg was presented at the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the October 2007 issue of The Loophole. It was originally published in the Statute Law Review, Volume 27, No.1, 2006, pp.15-28.	254k	226k
Drafting against a background of differing legal systems: Scots law and the UK statute book This article by Colin Wilson was published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	163k	20k
Drafting against a background of differing legal systems: Canadian bijuralism This article by Marc Cuerrier was published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	318k	123k
What, how, when and why-making laws easier to understand by using examples and notes This 2005 article by Ben Piper was published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	257k	110k
Statutory interpretation and human rights This article by the Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden D.B.E. was presented at the CALC conference, September 2005, and published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	228k	55k
'Challenges of drafting in a developing country' This article by John F. Wilson was presented at the CALC conference, July 2005, and published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	162k	20k
Electronic publication of New Brunswick legislation-yesterday, today and tomorrow This article by Judith Keating QC was presented at the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	193k	26k
Training and development of legislative drafters This article by Peter Quiggin (First Parliamentary Counsel) was presented at the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	283k	115k
Address on the organisation of drafting offices This article by Don Colagiuri SC was presented to the CALC conference, London, September 2005, and published in the July 2007 issue of The Loophole.	230k	40k
The effect of poorly written legislation in a bilingual legal system This article by Duncan Berry was published in the March 2007 issue of The Loophole.	155k	39k
Legal briefs and lawful shorts-Are they for you? This article by Janet E. Erasmus was published in the March 2007 of The Loophole.	183k	50k
Polishing what others have written: the role of the European Commission's legal revisers in drafting European Community legislation This article by William Robinson was published in the March 2007 issue of The Loophole.	198k	103k
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (UK) This article by Duncan Berry was published in the March 2007 issue of The Loophole.	179k	56k
Henry VIII clauses: Their birth, a late 20th century renaissance and a possible 21st century metamorphosis This article by Dennis Morris was published in the March 2007 issue of The Loophole.	472k	497k
Democratic reform and private members' business: Shifting sands or paradigms? This article by John Mark Keyes was published in the March 2007 issue of The Loophole.	182k	50k

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2005
Legislative drafting in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario: Notes on an informal survey This article by Nick Horn was first presented at the conference of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice in Ottawa in September 2002. The survey was updated and the notes significantly revised in March/April 2003 for presentation at the CALC conference in May 2003. The survey and notes were further updated and published in the March 2005 issue of The Loophole.	219k	623k
Use and misuse of examples This article by Paul O'Brien is based on a paper presented at the CALC conference, Melbourne, April 2003, and was published in the March 2005 issue of The Loophole.	45k	36k
Instant Bills: The impact of information technology (IT) on legislative drafting in Canada This article by Don Macpherson was published in the March 2005 issue of The Loophole.	160k	72k
Notes on the information technology system (IT) used in the Australian Commonwealth Office of Parliamentary Counsel This article by Peter Quiggin (First Parliamentary Counsel) was published in the March 2005 issue of The Loophole. The notes were handed out at the CALC conference, Melbourne, April 2003.	66k	108k
Legislative drafting training in the Hong Kong Department of Justice This article by Duncan Berry was published in the March 2005 issue of The Loophole.	47k	27k
Some aspects of compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1373 This article by Jeremy Wainwright was published in the March 2005 issue of The Loophole. The paper was written for presentation at the CALC conference, Melbourne, 2003, but was not presented due to a time clash.	44k	30k

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2004
"Union" Jack and the GM Beanstalk-A European Union fable This article by Dennis Morris was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.	136k	163k
Developments in the delegation of legislative powers in Ireland This article by Jonathan Buttimore was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.	38k	163k
Required rule-making: When do you have to make delegated legislation? This article by John Mark Keyes was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.	211k	302k
Multilingualism and the authoring of laws This article by Donald L. Revell was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.	275k	197k
Supporting legislative drafting in Bangladesh This article by Lionel Levert QC was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.	154k	200k
Shining examples This article by Jeffrey Barnes was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole and is a revised and expanded version of a paper originally presented at the CALC conference in Melbourne on 17 April 2003.	172k	285k

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2001
A guide for effective legislative drafting instructions This article from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	164k	271k
The importance of getting savings and transitionals right: Two contrasting cases This article by Duncan Berry was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	68k	140k
Parliament cannot delegate its legislative power: A British constitutional reality or myth? This article by Dennis Morris was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	62k	128k
"Prince Splendid and the dream machine"-A fairytale for legislative counsel This article by John Wilson was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	34k	113k
The legislation process course run by the Australian Commonwealth Office of Parliamentary Counsel This article by Iain McMillan and Camilla Webster was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	45k	132k
The commencement conundrum: How the Fiji Islands banking system was brought to a standstill This article by John F.Wilson was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	108k	117k
Lessons for Statutory Drafters from the Florida election dispute This article by Jack Stark was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.	45k	114k

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1998
The Year 2000 Problem-A New South Wales Perspective This article by Michael Rubacki first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.	54k	40k
Drafting the New South Wales Duties Act 1997 This article by Michael Orpwood QC first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.	54k	71k
Rewriting Australia's Income Tax Law This article by Kerry Jones first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.	148k	207k
Opening Speeches-At the Conference Marking the 25th Anniversary of the OPC in Canberra 1995 This item first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.	131k	150k
Linguistics and Legislation: Some Comments This article by Jonathan Woodger first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.	31k	43k
"From Time to Time" This article by Fabian Flintoff first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.	26k	33k
Show, Don't Tell! A Graphic Approach to Amendment of Legislation This article by Nicholas Horn was first published in The Loophole in 1998. An earlier version of this paper was given at the conference on legislative drafting hosted by OPC, 10-11 August 1995.	114k	131k
Drafting From a Blueprint This article by Adrian Van Wierst was first published in The Loophole in 1998, and is an edited transcript of a talk given at the conference on legislative drafting hosted by OPC, 10-11 August 1995.	104k	133k

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1997
Bilingual Legislative Texts and the Problem of Textual Ambiguities This article by Suen Wai-chung was first published in The Loophole in December 1997.	107k
Plain Language In New Zealand Tax Legislation This article by Elizabeth A. McAra was first published in The Loophole in March 1997.	44k	68k
Techniques for Evaluating Draft Legislation This article by Duncan Berry was first published in The Loophole in March 1997 and is based on a paper presented at the CALC conference held in Vancouver, September 1996.	176k	201k
Why Legislative Drafting Services Should Not Be Privatised This article by Duncan Berry was first published in The Loophole in March 1997 and is based on a paper presented at the CALC conference held in Vancouver, September 1996.	32k	31k
Confidential Review of Draft Legislation By Members of Private Bar A brief discussion of the British Columbia experience This article by Janet Erasmus and Ann McLean was first published in The Loophole in March 1997 and is based on a paper presented at the CALC conference held in Vancouver, September 1996.	67k	41k

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1995
Plain Language and Drafting in General Principles This article by Ian Turnbull QC (former First Parliamentary Counsel) was first published in The Loophole in 1995.	87k	144k

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1990
Clear Legislative Drafting: New Approaches in Australia This article by Ian Turnbull (former First Parliamentary Counsel) was first published on 6 October 1990.	183k	318k

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1989
Efficiency in Legal Drafting This article by Professor Robert D Eagleson was first published in the 1989 issue of The Loophole.	107k	164k

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undated
Bilingual Drafting in Canada Article by Lionel A. Levert.	45k	40k
Hansard - Help or Hindrance? A Draftsman's View of Pepper v Hart Article by Francis Bennion.	200k	143k
When Does An Instrument Made Under Primary Legislation Have "Legislative Effect"? Article by Duncan Berry.	179k	174k