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Papers

Organised by year of publication in The Loophole.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Legal briefs and lawful shorts-Are they for you?
This article by Janet E. Erasmus was published in the March 2007 of The Loophole.
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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.
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Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (UK)
This article by Duncan Berry was published in the March 2007 issue of The Loophole.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Developments in the delegation of legislative powers in Ireland
This article by Jonathan Buttimore was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.
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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.
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Multilingualism and the authoring of laws
This article by Donald L. Revell was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.
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Supporting legislative drafting in Bangladesh
This article by Lionel Levert QC was published in the 2004 issue of The Loophole.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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Lessons for Statutory Drafters from the Florida election dispute
This article by Jack Stark was published in the 2001 issue of The Loophole.
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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.
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Drafting the New South Wales Duties Act 1997
This article by Michael Orpwood QC first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.
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Rewriting Australia's Income Tax Law
This article by Kerry Jones first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.
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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.
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Linguistics and Legislation: Some Comments
This article by Jonathan Woodger first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.
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"From Time to Time"
This article by Fabian Flintoff first appeared in the 1998 issue of The Loophole.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Plain Language In New Zealand Tax Legislation
This article by Elizabeth A. McAra was first published in The Loophole in March 1997.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.
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Bilingual Drafting in Canada
Article by Lionel A. Levert.
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Hansard - Help or Hindrance? A Draftsman's View of Pepper v Hart
Article by Francis Bennion.

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When Does An Instrument Made Under Primary Legislation Have "Legislative Effect"?
Article by Duncan Berry.

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