Thornton's legislative drafting.
- Fifth edition.ition / [edited by] Professor Dr Helen Xanthaki ; with a foreword by Garth Thornton.
- Haywards Heath, West Sussex : Bloomsbury Professional, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (xxxii, 557 pages)
Previous edition published by Butterworths in 1996.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Words -- Syntax -- Style -- Specific matters of style -- Miscellaneous words and expressions -- Interpretation Acts -- The drafting process : part 1 -- The drafting process : part 2 -- Formalities and arrangement -- Preliminary provisions -- Powers and duties -- Substantive and administrative provisions : part 1 -- Substantive and administrative provisions : part 2 -- Substantive and administrative provisions : part 3 -- Supplementary provisions -- Penal provisions -- Final provisions -- Amending legislation -- Subordinate legislation.
Bill drafting--Commonwealth countries. Bill drafting--Great Britain. Law--Language.