1 On Transferability of Legislative Solutions: The Functionality Test&Helen Xanthaki 1
2 Drawing the Line&Stephen Laws CB 19
3 Legislative Intention&Ian McLeod 35
4 Legisiator’s Intent: How Judges Discern it and What They Do if They Find it&Justice Keith Mason 49
5 The Techniques of Gender-neutral Drafting&Daniel Greenberg 63
6 Drafting Legislation at the Tax Law Rewrite Project&Hayley Rogers 77
7 Retrospectivity in the Drafting and Interpretation of Legislation&Lydia Clapinska 91
8 Repealing or Amending Legislation by Non-Legislative Means&Alec Samuels 107
9 Pre-legislative Scrutiny&Zione Ntaba 119
10 The Role of the Legislative Drafter in Promoting Social Transformation&Richard C Nzerem 131
11 Improving Democratic Development by Better Regulation&Ulrich Karpen 151
12 Drafting Principles of Existing European Contract Law&Gerhard Dannemann 165
13 Drafting of EU Acts: A View From the European Commission&William Robinson 177
14 Drafting to Implement EU Law: the European Arrest Warrant in the United Kingdom&Valsamis Mitsilegas 199
15 Procedures for the Approximation of Albanian Legislation with the&Acquis Comm unautaire Alfred E.Kellermann 213
16 Compromise and Clarity in International Drafting&Eileen Denza 231
17 Can Legislation Rank As Literature?&Helen Caldwell 245
18 Open Management of Legislative Documents&Giovanni Sartor 259
19 Between Policy and Implementation: Legislative Drafting for Development&Ann Seidman and Robert B.Seidman 287
20 Drafters, Drafting and the Policy Process&Constantin Stefanou 321
Index 335