Legislative drafting step-by-step

"Designed to assist all who read, write, or use legislation to better understand the basics of legislative drafting and the important role that well-written legislation plays in promoting the rule of law. The book features: a five-step framework for analysis; easy-to-learn rules; more than 150 examples of draft legislative language; nineteen charts and tables illustrating the text; nine draft exercises, together with the answers; a description of the United States legislative process; sixteen House and Senate bill, resolution, and amendment forms"--Unedited summary from book cover.