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References
Legistics est un recueil d’articles portant exclusivement sur les questions de rédaction en anglais des textes législatifs. La nature même de l’ouvrage fait en sorte qu’il n’est offert qu’en anglais.
Printed Reference Material
| Title | Publication Details | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing (Department of the Secretary of State of Canada) | Dundurn Press, 1985 | General guide for writing documents for the Federal Government in English. |
| The Composition of Legislation, 2nd ed(E.A. Driedger) | Minister of Supply and Services, 1976 | General guide for drafting legislation. |
| Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (R. Quirk, S. Greenbaum, and J.A. Svartvik) | ||
| A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (B. Garner) | Oxford University Press, 1987 | Critical analysis of legal terminology indicating its meaning and whether alternative terminology can be used. |
| Legal Drafting in Plain Language (R. Dick) | Carswell, 1995 | General guide for drafting legal documents. |
| Legislative Drafting, 4th ed (G. Thornton) | Butterworths, 1996 | General guide to legislative drafting in parliamentary jurisdictions, particularly Australia and New Zealand. |
| Linguistic Aspects of Legislative Expression (F. Bowers) | UBC Press, 1989 | Analysis of drafting techniques (particularly those advocated by Dreidger) in terms of linguistics. Highly technical. |
| Practical English Usage (M. Swan) | ||
| A University Grammar of English (R. Quirk & S. Greenbaum) | Longman, 1973 | Concise version of one of the most authoritative English grammars. |
