When laws become too complex

When laws become too complex

urle.me/13L

 

Speech : Innovation and continuity in law-making

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/innovation-and-continuity-in-law-making

Speech : Making the law easier for users: the role of statutes

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/making-the-law-easier-for-users-the-role-of-statutes--2

Research and analysis 

Legislation: what works best for the reader

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Research and analysis 

Improving explanatory notes for bills and acts: survey results

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Government : Legislative process

https://www.gov.uk/topic/government/legislative-process

Guidance Legislative process: taking a Bill through Parliament

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/legislative-process-taking-a-bill-through-parliament

Guidance : Good law

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/good-law

Charities Act 2011

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/contents/proposed/charities-act-2011

Policy paper : Draft Protection of Charities Bill

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Explanatory notes for bills: new format

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/explanatory-notes-for-bills-new-format

Policy paper : Smarter Environmental Legislation: terms of reference

urle.me/13V

 

Policy : Constitutional affairs

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/constitutional-reform

Collection : Government Digital Strategy: reports and research

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-digital-strategy-reports-and-research

The Red Tape Challenge Reports on Progress

urle.me/13N

 

Policy paper : Test, Learn, Adapt: Developing Public Policy with Randomised Controlled Trials

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/62529/TLA-1906126.pdf

Policy paper : Applying behavioural insights to reduce fraud, error and debt 

urle.me/13P

 

Policy paper : Behaviour change and energy use

urle.me/13Q

 

Policy paper - Better Choices: Better Deals Consumers Powering Growth

urle.me/13R

 

Policy paper - Applying behavioural insight to health

urle.me/13S

 

Big Data for Law

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/projects/big-data-for-law

The Renton Report - On Preparation of Legislation Process

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1975/dec/10/renton-committee-report-on-legislation

http://www.francisbennion.com/pdfs/fb/1975/1975-003-renton-report-nlj.pdf

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4211229

Review of "Legislative Drafting: a New Approach" by Sir William Dale KCMG

http://www.francisbennion.com/pdfs/fb/1980/1980-007-dale-review.pdf

Legislative drafting : a new approach : a comparative study of methods in France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1759760

New Approaches to UK Legislative Drafting: The View from Scotland

https://academic.oup.com/slr/article-abstract/25/2/136/1672403/New-Approaches-to-UK-Legislative-Drafting-The-View

Book Review. Dale, William, Legislative Drafting: A New Approach

http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2528&context=facpub

Expert Group on the Leveson Report in Scotland

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/03/5750/13

APPENDIX 4 RENTON COMMITTEE ON THE PREPARATION OF LEGISLATION

http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/03/5750/10

IMF - On Drafting Tax Legislation 

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/nft/1998/tlaw/eng/ch3.pdf