LEGISTICS

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.

Preface

Part 1 - Words and Expressions

• Body Corporate
• But
• Comprise
• Consider
• Days After
• Deem
• Definitions and definition sections
• Despite, even though, and notwithstanding
• Everyone
• Expiry, expiration and end
• First Nation
• Gender-neutral Language
• Hereby
• If, where and when
• Indefinite articles
• May
• Members of Parliament
• Must
• One (pronominal use)
• Possessives
• Pursuant to
• References to Text in Columns
• Restrictive elements
• Shall
• Such
• Terms and conditions
• Themselves (singular)
• There - words
• They (singular)
• Time periods
• Triad separators in metric measurements

Part 2 - Sentences

• Cross-references
• More than one sentence in a section or subsection
• Present indicative
• Sentence structure: Complexity and organization

Part 3 - Paragraphing

• What is paragraphing ?
• Why paragraph ?
• How do you paragraph ?
• Conjunctions between paragraphs
• Punctuation of paragraphs
• When should you paragraph ?
• Table of factors and examples

Part 4 - Punctuation

• Compounds and Hyphenation
• Em dashes

References

• Printed reference material
• On-line reference material