📘 Legislative Drafting — Principles and Techniques | Latest Edition (2025)
✒️ Language: English | Publisher: [Your Publisher Name]

Legislative Drafting — Principles and Techniques presents a scientific and methodical study of the art of drafting legislation, offering both principles and practical guidance for aspiring and experienced drafters. With detailed analysis and illustrative examples, the book equips readers with the essential skills to understand and apply drafting techniques effectively.

This edition also addresses pressing contemporary concerns, such as the criminalization of Indian polity, and includes the author’s suggested constitutional and statutory amendments proposed during their tenure at the Law Commission of India. It is equally valuable for those engaged in interpreting laws, as it reveals the mind of the draftsman and the tools used in shaping legislation.

🔍 Key Features:

• 📜 Comprehensive Study – Covers the principles, techniques, and prerequisites for effective legislative drafting

• 🖋 Practical Guide for Young Drafters – Step-by-step guidance for those pursuing a career in legislative drafting

• ⚖️ Addresses Criminalization of Politics – Detailed discussion on threats to the basic structure of Indian democracy from criminal elements in legislatures

• 🏛 Proposed Amendments – Suggestions to the Constitution of India and the Representation of the People Act, 1951 included as a new chapter

• 📚 Interpretation Insight – Equips readers to better understand legislative intent for legal interpretation

• 💡 Multi-Sector Relevance – Useful for judges, lawyers, legislators, judicial academies, institutional libraries, researchers, and law students

🎯 Recommended For:
Judges, advocates, legislators, parliamentary staff, policy-makers, legal academics, judicial officers, researchers, and students of legislative drafting and statutory interpretation.

📌 Why This Book?
By combining practical drafting know-how with scholarly analysis and relevant legal reforms, this work stands as an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to master the craft of legislative drafting or interpret statutes with precision.