The Ethics and Politics of Legislative Drafting

David Marcello draws upon his 1995 article published in 70 Tulane Law Review 2437, "The Ethics and Politics of Legislative Drafting." Although the article and this presentation deal with the political fireworks of a contemporaneous Governor's race, their central concern is not about Louisiana’s election but rather about the inescapably subjective nature of legislative drafting. Examples are taken from the US state experience, but the observations about subjectivity in the drafting process will resonate in jurisdictions across the globe.

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