LAWS 2908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Microsoft Powerpoint, Golden Rule, Plain Language
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Status of legislation; how to know when its current. Locate info: challenge when finding legislation is to verify it that it is current, not out of date therefore still valid law. Fairly easy to pass bill and change it: be aware. Stopped doing it because everything became available online. Searching for stauttes and amendments a lot easier: rsc- revised statutes of canada, citation- important to know what year it was passed to know if it is rsc or sc. Sc- statutes of canadaa and year that it is passed. Electronic vs paper versions of legislation: when you look up legislation, there will be date at top to kell you if its current. 2 drafters tlak about process and rules and why scholars have to focus. Department of justice legislative drafter- process of drafting: role of french and english in federal acts.
