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Legislative Advocacy: Legislative Drafting

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Minnesota Legislative Drafting

Minnesota Statutes: Interpretation of Statutes and Rules
Statutes about statutory interpretation.
Minnesota Revisor's Manual

General Legislative Drafting Guides

National Conference of State Legislatures: Bill Drafting Manuals
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) links to state bill drafting manuals
Uniform Law Commission: Drafting Rules
Office of the Legislative Council: Guide to Legislative Drafting
A Beginner's Guide to Legislative Drafting

Drafting Legislation: a Modern Approach by Constantin Stefanou (Editor); Helen Xanthaki (Editor)
Call Number: [e-book]
Publication Date: 2008
Legal Drafting in a Nutshell by George Kuney; Donna Looper
Call Number: [Law Reserves]
Publication Date: 2016
The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference by Lawrence E. Filson
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 2007
Modern Legal Drafting by Peter Butt; Richard William Castle
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 2001
Legislative Drafting Step-By-Step by Arthur J. Rynearson
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 2013

Statutory Construction and Interpretation

Sutherland Statutes & Statutory Construction [Westlaw]
This comprehensive resource is recognized as a core text on statutory interpretation and construction, essential to interpreting statutes and understanding the effects of the legislative process by which they are created.

The Language of Statutes by Lawrence M. Solan
Call Number: [e-book]
Publication Date: 2010
Statutory Interpretation by Y. J. Kim
Call Number: [e-book]
Publication Date: 2009
An Introduction to Statutory Interpretation and the Legislative Process by Abner J. Mikva; Eric Lane
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 1997
Statutory Interpretation by Ruth Sullivan
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 2007
The Theory and Practice of Statutory Interpretation by Frank B. Cross
Call Number: [e-book]
Publication Date: 2008
A Dictionary of Statutory Interpretation by William D. Popkin
Call Number: [Law Reference]
Publication Date: 2006
Legislation and Statutory Interpretation by William N. Eskridge; Philip P. Frickey; Elizabeth Garrett
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 2000
Statutory Interpretation: The search for legislative intent by Ronald Benton Brown; Sharon Jacobs Brown
Call Number: [Law Stacks]
Publication Date: 2011

ILL Required

Drafting Legislation and Rules in Plain English by Robert J. Martineau
Call Number: ILL request through WorldCat
Publication Date: 1991
Legislative Drafter's Deskbook by Tobias A. Dorsey
Call Number: ILL request through WorldCat
Publication Date: 2010
Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Legislation by Bryan A. Garner
Call Number: ILL request through WorldCat
Publication Date: 2016
Plain English for Drafting Statutes and Rules by Robert J. Martineau
Call Number: ILL request through WorldCat
Publication Date: 2012