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Legislative Style

Legislative Style is a systematic approach to drafting legal texts within the field of Bill Drafting that distinguishes itself by emphasizing precision, consistency, and adherence to formal conventions in the expression and structure of legislative language.

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73

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34

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2017–2026

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The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies

Louise Thompson · Journal of Legislative Studies · 2014 · 291 citations

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A Field Experiment on Legislators’ Home Styles: Service versus Policy

Daniel M. Butler, Christopher F. Karpowitz, Jeremy C. Pope · The Journal of Politics · 2012 · 139 citations

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Broad Bills or Particularistic Policy? Historical Patterns in American State Legislatures

Gerald Gamm, Thad Kousser · American Political Science Review · 2010 · 96 citations

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Symbolic Speeches in the U.S. Senate and Their Representational Implications

Kim Hill, Patricia A. Hurley · The Journal of Politics · 2002 · 83 citations

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Textual‐mapping in British legislative writing

Vijay K. Bhatia · World Englishes · 1987 · 81 citations

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Authors

73

  1. DA
    Donald A. Gross

    University of Kentucky, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  2. VK
    Vijay K. Bhatia

    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    2 publications · 95 citations

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  3. MG
    Marco Giuliani

    University of Milan, Italy

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  4. ME
    Malcolm E. Jewell

    University of Kentucky, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  5. JG
    John Gibbons

    Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, United States

    1 publications · 77 citations

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Institutions

34

  1. European Union

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  2. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  3. University of West Florida

    Pensacola, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  4. Ministry of Health

    Lusaka, Zambia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    63 citations

  5. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    81 citations

  7. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 3 publications · 274 citations

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  2. The Western Political Quarterly

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  3. Statute Law Review

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  4. Journal of Legislative Studies

    JLS · 2 publications · 346 citations

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  5. Journal of Law and Society

    1 publications · 68 citations

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