Thornton's Legislative Drafting remains the leading professional title that UK legislative drafters internationally use for guidance when drafting new legislation or amending existing legislation. This fifth edition retains the professional approach to drafting and the traditional system of drafting stages promoted in previous editions, as well as providing examples from the Commonwealth. Completely refreshed and updated, the book provides guidance through the five stages of the drafting process, and includes coverage of the legislative sentence, the structure of an Act, as well as the...