Legislative drafting: Principles and techniques - Atre B R (Universal Law Publishers New Delhi, 2001)
Keywords: Constitutional Mandate -- Legislative drafting -- Basic techniques of legislative drafting -- Main features of legislation : Preamble, schedules, forms -- Preparation of legislative scheme : Clear concept of legislative proposal, preparation of conceptual outline and outlining remedies proposed by intended legislation, check current of existing statues and provision of constitution and other general laws -- Skeleton legislation and legislative scheme -- Drafting of constitution : Nature and characters, rigid and flexible constitution, unitary, federal and regional constitutions, executives and legislatures, judicial review -- Importance of constitutional mandate in legislative drafting, subordinate legislation, constitutional mandate