The Politics of Legislative Drafting¶
Nourse, V. F., & Schacter, J. S. (2002). The Politics of Legislative Drafting: A Congressional Case Study. New York University Law Review, 77(3), 575-624.
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Primes¶
- Conway's Law
- Legal codes — the section-and-chapter structure of a statute tracks the committee structure that drafted it, with regulatory fragmentation across agencies manifesting as substantive gaps and overlaps.
This sourceCase study of Senate Judiciary Committee drafting showing the process is shaped by committee structure, staffers, and lobbyists; combined with documented congressional-committee jurisdictional fragmentation producing substantive overlaps and gaps. (Resolves needs-source-779; supports statute structure tracking the drafting/committee structure and cross-jurisdiction regulatory fragmentation. NOTE: supports the committee-imprint claim more directly than the strict 'section/chapter homomorphism' framing — see flag.)
- Legal codes — the section-and-chapter structure of a statute tracks the committee structure that drafted it, with regulatory fragmentation across agencies manifesting as substantive gaps and overlaps.
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