Legal drafting is the area of knowledge that envisages the creation of rules, standards and methods to draft laws with quality. This panel presents a research project of the Lisbon Centre for Research in Public Law which aims the definition of common standards for legal drafting in the Portuguese speaking countries and regions (Angola, Brazil,...
Common Legal Drafting Rules for the Portuguese-speaking countries and regions: current state of the project and methodological approach
The definition of Common Legal Drafting Rules for the Portuguese-speaking Countries and Regions started with the assembling of a “Lisbon Team“ of scholars and specialists in legal drafting and a team of specialist from all the countries and regions, together with a high profile team of international consultants. The status of the legal drafting rules...
Common Legal Drafting Rules for the Portuguese-speaking countries and regions: identification of the existing situation
This paper is aimed at presenting the status of legislative drafting rules, standards and guidelines in Portuguese speaking countries and regions where more than 250 million people reside. Those standards are set forth in a collection of laws and guidelines which vary in its form, its legal value (hard or soft law) and scope from...
Common Legal Drafting Rules for the Portuguese-speaking countries and regions: possible outcomes
The objective of the Common Legal Drafting Rules for the Portuguese-speaking countries and regions project is clear: the determination of common rules and standards for legal drafting in the Portuguese-speaking legal systems. The idea is to take advantage of the common basis present in all the legal systems with a Lusophone basis to, in an...