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Corporate and Insolvency Law Policy Directorate

Web page describing the law reform initiatives of Canada's Corporate and Insolvency Law Policy Directorate (CILPD), which is responsible for reviewing Canada's business and insolvency laws, regulations and policies. The CILPD forms part of the Marketplace Framework Policy Branch of Industry Canada. The site publishes a number of consultation documents, questionnaires and background research documents on subjects such as bankruptcy and insolvency law, corporate not-for-profit law and Canada's law on cooperatives. A list of the legislation currently under review is published.

Drafting Legal Documents

A guide to legal writing, from the Office of the Federal Register, US National Archives and Records Administration. The guide is a sequence of linked topics on the basics of writing regulatory documents which include arrangement, headings, definitions, ambiguity, principles of clear writing and grammar. In addition, the site presents some links to plain language resources and a PDF copy of the Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook 1998 with amendments.

Maine State Legislature. Office of the Revisor of Statutes

The Office of the Revisor of Statutes of Maine State Legislature is responsible for the drafting and editing of legislation for the state of Maine in the United States. The Revisor's Office also maintains a database of statutes, and publishes the statutes online. This site publishes two documents: the Revisor's Report which details non-substantive changes to the database of statutes (e.g.

NetRegs

NetRegs aims to provide practical assistance to managers of small or medium sized businesses in Scotland and Northern Ireland to help them comply with their environmental responsibilities. Produced jointly by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, it is designed specifically to help clarify and simplify the environmental legislation affecting manufacturing and service sector operations. The site provides guidance by environmental topic or business type. 

Task Force on Life and the Law

Web pages of the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law, on the website of the State's Department of Health. The Task Force was formed in 1985, and convenes to consider important public policy issues to do with advances in medicine. A fact sheet on the website outlines the Task Force's mandate, and how its recommendations have had an impact on US legislation and court decisions.

Gibraltar Financial Services Commission

Official website of the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, which reviews the operation of Gibraltar's legislation and the effectiveness of financial services supervision. The site presents information about the Commission and its work, in press releases, the annual review and newsletters. Additional general guidance information about the jurisdiction of Gibraltar, Financial Services, Banking Market, Insurance Market, Investment Services Market and Trusts and Companies is also available.

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the official parliament of the Ontario region of Canada. It is based in Toronto. Its website provides information on its structure, current membership and activities. This includes lists of MPs, background information on the operation of the legislative process and details of all bills currently passing through the parliament. Also accessible is the full-text of all Hansard parliamentary debates and committee proceedings from 1984 to date. These cover a full range of social policy, public administration and legal reform topics.

Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island

Official website for the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island included on the website of the Government of Prince Edward Island in Canada. The Supreme Court consists of two divisions, the Appeal Division and the Trial Division. The site contains a database containing the written reasons for the justices' decisions or judgments, or the case headnotes only, as from 1997 onwards. The database can be searched by date, subject, and keyword.

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