Division of constitutional and legislative texts.

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Faculty of Law - Mansoura University

Abstract

Legislation is considered a fundamental source for the formation of legal rules in the domestic legal system, to the extent that it has become the distinguishing characteristic and the most important source of modern law, due to its ease of development and its ability to respond to the continuous dynamics experienced by societies, unlike other sources of law, such as customs, which evolve slowly. The focus on the issue of legislative drafting, whether in terms of its formal or substantive aspects, primarily aims to achieve a correct application of the law and to avoid any defects that may affect this outcome. The definition of the conceptual framework for constitutional and legislative drafting has contributed to recognizing the significance surrounding the drafting process and touching upon some of the major rules and principles that govern the formulation of various legislative texts, starting from the specificity of the mechanism for drafting and issuing each legislation, as well as the general principles that frame the content of its legislative foundation. However, these principles are not sufficient to regulate the drafting process; rather, they require a set of additional rules that ensure the production of a sound legislative text, both in terms of form and substance, free from any defects that may affect its integrity.

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