Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1964
Publication Citation
1 Harvard Journal on Legislation 5 (1964)
Abstract
In this article Professor Dickerson examines some of the most basic problems facing the legislative draftsman in his attempt to obtain clarity in statutes. He discusses the "diseases" of ambiguity, over-vagueness, over-precision, over- and under-generality and obesity, and distinguishes them from useful devices with which they are often confused.
Recommended Citation
Dickerson, Reed, "The Diseases of Legislative Language" (1964). Articles by Maurer Faculty. 1507.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/1507