The laboratory intends to provide a learning path of the main techniques for drafting legislative and administrative acts through the analysis of the related drafting rules, as well as through exercises aimed at the elaboration of different types of texts (draft laws, amendment proposals, opinions on draft regulatory acts of the Government, executive reports, regulations and general administrative acts).

1. Knowledge and understanding By attending the lab, the student will acquire in-depth knowledge relating to the main drafting techniques used in the production of regulatory and administrative documents. In particular, the lessons and exercises will allow to examine the following profiles: the grammatical and stylistic characteristics of the normative language; the structure of regulatory, administrative and parliamentary acts; the techniques of abrogation / novellation of legal sources; the techniques and procedures for amending bills; the financial coverage of the expenditure provisions 2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding The student will have the opportunity to verify the drafting rules and techniques illustrated in class by examining practical cases and participating in exercises and simulations aimed at applying the aforementioned rules and techniques in practice. The activity of writing regulatory and administrative texts will allow the student to identify drafting problems and detect possible solutions in the field 3. Autonomy of judgment Through the use of the methodologies acquired in the laboratory, the student will be able to use the main legislative and parliamentary databases, to autonomously understand the specificities of the legislative production process, to identify solutions to the practical cases submitted to his/her attention, to formulate their own critical judgment on the trends inferable from the study of concrete cases 4. Communication skills At the end of the course, the student will be able to accurately master the terminology used in drafting. By participating in the various activities of the course - lectures, exercises, group work, simulations - the student will learn to acquire rhetorical and argumentative skills that will allow him to present the elaborated texts, highlighting both the technical-legal profiles and the substantive aspects in connection with the relevant public policy 5. Learning skills By putting into practice the methods learned during lectures and exercises, the students will be able to elaborate in-depth studies and conduct research by consulting normative texts, parliamentary acts, administrative acts, as well as the related accompanying technical-normative reports, and the in-depth dossiers prepared by the competent administrative structures. This knowledge will provide the student with the professional skills that will allow him to deepen the issues addressed independently and to undertake various post-graduate professional training courses.

- The techniques for drafting laws and legislative acts - The techniques for drafting administrative acts - The legislative process and the writing and examination of amendments - The drafting of a bill: explanatory report and legislative provisions - The preparation of clauses covering the expenditure measures - Multilingual drafting at European level

Suggested readings: Guida alla Redazione dei testi normativi (circolare 2 maggio 2001, in GU 3 maggio 2001) E. Albanesi, Teoria e tecnica legislativa nel sistema costituzionale (Napoli, Editoriale scientifica, 2013) Regole e suggerimenti per la redazione dei testi normativi: http://www.tecnichenormative.it/draft/manualerescigno.pdf B.G. Mattarella, La trappola delle leggi (Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011), capitolo VI: “Una grammatica trascurata: la tecnica legislativa” R. Pagano, Introduzione alla legistica, 3 ed. (Milano, Giuffrè, 2004) parte seconda V. Di Porto, Le regole per la redazione dei testi normativi statali, in Il linguaggio e la qualità delle leggi, a cura di Raffaele Libertini (Padova, Cleup, 2011) Parti scelte da G. Piccirilli, L'emendamento nel processo di decisione parlamentare (Padova, Cedam, 2008) G. Savini, L’attività legislativa tra Parlamento e Governo: continuità e innovazioni nell’esperienza del Governo Monti, spec. cap. II e III (Padova, Cedam, 2014)

Each lesson is divided into a first part devoted to the examination of techniques and cases of legislative drafting related to the issue debated and in a second part of tutorials constiting in the drafting of normative or administrative texts. The tutorials are organized as both individual and group work activities and are divided into moments of writing at home and in the classroom. From the first lesson, students are divided into working groups, each of which chooses a policy / sector of interest. Starting from the middle of the course, all groups will contribute to the writing of a bill on a subject agreed in class. In the last lesson of the laboratory, the discussion of the bill will be simulated; each group participates in the discussion also through the presentation of amendments.

1. Frequency 2. Assignment of exercises to be done in group during lessons and at home The exercises are aimed at applying in practice the drafting rules and techniques illustrated during classes. By writing regulatory and administrative acts, the student will be able to identify drafting problems and select possible solutions 3. Ability to verbally illustrate the texts produced In particular, the student will be able to accurately master the terminology used in drafting. By participating in the various activities of the course - lectures, exercises, group work, simulations - the student will learn to acquire rhetorical and argumentative skills that will allow him to present the elaborated texts, highlighting both the technical-legal profiles and the substantive aspects in connection with the relevant public policy

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