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Citation rules/Administrative materials

Administrative materials.

Regulations, agency adjudications, and the Federal Register.

27 rules on 5 pages of the book.

In this chapter

14.2Rules, Regulations, and Other Publications11
14.3Administrative Adjudications and Arbitrations8
14.4State Materials5
14.5Commercial Electronic Databases1
14.6Short Forms for Regulations2

14.2Rules, Regulations, and Other Publications

14.2(a)Add the C.F.R. edition year
14.2(a)Add the date of publication
14.2(a)Replace the date with the edition year
14.2(a)Use "C.F.R." for the code's name
14.2(a)Use "Exec. Order No."
14.2(b)Add the commenter's name
14.2(b)Add the petition cite's missing element
14.2(b)Add the volume or page number
14.2(c)Abbreviate the agency periodical's name
14.2(d)Add the opinion letter's date
14.2(d)Remove the small caps

14.3Administrative Adjudications and Arbitrations

14.3.1(a)Abbreviate the body that decided
14.3.1(a)Abbreviate the case name
14.3.1(a)Add the deciding body
14.3.1(a)Remove the procedural phrase
14.3.1(b)Add the arbitrator's name
14.3.2(b)Add the date of decision
14.3.3Abbreviate the agency's name
14.3.3Add the issuing agency

14.4State Materials

Add a parenthetical naming the database
Add the database's identifying codes
14.4(c)Abbreviate the agency's name
14.4(c)Abbreviate the state
14.4(c)Add the year of the decision

14.5Commercial Electronic Databases

Add a parenthetical naming the database

14.6Short Forms for Regulations

14.6(a)Use the short text form
14.6(b)Use the short text form

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Also in this part of the book: Cases, Constitutions, Statutes, Legislative materials, Books and reports, Periodicals, Unpublished sources, Internet and media, Looseleaf services.

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