Use square brackets for the abbreviation
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A foreign source is introduced by its full name in the original language followed by its abbreviation in square brackets; round parentheses mean something else in a citation.1
- 1R. 20.2.3 Abbreviations in Languages Other than English; R. 20.3.2(b) Source; R. 20.5.2 Statutes in Civil Law and Other Non-Common Law Jurisdictions. Tables: T2 Foreign Jurisdictions.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
More in 20.2 Non-English-Language Documents
- Add the abbreviation in square brackets
- Add the bracketed English title
- Add the bracketed rendering
- Add the full name at the first use
- Capitalize the translation's first word
- Give the name's own rendering
- Use "translated in" for a translation
- Use square brackets for the abbreviation
- Use the English-language version