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Citation rules/International materials

International materials.

Treaties, international courts, and intergovernmental bodies.

117 rules on 14 pages of the book.

In this chapter

21.3Jurisdiction Not Evident from Context1
21.4Treaties and Other International Agreements15
21.5International Law Cases45
21.6International Arbitrations and Claims Commissions6
21.7United Nations Sources17
21.8League of Nations2
21.9European Union13
21.10Council of Europe2
21.11World Trade Organization7
21.12International Monetary Fund1
21.13Other Intergovernmental Organizations2
21.15Yearbooks2
21.16Digests2
21.17Short Citation Forms2

21.3Jurisdiction Not Evident from Context

Abbreviate the organization's name

21.4Treaties and Other International Agreements

Move the date before the source
Move the parties before the date
Move the parties before the subdivision
Move the subdivision before the date
Remove the date or the treaty source
21.4.1(a)(i)Add the treaty's form designation
21.4.1(a)(i)Remove the second form designation
21.4.1(b)Remove the emphasis from the short form
21.4.2Abbreviate the parties or reorder them
21.4.3Abbreviate the subdivision
21.4.4Add the day of signing
21.4.4Give the exact date of signing
21.4.4Italicize the phrase before the date
21.4.4Replace the year with the full date
21.4.5Use the source’s printed abbreviation

21.5International Law Cases

21.5.1Add the judge who wrote the opinion
21.5.1Add the pincite
21.5.1Move the kind of decision before the volume
21.5.1Remove the first page or the “at”
21.5.1Use the pilcrow for a paragraph pincite
21.5.1(a)Remove “Case Concerning” from the name
21.5.1(a)Remove the article from the case name
21.5.1(a)Remove the words before the case name
21.5.1(a)Replace the abbreviation with the country
21.5.1(b)Abbreviate the party country
21.5.1(b)Add the parties in a parenthetical
21.5.1(c)Add the P.C.I.J. series designation
21.5.1(c)Replace the volume number with the year
21.5.1(d)Add the case number
21.5.1(d)Add the page the judgment begins on
21.5.1(e)Add the date of decision
21.5.1(e)Remove the year from the parenthetical
21.5.1(f)Add the date the pleading was filed
21.5.1(g)Add the page or document number
21.5.1(h)Add the time of the sitting
21.5.2Add the case number
21.5.2(a)Add the ECLI
21.5.2(a)Add the web address
21.5.2(a)Move the year before the reporter
21.5.2(b)Add the volume or issue number
21.5.3Add a parenthetical naming the body
21.5.3Add the application number
21.5.3Add the parties or the application number
21.5.3Add the reporter or the Court's site
21.5.3Add the volume number
21.5.4Complete the Commission report citation
21.5.5(a)Add the advisory opinion's code
21.5.5(a)Use the matching series letter
21.5.5(c)Add "Provisional Measures"
21.5.5(c)Add the quoted section name
21.5.5(c)Add the web address
21.5.5(d)Add the section name before the pincite
21.5.5(d)Add the section name or the web address
21.5.5(d)Use "Monitoring Compliance with Judgment"
21.5.6Add the missing citation element
21.5.7Add the tribunal's name before the date
21.5.7Shorten the case name
21.5.8Add the missing parenthetical
21.5.8Add the volume or remove the year
21.5.9Add the court's country

21.6International Arbitrations and Claims Commissions

Abbreviate the reporter
Add the countries involved
Add the deciding tribunal
Add the name of the ruling cited
Use “ICSID Case No.” before the docket
Use the full diplomatic name

21.7United Nations Sources

21.7.1Add the date of the record
21.7.1Add the U.N. document number
21.7.2(a)(i)Add the resolution’s date
21.7.2(a)(iii)Move the number before the title
21.7.2(c)Add the organ that adopted the resolution
21.7.2(d)Add the resolution's document symbol or date
21.7.3(a)Add the U.N. document symbol
21.7.3(d)Add the conference’s name
21.7.4Add the date of publication
21.7.4(b)Lowercase the short word in the title
21.7.4(c)Use “U.N.” with periods
21.7.5Add the press release symbol
21.7.6Add the judgment number
21.7.7(b)Move the pincite after the designation
21.7.7(e)Add the year of publication
21.7.8Add the document symbol or sales number
21.7.10Abbreviate the subdivision

21.8League of Nations

Add the document number or year
Use the printed citation form

21.9European Union

21.9(a)(i)Add the series and issue parenthetical
21.9(a)(i)Add the series letter or the issue number
21.9(a)(i)Add the volume year
21.9(a)(i)Add the years the issue collects
21.9(a)(i)Use the Official Journal
21.9(a)(ii)Add the issuing institution
21.9(a)(iv)Add the missing version marker or date
21.9(b)(i)Add the date of the sitting
21.9(b)(ii)Add the document number
21.9(c)Add the date the article was in effect
21.9(c)Use a short form
21.9(e)Add the date in parentheses
21.9(e)Add the meeting place or exact date

21.10Council of Europe

Add the debate's missing session or date
Add the document's missing number or year

21.11World Trade Organization

21.11(a)Add “WTO Doc.” before the symbol
21.11(a)Add the filing's location
21.11(a)Add the WTO document symbol
21.11(a)Use “WTO Doc.” before the number
21.11(b)Add the supplement number and year
21.11(d)Use a short form
21.11(e)Add the document number

21.12International Monetary Fund

21.12(b)Add the Executive Board paper’s date

21.13Other Intergovernmental Organizations

Add the bracketed abbreviation
Add the resolution's date

21.15Yearbooks

Abbreviate the yearbook's name
Italicize the article title

21.16Digests

21.16(a)Add the digest's chapter or section
21.16(b)Add the volume number

21.17Short Citation Forms

21.17(a)Add the treaty's name before “supra”
21.17(a)Use the registered short title

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