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Citation rules/International materials/21.5 International Law Cases

Remove the words before the case name

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A World Court judgment is cited by its subject alone, so the report's own opening words — “Case concerning”, “Case of”, “Case relating to” — and any article with them come off the front of the name.1

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  1. 1R. 21.5.1(a) Case name.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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  6. Add the case number
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  8. Add the court's country
  9. Remove the words before the case name

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More in 21.5 International Law Cases

  1. Abbreviate the party country
  2. Add "Provisional Measures"
  3. Add a parenthetical naming the body
  4. Add the advisory opinion's code
  5. Add the application number
  6. Add the case number
  7. Add the case number
  8. Add the court's country
  9. Remove the words before the case name

Back to International materials

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