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Citation rules/International materials/21.17 Short Citation Forms

Use the registered short title

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A treaty or intergovernmental-organization document is registered with a bracketed short title and later re-cited by a different name pulled from the same full citation, instead of the title the writer registered.1

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  1. 1R. 21.17(a) Treaties and other international agreements; R. 21.17(c) United Nations and other intergovernmental organization materials. Tables: R. 4.2(b) “Hereinafter.”; R. 4.2(a) “Supra.”.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousAdd the treaty's name before “supra”

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  1. Abbreviate the organization's name
  2. Abbreviate the parties or reorder them
  3. Abbreviate the subdivision
  4. Add the day of signing
  5. Add the treaty's form designation
  6. Add the treaty's name before “supra”
  7. Give the exact date of signing
  8. Italicize the phrase before the date
  9. Use the registered short title

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More in International materials

  1. Abbreviate the organization's name
  2. Abbreviate the parties or reorder them
  3. Abbreviate the subdivision
  4. Add the day of signing
  5. Add the treaty's form designation
  6. Add the treaty's name before “supra”
  7. Give the exact date of signing
  8. Italicize the phrase before the date
  9. Use the registered short title

Back to International materials

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