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Citation rules/International materials/21.8 League of Nations

Add the document number or year

Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A citation to a League of Nations document carries its document number and its year, since the number is the only handle for the item and the year separates decades of committee work.1

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  1. 1R. 21.8 League of Nations.
  2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
PreviousUse “U.N.” with periodsNextUse the printed citation form

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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 document number or year
  6. Add the treaty's form designation
  7. Give the exact date of signing
  8. Italicize the phrase before the date
  9. Use the printed citation form

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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 document number or year
  6. Add the treaty's form designation
  7. Give the exact date of signing
  8. Italicize the phrase before the date
  9. Use the printed citation form

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