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Citation rules/Subdivisions and pincites/3.1 Volumes, Parts, and Supplements

Use Arabic numerals for the volume

Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A volume that carries a number is cited in Arabic numerals, not the Roman numerals a work's own spine sometimes prints — "4 Yale L.J. 1057", not "IV Yale L.J. 1057".1

Wrong
IV Yale L.J. 1057
Right
4 Yale L.J. 1057
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  1. 1R. 3.1(a) Volumes. Tables: T1 United States Jurisdictions; T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations; T13 Institutional Names in Periodical Titles.
  2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
PreviousAdd brackets around the volume designationNextUse the correct supplement form

More in Subdivisions and pincites

  1. Abbreviate the table or figure
  2. Add “at” before a Roman page
  3. Add brackets around the volume designation
  4. Add the pincite
  5. Move the pincite before the date
  6. Remove “p.” before the page
  7. Remove the comma before “passim”
  8. Use Arabic numerals for the volume
  9. Use the correct supplement form

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More in Subdivisions and pincites

  1. Abbreviate the table or figure
  2. Add “at” before a Roman page
  3. Add brackets around the volume designation
  4. Add the pincite
  5. Move the pincite before the date
  6. Remove “p.” before the page
  7. Remove the comma before “passim”
  8. Use Arabic numerals for the volume
  9. Use the correct supplement form

Back to Subdivisions and pincites

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