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Citation rules/Typeface conventions/2.2 Typeface Conventions for Textual Material

Italicize the title named in prose

Style note2Law reviews21st and 22nd editions

A reference carrying no citation follows the main-text conventions, where a publication's title is italic rather than in the small caps a book citation takes. Small caps apply only to a work cited in full elsewhere.1

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  1. 1R. 2.2(b)(ii) All other authorities. Tables: R. 2.2(a)(ii) Titles of publications, speeches, or articles; R. 15.3 Title; R. 16.3 Title.
  2. 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.
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More in 2.2 Typeface Conventions for Textual Material

  1. Italicize “supra”
  2. Italicize the case name
  3. Italicize the case name
  4. Italicize the title named in prose
  5. Move the citation into a footnote
  6. Remove italics from the case name
  7. Remove italics from the case name
  8. Remove italics from the separating mark
  9. Use small caps for the author

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More in 2.2 Typeface Conventions for Textual Material

  1. Italicize “supra”
  2. Italicize the case name
  3. Italicize the case name
  4. Italicize the title named in prose
  5. Move the citation into a footnote
  6. Remove italics from the case name
  7. Remove italics from the case name
  8. Remove italics from the separating mark
  9. Use small caps for the author

Back to Typeface conventions

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