A uniform system of citation, 19th edition, online. Under this hierarchy, the court must first apply the rome statute itself. A full citation works well in a textual sentence as well as a citation sentence. If a statute has a common name, this is the first element of the apa style reference. The statute was adopted on 17 july 1998 by the united nations diplomatic. Never use the two character postal abbreviations for states. The court shall have international legal personality. Page 1 of the bluebook reminds you that the central function of legal citation is to help your reader find the source. Guide to foreign and international legal citations nyu law. Examples for footnotes general rules times new roman, size 10, 1 line spacing, justified. Cases legal citation libguides at graduate institute of. For example, to cite to the rome statute, just use the phrase rome statute in. It shall also have such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exercise of its functions and.
Many of the complicated variations on rules are not shown in these samples. Bluebook legal referencing citing federal statutes proofed. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession. Federal statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Do not include an initial the as part of the statute name. Bluebook legal referencing citing federal statutes. Citation clauses are set off from the text by commas and immediately follow the proposition to which they relate. In academic writing, the author and title are in small caps and the subject e. The text of the rome statute reproduced herein was originally circulated as document aconf. If you are using the popular name of a statute, place this first in the citation put the title number before the name of the code properly abbreviate. The following samples cover basic citation format for secondary sources. Give the report citation in the same form as for uk cases. The bluebook sets out uniform conventions for referencing legal documents, so anyone studying us law will want to be familiar with the bluebook.
Core icc texts official journal referrals and declarations legal tools. Treaties and treaty bodies georgetown law research guides. Rome statute of the international criminal court last. Citation style law and legal research libguides at. A b c d e f gh i jk l m n o p qr s t u vwxyz show all. There are plenty of examples of comments on the icc forum whose citations violate the. The rome statute of the international criminal court is the international treaty that. Find the citation guidelines in your chosen citation system for statutes. Were going to build a citation for title 42 of the united states code annotated, section 12114a. Detailed citation formats for statutes and other legal and legislative materials can be found in the bluebook. Bluebook citation for llm students bluebook citation for. The vast majority of cited authorities that helped the icc decide legal issues came not from the binding sources of law but from legally persuasive authorities. Eisil, the international law database maintained by the american society of international law can help.
Citing secondary sources sample bluebook citations. William schabas, commentary on the rome statute, insert number of. Citeus legalus cite statutes or administrative regulations. Two examples of legal citation systems are bluebook and the american psychological association, or apa, style. An annex to the rules and regulations sets out the terms of reference for the. The reason this has become a problem is that the current editions of alwd and bluebook predate those three services, so there are no examples. Give the case registration number in roman and then the name of the case in italics, with no punctuation between them. If the statute is completely amended such that the current version appears only in the supplement, the citation is formatted as follows. For california statutes, the bluebook allows citations to deerings california codes annotated available in print and on lexis or wests annotated california codes available in print and on westlaw. Rome statute of the international criminal court pdf. Citing to bloomberg law, lexis advance, and westlawnext. Lawyers, both in practice and in law schools, follow a complicated set of rules for citing to. Main citation rules of the bluebook, the european journal of international law, and oscola.
Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. Abandoned property, actions is in italics without small caps. The bluebook also has citation rules for legal memoranda. Commentary on the rome statute of the international criminal court. Referencing patterns at the international criminal court european.
The bluebook still requires the use and citation of printed sources where available. Treaties and treaty bodies war crimes research guide. If the statute has a common name, make that the first part of the full citation in your reference list. Here, we will provide some bluebook 20th edition examples. When citing a case in lexis nexis, which displays multiple citations for the same case, its generally advisable. Citing legislative related materials statutes rule 12 1. Blue pages this guide covers the bluebooks white pages, which provide citation rules for academic papers. Provide name of statute official or popular or both may be used 2. If you do not know what the abbreviations in rule 21. In states where a citation variant appears against a different background there is a distinct statute citation format used within the jurisdiction by state courts and those submitting memoranda or briefs. The rome statute for the international criminal court. For example locating in the united nations treaty series u. The trick is finding the official bluebook citation.
Statutes bluebook legal citation tarlton law library. As it has already been mentioned, the bluebook style guide is now in its 20th edition and has dedicated sections for different types of documents. A uniform system of citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the united states. And voila your citation is generated and ready to be used. Icc international criminal court international law. Citing the wto agreements wtogatt research libguides. Citations in textual sentences or citation sentences. Well walk through a book citation and an online citation to statutes. The bluebook twentieth edition is a uniform system of citation.
When citing to one of the unofficial annotated codes you need to indicate which set you used by identifying the publisher at the end of the cite. The major difference when citing legal resources in apa style versus the bluebook. Appellate court citation based on the standard above is. Citation practices of the international criminal court.
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