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A legal citation is a "reference to a legal precedent or authority, such as a case, statute, or treatise, that either substantiates or contradicts a given position." [1] Where cases are published on paper, the citation usually contains the following information: Court that issued the decision; Report title; Volume number; Page, section, or ...
Good legal practice when citing legislation is to include the year and the jurisdiction (or an abbreviation) for it in brackets after the name of the legislation. This is important since often multiple Acts are passed in different years with the same name, and often different jurisdictions will pass Acts with the same name.
Explanatory information takes the form of a present-participle phrase, a quoted sentence or a short statement appropriate in context. Unlike the other signals, it immediately follows the full citation. Usually brief (about one sentence), it quickly explains how the citation supports or disagrees with the proposition. For example: Brown v.
For authors writing in Latin, this change allows the name to function grammatically in a sentence through declension. In a scientific context, the main purpose of Latinisation may be to produce a name which is internationally consistent. Latinisation may be carried out by: transforming the name into Latin sounds (e.g. Geber for Jabir), or
Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources. The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions ...
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Watt and Johns. Concise Legal Research. 6th Ed. Federation Press. 2009. Chapter 1. Section 5(d). p 24. Woods, G D. "A Note on Citations of Statutes". A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales: The Colonial Period, 1788–1900. Federation Press. 2002. p xiii. "2.0 Legislation" in "United Kingdom". Guide to Foreign and International Legal ...