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Legal Citation
Legal citation
refers to a system of rules for citing primary and
secondary legal materials (these rules, for example,
would require you to put a case name or statute
title in italics). In Canada, these rules have been
established largely by the Canadian Guide to
Uniform Legal Citation (the "McGill Guide"),
now in its 9th edition, available in both print
and by subscription here
on WestlawNext Canada.
The next most
significant source of legal citation rules would
come from the work of the Canadian
Citation Committee, including The
Preparation, Citation and Distribution of Canadian
Decisions (2 April 2009), edited by Frédéric
Pelletier, Ruth Rintoul and Daniel Poulin and
available online in PDF. The work of this
Committee has established the use of "neutral
citation" for case law.
The following free online resources also discuss
legal citation:
On a related
note: I highly recommend Butterick's
Practical Typography (2nd ed) by Matthew
Butterick for his recommendations on typography and
the formatting of legal documents.
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Legal
Research and Writing:
4th Edition
by
Ted Tjaden
Softcover 512
pgs.
Published: January 2016
ISBNs:
Paperback: 978-1-55221-414-5
e-bbook: 978-1-55221-415-2
Purchase
here
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Irwin Law:
Canadian Online Legal Dictionary (click here)
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