Introduction to Basic Legal Citation - access-to-law home

Element (b) - The order or proclamation number followed by a comma and space
Element (c) - A citation to the Federal Register in which the order or proclamation was
published (see § 2-420) or if it is likely to be more accessible the Code of Federal
Regulations edition into which it was compiled (i.e. that for the following year) followed
by a space
Element (d) - The date or year in parenthesis (the date of the Federal Register publication
or the year of the C.F.R. compilation, not the date of the order or proclamation)
§ 2-480(2) Examples
– Principles for Federal Infrastructure Investments, Exec. Order No. 12,893, 59 Fed.
Reg. 4233 (Jan. 31, 1994), http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executiveorders/pdf/12893.pdf.
– To Eliminate Circumvention of the Quantitative Limitations Applicable to Imports of
Wheat Gluten, Proclamation No. 7202, 3 C.F.R. 48 (2000),
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgibin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_cfr_3v1&docid=3CFR7202.pdf.
Principle 2: Two additional additional elements may be appropriate:
Element (a) - The core elements can be preceded by the title of the order or proclamation
followed by a comma and space
Element (b) - With recent documents a parallel electronic citation may be useful; all
executive orders and proclamations from 1993 on are accessible online. See § 2-110.
§ 2-480(3) Examples
– Mich. Exec. Order No. 2003-4 (Feb. 27, 2003),
http://www.michigan.gov/granholm/0,4587,7-168-21975-62542--,00.html.
– Ill. Exec. Order No. 2003-6 (Feb. 7, 2003),
http://www2.illinois.gov/Government/ExecOrders/Documents/2003/
execorder2003-6.pdf.
Principle 3: The core of a citation to a state governor's executive order or proclamation
consists of comparable elements preceded by the state abbreviation, adjusted to the
nomenclature of the particular compilation in which it appears (if any).
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