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

§ 2-810(d) Examples
– James Wilson Harshaw III, Not Enough Time?: The Constitutionality of Short
Statutes of Limitations for Civil Child Sexual Abuse Litigation, 50 Ohio St. L.J. 753
(1989).
– Naomi R. Cahn, Civil Images of Battered Women: The Impact of Domestic Violence
on Child Custody Decisions, 44 Vand. L. Rev. 1041 (1991).
– Steven G. Calabresi & Kevin H. Rhodes, The Structural Constitution: Unitary
Executive, Plural Judiciary, 105 Harv. L. Rev. 1155, 1158 (1992).
– Frank H. Easterbrook, Substance and Due Process, 1982 Sup. Ct. Rev. 85, 114.
Element (d) - The journal name (abbreviated)
§ 2-810(e) Examples
– James Wilson Harshaw III, Not Enough Time?: The Constitutionality of Short
Statutes of Limitations for Civil Child Sexual Abuse Litigation, 50 Ohio St. L.J. 753
(1989).
– Naomi R. Cahn, Civil Images of Battered Women: The Impact of Domestic Violence
on Child Custody Decisions, 44 Vand. L. Rev. 1041 (1991).
– Steven G. Calabresi & Kevin H. Rhodes, The Structural Constitution: Unitary
Executive, Plural Judiciary, 105 Harv. L. Rev. 1155, 1158 (1992).
– Frank H. Easterbrook, Substance and Due Process, 1982 Sup. Ct. Rev. 85, 114.
Element (e) - The page number(s)
• The first page of the article always appears.
• If the citation is to a portion of the article, those pages should be listed as well, set
off from the first page with a comma.
§ 2-810(f) Examples
– James Wilson Harshaw III, Not Enough Time?: The Constitutionality of Short
Statutes of Limitations for Civil Child Sexual Abuse Litigation, 50 Ohio St. L.J. 753
(1989).
– Naomi R. Cahn, Civil Images of Battered Women: The Impact of Domestic Violence
on Child Custody Decisions, 44 Vand. L. Rev. 1041 (1991).
– Steven G. Calabresi & Kevin H. Rhodes, The Structural Constitution: Unitary
Executive, Plural Judiciary, 105 Harv. L. Rev. 1155, 1158 (1992).
– Frank H. Easterbrook, Substance and Due Process, 1982 Sup. Ct. Rev. 85, 114.
Element (f) - The year of publication in parentheses (unless it is contained in the volume
number)
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