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§ 2-820. Journal Article Citations – Variants and Special Cases [BB|ALWD]
Journal material other than articles by contributing authors is cited in similar form with the
following differences of detail:
§ 2-820(1) Examples
– John Moustakas, Note, Group Rights in Cultural Property: Justifying Strict
Inalienability, 74 Cornell L. Rev. 1179, 1183 n.12 (1989).
– Helen L. Parise, Comment, The Proper Extension of Tort Liability Principles in the
Managed Care Industry, 64 Temple L. Rev. 977 (1991).
– Brian Victor, Case Comment, The Citizen and the Serpent: State v. Rockholt and
Entrapment in New Jersey, 38 Rutgers L. Rev. 589 (1986).
– Betsy Vencil, Comment, 26 Nat. Resources J. 606 (1986).
Special Case 1 – Student Writing by a Named Student:
• The category or type of piece is added after author's name (set off by commas).
• The piece is identified only by category if there is no title or only a long digest-like
heading.
¡But see § 2-825(1)!
§ 2-820(2) Examples:
– Note, Computer Intellectual Property and Conceptual Severence, 103 Harv. L. Rev.
1046, 1057 (1990).
– Book Note, Selling One's Birth Rights, 102 Harv. L. Rev. 1074 (1989) (reviewing
Martha A. Field, Surrogate Motherhood (1988)).
– Recent Development, 1979 Wash. U. L.Q. 1161, 1164.
Special Case 2 – Unsigned Student Writing:
• The category or type of piece is indicated where author's name would appear.
• The piece is identified only by category if there is no title or only a long digest-like
heading.
¡But see § 2-825(1)!
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