Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...

2.0 Legislation
Cite legislation by title and year, followed by “s.” or “ss.” and section(s) referenced:
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Companies Act 1989, ss.395-407.
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by name of the parties (italicized and separated by “v.”), year (in square brackets), and
reporter in which the case is published by volume, abbreviated title and first page of the case:
3.1 Reports
Public Prosecutor v. Anthony Wee Boon Chye and Anor [1965] 1 M.L.J. 189.
Major reports include:
Malayan Law Journal: (M.L.J.)
Malayan Cases
Malayan Law Reports
Law Reports of the Malayan Union
4.0 Books
Cite books by name of the author(s) [last name only], title (italicized), place of publication,
publisher, edition (optional), year (in parentheses), and page referenced:
Groves, The Constitution of Malaysia, Singapore, M.P.H. Ltd. (1964), p.42.
5.0 Articles in Periodicals
Cite articles in periodicals by name of the author(s) [last name only], title of the article (in
quotation marks), year (in parentheses), volume, abbreviated title of the periodical, first page of
the article, and page referenced:
Ziegel and Cuming, “The Modernization of Canadian Personal Property Security Law”
(1981) 31 Univ. of Toronto L.J. 248 at p.232.
6.0 Newspapers and Weekly Journals
No information available.
7.0 Official Publications
Cite official publications by title, volume, and date:
Malayan Union Gazette G.N. 2/1946.