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Cite laws by title (italicized), volume by year (if possible, cite to the latest Revised Statutes of Canada, abbreviated “R.S.C.”), chapter (“c.”), section (“s.”), paragraph (“par.”), and subparagraph (“subpar.”) referenced: 28 Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. L-2, s. 14. 2.1 Provincial Legislation The same model prevails for provincial statutes, except that the name of the volumes and the year of the last revision will vary (e.g., “R.S.O.” for Revised Statutes of Ontario). 2.2 Codes and Common Statute Abbreviations Some statutes are referred to by accepted abbreviation. The most frequent are: Criminal Code (C.C.) Code of Penal Procedure (C.P.P.) Civil Code of Quebec (C.C.Q.) 2.3 Treaties and Conventions Civil Code of Lower Canada (C.C.L.C.) Code of Civil Procedure: (C.C.P.) Cite treaties and conventions as described in Section 1.0 on Treaties and Conventions (on page 266), filling in the source information with the Canadian Treaty Series by year, “Can. T.S.” and treaty number: [Treaty information], 1950 Can. T.S. No. 1, [date of entry into force, etc.]. 3.0 Jurisprudence Cite cases by the name of the parties (italicized) separated by “v.” (not italicized), year (when the year corresponds to the year of the volume (for all relatively recent cases), the year is placed in square brackets; when it does not (for older cases), the year is in parentheses), volume and, if there is more than one volume in a year, the name of the volume, page on which the case begins, followed by the word “at” and page referenced: R. v. Seaboyer, [1991] 2 S.C.R. 577 at 590. If the name of the volume does not indicate which court decided on the case, the name of the court must be added in an abbreviated form in parentheses after the citation, but before the page number of the actual reference.
3.1 Reporters Main case reporters and abbreviations are: Supreme Court Reports (S.C.R.) Canadian Criminal Cases (C.C.C.) Canadian Criminal Reports (C.C.R.) Dominion Law Reports (D.L.R.) Ontario Reports (O.R.) Rapports Juridiques du Québec (R.J.Q.) 4.0 Books Cite books by name of the author(s) [first name, family name], title (italicized), volume (if applicable), edition, publication information [city: publisher, year of publication] (in parentheses), the word “at” and page referenced: P.W. Hogg, Constitutional Law of Canada, 3 rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 1992) at 322. 4.1 Articles in Books Cite articles in books by name of the author(s) [first name, family name], title of the article (in quotation marks), the word “in”, name of the editor(s) [first initial, family name], “ed.” or “eds.”, title of the book (italicized), publishing information [city: publisher, year of publication] (in parentheses), the word “at” and page referenced: R. Veinott, “Child Custody and Divorce: A Nova Scotia Study, 1866-1910” in P. Girard & J. Philips, eds., Essays in the History of Canadian Law, vol. 3, Nova Scotia (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990) at 273. 5.0 Articles in Periodicals Cite articles in periodicals by name of the author(s) [first name, family name], title (in quotation marks), year (in parentheses), volume, abbreviated name of the journal, page on which the article begins, the word “at”, and the page referenced: S.J. Toope, “Cultural Diversity and Human Rights (F.R. Scott Lecture)”, (1997) 42 McGill L.J. 169 at 184. 6.0 Newspapers and Weekly Journals Cite articles in newspapers and weekly journals by name of the author(s) [first initial, family name], title of article (in quotation marks), title of newspaper or journal (italicized) and location (in brackets) if not apparent from the title, date of publication (in parentheses), and section or page referenced: J.Grey, “Yes to Quebec, No to Its Extreme Demands”, The Gazette [Montreal] (17 April 1991) B3. 29
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JAMES E. HERGER, AN INTRODUCTION TO
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II. CITATION GUIDE There is no unif
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4.0 Books 142 Khawaja Textile Mills
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144 THE PHILIPPINES Republika ng Pi
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(BCLC)). In such circumstances, it
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They have wide-ranging internationa
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