Blue Book 20th Edition Citation Rules

Book

Single Author.

Authors Full Name, Title of the Book, Page number/s cited, Within Parentheses Year of
Publication.

HAROLD W. FUSON, JR., TELLING IT ALL: A LEGAL GUIDE TO THE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH 57-58
(1995).

Always use the author’s full name when citing the book for the first time, subsequent citation is
through internal cross-referencing or in an abbreviated form. Internal cross-referencing typically
involves the use of “supra” or “id”.

Use Large and Small Capitals for Name of the Author and Title of the Book.

Two authors.

List the author’s names in the order in which they appear on the title page, separated by an
ampersand.

More than Two Authors.

Either use the first author’s name followed by “ET AL” or list the name of all authors.

Subsequent editions of an earlier book.

Authors full name, Title of the Book, Page Cited, in, within Parentheses Editors name et al…(if
more than one editor), abbreviation of “editors ed.,Edition Cited, Year of Publication.

FRANCIS A CAREY, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 310 (Kent A. Peterson et al., 6th ed. 2006).

Periodical Materials.

Author’s full name, Title of the article (italicize), Journal Vol Number, Abbreviation of Journal
Name, Page on which article begins, Span specific pages cited, In parentheses year of
Publication, Parenthetical describing content of pages cited.

Charles A. Reich, The New Property, 73, YALE L.J. 733, 737-38 (1964) (discussing the
importance of government largess).
 Magazine Article.

Authors Full Name, Title of the article, Name of the Magazine, Cover date of issue, “at” Page
number on which article begins.

Robert J. Samuelson, A Slow Fix for the Banks, NEWSWEEK, Feb. 18, 1991, at 55.

Citation of a Signed News Paper Article.

Authors full name, Headline, Abbreviation of the News Paper, Date of Article, “at” Page on
which article appears.

Seth Mydans, Los Angeles Police Chief Removed for 60 Days in Inquiry Beating, N.Y. TIMES,
Apr. 5, 1991, at A1.

Online News Paper article.

Pamela Mendels, A Case of Spam and Free Speech at Intel, N.Y. TIMES, Dec. 11, 1998,
www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/cyber/cyberlaw/11law.html.

Signed Student written Law Review.

Bradford R. Clark, Note, Judicial Review of Congressional Section Five Action: The Fallacy of
Reverse Incorporation, 84 COLUM. L. REV. 1969, 1986 (1984).

Unsigned student-written comment.

Case Comment, Fairness Standards for SEC Approval of Mergers: Collins v. SEC, 90 HARV. L.
REV. 453 (1976).

Symposium.

Symposium, The Presidency and Congress: Constitutionally Separated and Shared Powers, 68
WASH. U. L. Q. 485, 640 51 (1990).

International Materials.

Treaties.

Two Parties.

Name of the agreement, Abbreviated name of parties, Date of signing, One domestic treaty
Source.

Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, U.S.- Japan, art X, Apr.2, 1953, 4 U.S.T. 2063.
 Citation for more than two parties.

Name of the Agreement , Subdivision Cited, Date of Signing, One Domestic Treaty Source if
any, One international Treaty source.

Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War art.3, Aug. 12, 1949, 6
U.S.T.3316, 75 U.N.T.S. 135.

International Law Cases.

The name of the Case, The Case Number, The Reporter (if any), The Characterisation of the
Decision (Judgment Provisional Measures etc.), a pin cite, A parenthetical with the date,
Prefaced by name of the court if it is not otherwise evident.

Fisheries Jurisdiction (U.K. v Ice.), Interim Protection Order, 1972 I.C.J. 12 (Aug 17).

Diversion of Water from Meuse (Neth. v. Belg.), 1937 P.C.I.J. (ser.A/B) No. 70, at 7 (June 28).

International Court of Justice.

The case Name, The parties name if any, The Characterisation of the Opinion (if any), The
volume and Name of the Publication, The page or case number, a Pin cite (indicated by the
pilcrow symbol “¶”, and the date.

United Nations Materials.

U.N.GAOR, 57th Sess., 42d plen. Mtg. at 3, U.N. Doc. A/57/PV.42 (Nov. 1, 2002).

UN Charter.

U.N. Charter art. 2, para. 4.

India

Cases

Case name, (year of reporter) Volume number Reporter Abbreviation First Page (year of
decision if different from the year of reporter) (country abbreviation if not evident from context).

Charan Lal Sahu v. Union Carbide, (1989) 1 S.C.C. 674 (India).

Jabalpur v. Shukla, A.I.R. 1976 S.C. 1207 (India).

Constitution

INDIA CONST. art. 1 § 9, cl. 2.

INDIA CONST. art. 269, amended by The Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000.

Codes

The Banking Regulation Act, No. 10 of 1949, INDIA CODE (1993), vol. 15.

Regulations

The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Rules, 1977, 22 Gen. S.R. & O. 719 (India).

Internet Sources

The Indian Majority Act, No. 9 of 1875, INDIA CODE (1993), vol.2, available at
http://indiacode.nic.in.