Legal Materials

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Note: The NLM (National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation) does not offer its own guidelines for documenting legal references. The CSE instead defers to A Uniform System of Citation (HLRA 1992) and offers the formats below, based on their recommendations.


1. Court Cases

Format:
Title of Case, Volume Source Page Numbers (Court and Date)

Example:

Meyer v. State of Nebraska., 262 U.S. 390 (S.Ct. 625 1923)

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    • 2. Statutes

    Format:
    Title of Statute, Volume Number Source Section Number § (Year of Publication)

    Example:

    Farm Credit Act. 42 U.S.C.A. § 410 (1959

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    • 3. U.S. Senate Bills, Unenacted

    Note: This example was taken from CSE's Scientific Style and Format (p 663).

    Format:
    Senate Bill Number, Number of Congress, Number of Session Section Number § (Year).

    Example:

    S. 2830, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. § 8 (1980).

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    • 4. State Joint Resolutions, Enacted

    Note: This example was taken from CSE's Scientific Style and Format (p 663).

    Format:
    Resolution Number, Legislation Number, Session Number, Year Collection of Laws

    Example:

    H.R.J. Res 1, 40th Leg., 2d Spec. Sess., 1974 Utah Laws 7

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    • 5. U.S. Senate Hearings

    Format:
    Title of Hearing, Number of Congress, Session Number (Year)

    Example:

    U.S. Policy in the Persian Gulf: Hearing Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 101st Cong., 2nd Sess. (1990)

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