- Quick tips
- Cases or court decisions
- Statutes (laws and Acts)
Other examples
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Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020 ISBN: 9781433832161 Publication Date: 2019-10-01Quick tips
This guide contains basic citation information for legal documents. For specific information and more examples, please refer to the APA Manual (pp. 355-368) or to the UBC Law - Legal Citation Guide. Note: the UBC Law guide is in Chicago Style; adapt the material you need to match APA style.
Cases or court decisions
Template for cases
Reference list: Name v. Name, volume Jurisdiction (Year). URL
Parenthetical in-text citation: (Name v. Name, Year)
Narrative in-text citation: Name v. Name (Year)
Names are italicized in-text, but not in the reference list.
EXAMPLE
- BCCA stands for British Columbia Court of Appeal. The jurisdiction is included by way of citing the court. For example, BCCA or SCC for Supreme Court of Canada.
- This case is the 76th judgment from the British Columbia Court of Appeal in 2020.
Parenthetical in-text citation: (Blueberry River First Nation v. Laird, 2020)
Narrative in-text citation: Blueberry River First Nation v. Laird (2020)
Statutes (laws and Acts)
Template for Laws and Acts:
Name of Act, Title source and section number (Year). URL
EXAMPLE - Act
- RSBC is the Source, and c. is the section number, i.e.: the act is published as chapter 468 in the Revised Statutes of British Columbia.
Parenthetical in-text citation: (University Act, 1996)
Narrative in-text citation: University Act (1996)
To refer the reader to a specific section, add it after the year, with a comma, as s or ss:
(University Act, 1996, s 6)
EXAMPLE - Bill
Bill C-4, An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States, 1st Sess, 43rd Parl, (2020). https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-1/bill/C-4/third-reading
Parenthetical in-text citation, first time: (Bill C-4, An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States, 2020)
Parenthetical in-text citation, subsequent citations: (Bill C-4, 2020)
Narrative in-text citation, first time: Bill C-4, An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Bill C-4) (2020)
Narrative in-text citation, subsequent citations: Bill C-4, 2020)
To refer the reader to a specific clause, add it after the year, with a comma, as cl or cls (plural):
