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A full citation to legislative materials will include:

• The title of the material
• The abbreviated name of the legislative body
• The number assigned to the material 
• The number of the Congress and/or legislative sessions 
• The year of publication 

For further guidance, see Rule 13.

Books and other non periodic material citations should include:

Erwin Chemerinsky, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies 124 (6th ed. 2019).

• The volume number (if applicable) 
• The full names of the authors as written on the publication 
  • If two authors- separate with an & in the order listed 
  • If more than two, may list all or just the first name followed by "et. al."
• The title of the publication (underlined or in italics)
• A pincite (if applicable)
• A parenthetical indicating the year of publication, the name of the editor (if applicable) and the edition (if applicable)

Commonly cited works:

Easement, Black's Law Dictionary (11th. ed. 2019).

3A Am. Jur. 2d Aliens and Citizens § 36 (2021).

16B C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 1164 (2021).

For further guidance, see Rule 15.

Periodicals are things like law reviews, magazines, newspapers or anything that is published at a regular interval. 

Citations to these materials should include

• Full name to the author as written in the publication 
• The title of the article (underlined or in italics) 
• The abbreviated name of the publication using the abbreviation tables (T3 and T6)
• A pincite
• The date of publication 

Orin S. Kerr, Cross Enforcement of the Fourth Amendment, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 471, 495 (2018).

For further guidance, see Rule 16.

Full citations of online materials should include:

• The name of the author (if applicable)
• The title of the specific page of the website (underlined or in italics) 
• The tile of the main page of the website
• The date and time of posting (if applicable) 
  • If there is no date of posting, then include a last updated or last visited. 
• The url 

For further guidance, see Rule 18.