Citation Style Guide

JURETI adheres to a specific citation style to maintain consistency and professionalism in its publications. Below is a comprehensive guide for authors on how to cite sources in their manuscripts.

General Principles:

  • Consistency: Use the same citation style throughout the manuscript.
  • Accuracy: Ensure all cited sources are correctly referenced in the reference list and vice versa.
  • Clarity: Provide enough information for readers to locate the original source.

Citation Style: Bluebook (20th Edition)

JURISFUSION primarily follows The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20th edition). Below are some examples and guidelines for common citation types:

1. Cases:

Format:

  • Case Name, Volume Reporter Page (Court Year).

Examples:

  • Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).
  • Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).

2. Statutes:

Format:

  • Title of Act, Section Code (Year).

Examples:

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (2012).
  • Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 (1990).

3. Books:

Format:

  • Author's Name, Title of Book Page Number (Publisher Year).

Examples:

  • John Doe, The Law of Contracts 45 (Oxford University Press 2020).
  • Jane Smith, Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies 213 (Aspen Publishers 2018).

4. Journal Articles:

Format:

  • Author's Name, Title of Article, Volume Journal Name Page Number (Year).

Examples:

  • Mark Tushnet, Critical Legal Studies: A Political History, 100 Harv. L. Rev. 1515 (1987).
  • Catharine MacKinnon, Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: An Agenda for Theory, 7 Signs 515 (1982).

5. Online Sources:

Format:

  • Author's Name, Title of Webpage, Website Name (Date), URL.

Examples:

6. Newspaper Articles:

Format:

  • Author's Name, Title of Article, Newspaper Name, Date, Section (if applicable).

Examples:

  • John Jones, New Immigration Policies Announced, New York Times, July 10, 2021, at A1.
  • Sarah Adams, Advances in AI Technology, Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2019, at B4.

7. Edited Volumes and Book Chapters:

Format:

  • Author's Name, Title of Chapter, in Title of Book Page Number (Editor's Name ed., Publisher Year).

Examples:

  • Paul Farmer, Pathologies of Power: Rethinking Health and Human Rights, in Health and Human Rights: A Reader 415 (Jonathan Mann & Sofia Gruskin eds., Routledge 1999).
  • Emily Jackson, Medical Law: Text, Cases, and Materials, in Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies 301 (Peter Cane & Mark Tushnet eds., Oxford University Press 2003).

In-Text Citations:

Format:

  • For direct quotes or specific references, include the citation in parentheses immediately following the quote or reference. If the author's name is mentioned in the text, include only the page number in parentheses.

Examples:

  • According to Tushnet, the critical legal studies movement has deep political roots (Tushnet 1987, at 1520).
  • "The future of cybersecurity is uncertain" (Smith 2020).

Reference List:

  • Arrangement: List references alphabetically by the author's last name.
  • Multiple Works by the Same Author: Arrange by year of publication, starting with the earliest.
  • Authors: For works with multiple authors, list all authors.

Example:

  1. Doe, John. The Law of Contracts. Oxford University Press, 2020.
  2. Johnson, Amanda. “Climate Change Legislation in the US.” Environmental Law Review, March 22, 2019. https://www.elr.com/climate-change-legislation.
  3. MacKinnon, Catharine. “Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: An Agenda for Theory.” Signs 7 (1982): 515.
  4. Smith, Jane. Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies. Aspen Publishers, 2018.
  5. Tushnet, Mark. “Critical Legal Studies: A Political History.” Harvard Law Review 100 (1987): 1515.

Additional Guidelines:

  • Footnotes: Use footnotes rather than endnotes for citation purposes. Number footnotes consecutively throughout the manuscript.
  • Shortened Citations: For subsequent references to a source previously cited in full, use a shortened form.
    • Example: Tushnet, supra note 3, at 1520.
  • Ibid: Use "Ibid." to refer to the same source in the immediately preceding footnote.
    • Example: Ibid., at 1521.