Citations; manner of citation; miscellaneous.

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Section 75. Citations; manner of citation; miscellaneous.—(a) Texts. Give the name of the author in roman, the title in italics, and include the edition and its date: e.g., 3 Wigmore, Evidence (3d ed. 1940) § 995. This is required by some court rules.¹⁰⁰ Volumes are designated by arabic numerals, regardless of what actually appears on the spine of the binding. The form-book boys now insist on putting the edition and date at the end, which is confusing; the edition and date identify the work which is being cited and thus are part of the title.

(b) Legal periodicals. Unlike cases, articles are cited by the full title and not by the abbreviated—frequently the substantially abbreviated—running head. In the case of serials consecutively paged, the date is not necessary to the identification, and hence if it is to be included at all, it belongs at the end: Howe, Oliver Wendell Holmes at Harvard Law School, 70 Harv. L. Rev. 401 (1957). On the other hand, if the publication is paged anew in each issue, then the date is a part of the identification, and must precede the page: Wiener, The Uniform Code of Military Justice, 1 Combat Forces J. (Sept. 1950) 19.¹⁰¹

(c) Legislative materials. Cite committee reports and congressional documents by number, Congress, and session: e.g., Sen. Rep. No. 492, 69th Cong., 2d sess.; H. Doc. 96, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Cite the bound Congressional Record by volume and page, without date: 40 Cong. Rec. 7040. Remember, however, that the pagination of the daily edition is different, or nearly always so; accordingly, add the date in such cases: 106 Cong...