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Until the 17th edition, Chicago style was to spell out the noun in running text, but abbreviate the adjective as US. Now, we allow US as a noun, but only if the meaning is clear from context—that is, the usage is subject to editorial discretion.
The Bluebook style guide is used in the American legal profession for citation of all relevant sources. Additionally, the Chicago Manual of Style recommends its use for all citation of legal material.
Most legal materials are cited using Bluebook style, which is the standard legal citation style used in all disciplines (see Bluebook style in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 2015). APA defers to Bluebook style for legal materials and uses those templates and patterns in bibliographies.
NOTE: If you are a Legal Studies major, all court cases, laws and law review articles will probably be cited ing to The Bluebook, not APA or MLA.
The problem is that law schools refer to the Bluebook for legal citations, but when citing references for law journals, APA format must be used.
Writing Your Paper: Chicago Font: Times New Roman. Font Size: 12 point. Margins: 1 inch. Paragraphs: All paragraphs should be indented. Spacing: All of the text in the body of your paper should be double-spaced.
APA Style is the most popular citation style, widely used in the social and behavioral sciences. MLA style is the second most popular, used mainly in the humanities. Chicago notes and bibliography style is also popular in the humanities, especially history. Chicago author-date style tends to be used in the sciences.
Country, Institution that passed the law, Law Title, Law type Law number, adopted date adopted, number of article / paragraph / etc., URL. Short note: Law Title, number of article.
A citation for a statute includes the name of the act and the publication information followed by a date in parentheses. The year within a United States Code citation is the date of publication of the code, whereas the year in a United States Statutes at Large citation is the year the legislation was passed.
To cite federal laws (also commonly referred to as statutes or acts) in APA Style, include the name of the law, “U.S.C.” (short for United States Code), the title and section of the code where the law appears, the year, and optionally the URL.
