How to Cite Legal Authorities

ISBN-13: 9781854313157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 292 str.

Derek French

Opis

This book deals with a simple problem that affects all lawyers, whether practising or in training. Anyone making any written statement about the law for other lawyers needs to know how to cite correctly every case, statute, statutory instrument and learned book or article referred to.
The legal profession has evolved a customary abbreviated way of writing citations, but in the past it has been very difficult to find out what the customs are. This book claims to show how to write the citation. It features a dictionary of law reports and legal periodicals, giving their preferred abbreviations. There are also recommendations for typography and punctuation of citations with many alternatives given from which a personal style can be devised.Derek French is the author of "Applications to Wind Up Companies" and co-author of "Mayson, French and Ryan on Company Law."

Spis treści

Part 1 Principles of legal citation: purpose of citation; house style; placing; citations in text or notes; describing the relevance of a cited authority; typography. Part 2 Cases: cases as sources of law; publication of reports of cases; case names; citation of law reports; law terms; pages; identification of court; parallel citations; consolidated cases; citing a point in a report; edition and medium-neutral citations; judges; choosing which report to cite; unreported cases; European cases; commonwealth cases; United States cases; citing more than one case; table of cases. Part 3 Acts of Parliament: introduction; publications of Acts; citation of Acts; citing a point in an Act; amendments; tables of statutes; further reading; summary of recommended forms of citation acts. Part 4 Parliament: dating of sessions; Hansard; bills; command papers; parliamentary papers; law commissions. Part 5 Subordinate legislation: publication; citation; citing a point in an item of subordiante legislation; rules of c

O autorze

Derek French works in legal publishing. He is the author of Applications to Wind Up Companies and Blackstone's Statutes on Company Law, and co-author of Mayson, French and Ryan on Company Law.