Legal Citation - Citation By Country

Citation By Country

Some countries have a de facto citation standard that has been adopted by most of the country's institutions.

Australia

Australian legal citation usually follows the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (commonly known as AGLC)

Canada

Canadian legal citation usually follows the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (commonly called the McGill Guide)

Germany

German legal citation

Netherlands

Dutch legal citation follows the Leidraad voor juridische auteurs (commonly known as Leidraad)

United Kingdom

Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities is the modern authority on citation of United Kingdom legislation. Guidance for UK government drafters is provided in Statutory Instrument Practice.

USA

U. S. legal citation follows one of:

• Bluebook standard
• ALWD Citation Manual
• Tanbook (New York State Official Reports Style Manual)
• Maroonbook (University of Chicago Law School)

A number of U.S. states have adopted individual public domain citations standards.