BOOKS AND TREATISES

AND CONSTITUTIONS AND

FOUNDATIONAL SOURCES OF LAW
CARILLO, GERARD JOE
FONTANOSA, ROSEAN ALLISON
GO, HAROLD JUSTIN
RULE 4.5(B) SHORT CITES TO BOOKS AND TREATISES

(a) General form

{author’s last name}, {volume number} {shortened title} {subdivision} at
{page} ({reference to previous full citation}).

• Davis, 3 Administrative Law at 357 (cited in note 41).

• The use of “id” is acceptable with books and treatises.

RULE 4.5(B) SHORT CITES TO BOOKS AND TREATISES

(b) Short-citing authorities included in larger books or treatises

When subsequently citing to an authority that is included in a larger work, only the cited
work should be mentioned, not the larger work.

5 Mark Tushnet, Corporations and Speech, in David Kairys, ed,

The Politics of Law 253, 256 (Pantheon 1982).

25 Tushnet, Corporations and Speech at 259 (cited in note 5).

RULE 4.5(B) SHORT CITES TO BOOKS AND TREATISES

(c) Citing different short works within a larger book or treatise Short-cite to the larger
work each time you cite a different shorter work.
5Ross E. Davies, The Meaning of Social Meaning, in Lawrence Lessig, ed, Social
Meaning: An Anthology 15, 18 (Chicago 1996).
6See Thomas H. Dupree Jr, Deconstructing Social Meaning, in Lessig, ed, Social
Meaning 30, 34 (cited in note 5).
RULE 4.6 CONSTITUTIONS AND FOUNDATIONAL SOURCES OF LAW

(a) Constitutions
Cite to constitutions in the following form:
• {country or state} Const {subdivisions}.
• US Const Art I, § 9, cl 2.
NM Const Art IV, § 7.
US Const Amend XIV, § 2.
RULE 4.6 CONSTITUTIONS AND FOUNDATIONAL SOURCES OF LAW

(b) Superseded constitutions

If the constitution cited has been superseded, indicate the year of its
adoption and, parenthetically, the year it was superseded.

Ark Const of 1868 Art III, § 2 (superseded 1874).

RULE 4.6 CONSTITUTIONS AND FOUNDATIONAL SOURCES OF LAW

(c) Other founding legal documents

When citing to other founding legal documents, use the general form for
constitutions as far as possible. Use common sense; abbreviate words when
doing so will not confuse the reader. Abbreviations should conform with
Rule 2.
• Decl of Ind.
• Magna Carta Art 2.
CITE ARTICLE 6, SECTION 3 OF THE
PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
CITE ARTICLE 6, SECTION 3 OF THE PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION

• PH Const Art VI, § 3.

CITE ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1 OF THE 1973
CONSTITUTION
CITE ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1 OF THE 1973
CONSTITUTION

• PH Const of 1973 Art I, § 1 (superseded 1987).

CITE ARTICLE 1 OF THE TREATY OF PARIS
CITE ARTICLE 1 OF THE TREATY OF PARIS

• Treaty of Paris Art 1.