Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations by Call Number: K89.G85 2009ISBN: 9780735579798Publication Date: 2009-03-18Electronic version available for checkout with an Internet Archive account (free).
The ALWD Guide to Legal Citation provides in its index to see Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations (NYU Guide) for "foreign materials." The NYU Guide lists foreign citation standards, altering where they do not conform to U.S. legal journal standards. Accordingly, for languages that do not use a Roman alphabet, all titles and names should be transliterated, e.g., using the ALA-LC Romanization Tables. Although not required, "common practice in the United States is to place English translations within square brackets after foreign words in the original citation" (p. xviii).
Example: Royal Decree no. 11, July 15, 1962, Niza al-Waqalat-al-Tijariyah [Commercial Representation Decree], art. 1.
Check this chart to see if your country of interest is included in the NYU Guide.
The NYU Guide contains three major parts:
- Country Citation Guides
Country profiles, citations guides, and selected references organized alphabetically by country name. - Citation Guides for International Organizations and Related Tribunals
Treaties, UN, ICJ, EU, WTO, and Sharia Law. - Citation Guides for International and Regional Tribunals
Major international tribunals, criminal tribunals, and regional courts.
Country Coverage Comparison Chart
| Country | NYU Guide | Bluebook |
|---|---|---|
| Albania | ||
| Algeria | ||
| Argentina (Argentine Republic) | pp. 3-7 | T2.1 |
| Australia | pp. 9-13 | T2.2 |
| Austria | pp. 15-19 | T2.3 |
| Azerbaijan | ||
| Bangladesh | ||
| Belgium (Kingdom of Belgium) | pp. 21-24 | T2.4 |
| Brazil Republic of Brazil) | pp. 25-29 | T2.5 |
| Canada | pp. 31-34 | T2.6 |
| Catholic Church | pp. 25-29 | T2.7 |
| Chile (Republic of Chile) | T2.8 | |
| China (People's Republic of China) | pp. 35-39 | T2.9 |
| Colombia (Republic of Colombia) | pp. 349-51 | T2.10 |
| Czech Republic | pp.41-44 | T2.11 |
| Denmark | pp. 45-49 | |
| Egypt (Arab Republic of Egypt) | pp. 51-55 | T2.12 |
| El Salvador | ||
| Ethiopia | pp. 57-59 | |
| Finland | pp. 61-64 | |
| France (Republic of France) | pp. 65-70 | T2.13 |
| Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) | pp. 71-77 | T2.14 |
| Greece | pp. 79-83 | T2.15 |
| Haiti | ||
| Hong Kong | pp. 85-88 | T2.16 |
| Hungary (Republic of Hungary) | T2.17 | |
| India | pp. 89-95 | T2.18 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) | T2.19 | |
| Iraq (Republic of Iraq) | T2.20 | |
| Ireland (Republic of Éire) | pp. 97-101 | T2.21 |
| Israel | pp. 103-08 | T2.22 |
| Italy (Republic of Italy) | pp. 109-13 | T2.23 |
| Ivory Coast | ||
| Japan | pp. 115-19 | T2.24 |
| Kenya | T2.25 | |
| Kuwait | ||
| Lebanon (Republic of Lebanon) | T2.26 | |
| Malaysia | pp. 121-22 | |
| Mexico (United Mexican States) | pp. 123-28 | T2.27 |
| Morocco (Kingdom of Morocco) | pp. 129-32 | |
| The Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands) | pp. 133-37 | T2.28 |
| New Zealand | pp. 139-42 | T2.29 |
| Nicaragua | T2.30 | |
| Nigeria | pp. 143-46 | T2.31 |
| North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea) | ||
| Norway | pp. 147-49 | |
| Pakistan (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) | pp. 151-54 | T2.32 |
| The Philippines | pp. 155-59 | T2.33 |
| Poland | pp. 161-64 | |
| Roman Law | T2.35 | |
| Romania | pp. 164-68 | |
| Russian Federation (Russia) | pp. 169-74 | T2.36 |
| Rwanda | ||
| Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) | pp. 175-77 | |
| Singapore | pp. 179-82 | |
| Slovakia (Slovak Republic) | ||
| Slovenia (Republic of Slovenia) | ||
| Somalia | ||
| South Africa (Republic of South Africa) | pp. 183-86 | T2.37 |
| South Korea (Republic of Korea) | pp. 187-79 | T2.38 |
| Spain (Kingdom of Spain) | pp. 191-94 | T2.39 |
| Sudan (Republic of Sudan) | ||
| Sweden | pp. 195-97 | T2.40 |
| Switzerland | pp. 199-203 | T2.41 |
| Taiwan (Republic of China) | pp. 205-08 | T2.42 |
| Tajikistan | ||
| Tanzania | pp. 209-12 | |
| Thailand | pp. 213-15 | |
| Turkey | pp. 217-20 | |
| Ukraine | ||
| United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) |
pp. 221-26 | T2.43 |
| Uzbekistan | ||
| Vietnam | ||
| Zambia (Republic of Zambia) | T2.44 |
For those countries listed with no corresponding page numbers, please see WashU's International Citation Manual.