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The ''Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation'' (''McGill Guide'' or ''Red Book''; ) is a

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. It is published by the ''

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and is used by law students, scholars, and lawyers and has been officially adopted by courts and major law reviews throughout Canada. The book is

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(''Manuel canadien de la référence juridique'') and is a bijuridical guide to the citation of legal materials.

Overview

The first edition of the ''McGill Guide'' was published in 1986. A new edition of the book is released once every four years. While the ''McGill Guide'' is the standard citation guide taught at law schools throughout Canada, many jurisdictions have their own unique citation styles. In contrast to other guides (such as the

Bluebook ''The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation'' is a style guide that prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States. It is taught and used at a majority of Law school in the United States, law schools in the United S ...

) that are created and published jointly by multiple law reviews, the ''McGill Guide'' is primarily written by full-time students on the ''McGill Law Journal'' and is published by a separate corporation. The ''McGill Guide'' is compiled by the citations editor of the ''McGill Law Journal'' and is published by

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(previously Carswell). An online subscription version of the ''McGill Guide was made'' available on Westlaw Canada in 2014.

Elements

The 10th edition of the ''McGill Guide'' provides guidance on the style and formatting of the following elements of legal publications: * Legislation ** Statutes ** Constitutional Statutes ** Codes ** Bills ** Regulations ** Other Information Published in Gazettes ** Municipal By-laws ** Rules of Court ** Securities Commissions * Jurisprudence ** Cases with a Neutral Citation ** Cases without a Neutral Citation ** Cases in Online Databases ** Unreported Decisions Without a Neutral Citation ** Jurisprudence Express ** Interlocutory Judgments and Motions ** Administrative Bodies and Tribunals ** Arguments and Evidentiary Documents ** Arbitration Cases * Government Documents ** Parliamentary Papers ** Non-parliamentary Documents *** Tax Interpretation Bulletins (ITs) *** Information Circulars (ICs) *** Income Tax Folios *** Reports of Inquiries and Commissions *** Public Papers of Intergovernmental Conferences *** Intergovernmental Documents **** Indigenous Treaties and Land Claims Agreements * International Materials ** International Documents ** Treaties and Other International Agreements *** United Nations Documents *** Council of Europe Documents *** Organization of American States Documents *** World Trade Organization (WTO) and the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Documents *** Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Documents ** Cases *** Permanent Court of International Justice (1922-1946) *** International Court of Justice (1946–Present) *** European Court of Human Rights and European Commission of Human Rights *** Inter-American Commission of Human Rights *** International Criminal Tribunals *** International Military Tribunals ***

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas. According to its p ...

(GATT) 1947 Panel Reports *** World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel and Appeallate Body Reports *** Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement Panels *** Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) Binational Panels *** International Arbitration Cases *** World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration Case *** International Law Cases Decided Before National Courts * Secondary Sources and Other Materials ** Journals ** Books ** Essays or Entries from Collections of Essays, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ** Codes of Professional Conduct ** Book Reviews ** Reports ** Unpublished Manuscripts ** Addresses and Papers Delivered at Conferences ** Course Materials ** Magazines ** Newspapers, Newswires, and Other News Sources ** News Releases ** Personal Communications ** Archival Materials ** Working Papers ** Electric Sources ** Physical Objects * Foreign Sources ** Common Law Jurisdictions ** Civil Law Jurisdictions ** United Kingdom ** United States ** France ** Australia ** New Zealand ** South Africa ** European Union ** Other Legal Traditions *** Roman Law *** Canon Law *** Talmudic Law *** Islamic Law

Reception

Similar to other uniform legal citation guides (such as the

), the ''McGill Guide'' has been subject to scrutiny by the legal community. One of the most common criticisms is a lack of access to the book due to the price ($89.00), which is sold by Thomson Reuters, rather than directly by the ''McGill Law Journal''. The ''McGill Law Journal'' has committed to open access for its journal, but has yet to do so for its citation guide.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/cite-guide/
Publisher, Carswell

"McGill Citation Style"
- Ontario Tech University Legal citation guides Canadian non-fiction books

Overview

Elements

Reception

See also

References

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