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Legal Citations: Journals, Magazines

Periodicals (Journals, Magazines)

Journal

Author, "Title of article"

(year of

publication)

volume

#

 :

issue

#

Title of

Journal

series

(if

applicable)

first page

of article.
David Lametti, "Publish and Profit?: Justifying the Ownership of Copyright in the Academic Setting" (2001) 26 : 2 Queen's LJ   497.
Peter Handford, "Edward John Eyre and the Conflict of Laws" (2008) 32 : 3 Melbourne UL Rev   822.
RRA Walker, "The English Property Legislation of 1922-6" (1928) 10 : 1 J Comp Legis & Intl L (3rd) 1.

eJournal (Online Journal)

Author "Title", online: (year) volume : issue

Journal

title

article

#

 pinpoint <URL>.
Grant Yang,

"Stop the Abuse

of Gmail",

 online: (2005)  

Duke L &

Tech Rev

 14 at para 5

<www.law.

duke.edu/

journals/dltr/>.

Kahikino Noa

Dettweiler,

"Racial Classification or Cultural  Identification? :

The Gathering Rights Jurisprudence of Two

Twentieth Century Hawaiian

Supreme Court Justices".

 online: (2005) 6:1 Asian Pac L & Pol'y J 5  

<www.hawaii.edu/

aplpj>.

 

 

Magazine

Author,

(if available)

 "Title of article", Title of magazine

volume # : issue #

 (date)

first

page of

article,

 pinpoint,

electronic

source

(if applicable)
  "The Case Against Clones", The Economist   (2 February 2013),     online: <www.economist.com>.
Luiza Ch Savage, "Judges Are Like Umpires", Maclean's   (26 September 2005) 36,   online: <www.macleans.ca>.
Benjamin Phelan, "Buried Truths", Harper's Magazine 309:1855 (December 2004) 70,    

 

Common Journal Abbreviations

Appendix D in the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citations contains a complete list of Periodical Title Abbreviations. 

The following are common abbreviation rules:

& And
Assoc Association
Bull Bulletin
Can Canada or Canadian
Gaz Gazette
Intl International
L Law
Leg Legal
J Journal
Rev Review
Q Quarterly
U University
YB Yearbook

 

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