Government and Legal Documents
Government Document
Treat the government agency as the author, giving the name of the government followed by the name of the department and the agency, if any. For sources found on the web, follow the model for an entire website (see An Entire Website entry) or for a work from a website (see Work from a Website entry).
Historical Document
The titles of most historical documents, such as the US Constitution and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are neither italicized nor put in quotation marks.
Legislative Act (Law)
Begin with the name of the act, neither italicized nor in quotation marks. Then provide the act's Public Law number; its Statues at Large volume and page numbers; and its date of enactment.
Court Case
Name the first plaintiff and the first defendant. Then give the volume, name, and page number of the law report; court name; the year of the decision; and the publication information. Do not italicize the name of the case. (In the text of the paper, the name of the case is italicized.)
Work Cited
Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. Tenth edition. Boston ; New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2021. Print.