APA Style Guidelines for Law Citations
- Writing references for federal statutesCitation style for statutes is covered on pages 219-223 in the APA Publication Manual.
- Citing court decisionsCitation guidelines for court decisions are covered on pages 217-219 of the APA Publication Manual.
- Citing the Code of Federal RegulationsThe Code of Federal Regulations is the primary source for federal regulations.
- Citing The Federal RegisterProposed regulations and regulations that haven’t been published in the Code of Federal Regulations yet are found in the Federal Register.
- Citing Executive OrdersWhen you discuss executive orders, reference and cite them as shown in Section A7.07 (pp. 223–224) of the sixth edition of the APA Publication Manual and this blog post.
- Patent References and CitationsInformation on citing patents is on page 224 of the APA Publication Manual.