Short Form: General Rules not create a short title if there is no further reference to the source in the “Do work” (McGill Law Journal, 2014, p. E-9). the title of a source is short (around three words or less), the full title may be used in “If all subsequent references. . . . If the title of a source is longer, create a short title for subsequent (p. E-9). references” the short title in brackets directly after the citation but before any parenthetical “Place not italicize the (p. E-10). information…and case history. …Do brackets” italicize the short title for cases or legislation (e.g., Abbreviations of Charter). “Always codes such as CCQ are not considered short forms, and thus should not be (p. italicized” E-10). subsequent footnotes, use the appropriate cross-referencing signals (supra, and, ibid) “In where appropriate, the short title to direct the reader back to the footnote containing the full (p. E-10). citation” There are examples of full and shortened citations on pages E-9 of the please see McGill Guide; below for a few of those examples: 1 2001 NUCJ 1, [2001] 6 WWR 276 Kadlak v Nunavut (Minister of Sustainable Development), [Kadlak]. 2 note 1 at para 15. Kadlak, supra 7 [1992] 2 SCR 122 at para 1, 74 CCC (3d) 134. R v W (R), 10 note 7 at para 3. R v W (R), supra
Short Form: General Rules “Do not create a short title if there is no further reference to the source in the work” (McGill Law Journal, 2014, p. E-9). “If the title of a source is short (around three words or less), the full title may be used in all subsequent references. . . . If the title of a source is longer, create a short title for subsequent references” (p. E-9). “Place the short title in brackets directly after the citation but before any parenthetical information…and case history. …Do not italicize the brackets” (p. E-10). “Always italicize the short title for cases or legislation (e.g., Charter). Abbreviations of codes such as CCQ are not considered short forms, and thus should not be italicized” (p. E-10). “In subsequent footnotes, use the appropriate cross-referencing signals (supra, ibid) and, where appropriate, the short title to direct the reader back to the footnote containing the full citation” (p. E-10). There are examples of full and shortened citations on pages E-9 of the McGill Guide; please see below for a few of those examples: 1 Kadlak v Nunavut (Minister of Sustainable Development), 2001 NUCJ 1, [2001] 6 WWR 276 [Kadlak]. 2 Kadlak, supra note 1 at para 15. 7 R v W (R), [1992] 2 SCR 122 at para 1, 74 CCC (3d) 134. 10 R v W (R), supra note 7 at para 3.
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