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CITATION OF

SECONDARY SOURCES:

COMMENTARIES,

ANNOTATIONS

AND OTHERS

Partial Requirement on Legal Research

For The 1st

Semester, School Year 2013-2014

Submitted by:

JD 1-2

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Submitted t!:

Att# )en*amin Samson


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INTRODUCTION:

What is an annotation?An annotation, in legal terms, is a note, summary, or commentary on some section of a book or a statutethat is intended to explain or illustrate its meaning.

An annotation serves as a brief summary of the law and the facts of a case and demonstrates how aparticular law enacted by Congress or a state legislature is interpreted and applied. Annotations usuallyfollow the text of the statute they interpret in annotated statutes.

How to cite the following?

1. Books and Treatise

a. General Rule

EXAMPLES:

RUBEN F. BALANE, JOTTINGS IN CIVIL LAW: SUCCESSION 53 (2d ed. 2002).

JOAQUIN G. BERNAS, S.J., THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPBLIC OF THEPHILIPPINES: A COMMENTARY 1195 (2003 ed.).

SAMUEL WILLISTON, A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CONTRACTS, ADMINISTRATIVE LAWTREATISE 120-21 (1990).

b. Multi-volume work

EXAMPLE:

4 OSCAR B. HERRERA, REMEDIAL LAW 150 (2001 ed.).

{AUTHOR}, {TITLE} {cited page} ({year} or {edition number} {year} or {year of edition}).

{volume number} {AUTHOR}, {TITLE} {cited page} ({year} or {edition number} {year} or{year of edition}).


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c. With Editor or Translator

EXAMPLES:

ADAMS SMITH, THE WEALTH OF THE NATIONS 30-41 (Edwin Cananan ed., 2000).

WOMEN AND LANGUAGE IN LITERATURE AND SOCIETY 284-99 (Ruth Broker, et al.,eds.,1980).

d. Two Authors

EXAMPLE:

JUSTICE JOSE VITUG & JUDGE ERNESTO D. ACOSTA, TAX LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE150 (2d ed. 2000).

e. More Than Two Authors

EXAMPLE:

JOSUE N. BELLOSILLO, ET AL., OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE 181 (2007).

{AUTHOR}, {TITLE} {cited page} ({Editor or translator} {ed(s.) or trans.}, {year}).

{AUTHOR 1} & {AUTHOR 2}, {TITLE} {cited page} ({year} or {edition number} {year} or{year of edition}).

{AUTHOR 1} ET AL., {TITLE} {cited page} ({year} or {edition number} {year} or {year ofedition}).


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f. Short Citation and Sub

EXAMPLE:

2. Annotations

EXAMPLE:

{AUTHOR}, Annotation, {

equent Citations:

ITLE} {volume number} {Reporter} {first pa({year}).

e}, {cited page}


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3. Journal Articles

EXAMPLE:

Note: For short citations and subse

4. Periodicals

a. Magazine

EXAMPLE:

{AUTHOR}, {TITLE} {vol

{AUTHOR}, {TITLE} {N

uent citations:

me number} {JOURNAL} {first page}, {cited

AME OF MAGAZINE}, {date}, at {first page o

page} ({year}).

f the article}.


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b. Newspaper Article

EXAMPLE:

5. Internet Sources

EXAMPLE:

{Author}, {Headline}, {AB

{Author if available}, {Title}

BREVIATION OF NEWSPAPER}, {date of artipage of the article}.

, available at {Internet address or website},{date}).

cle}, at {first

last accessed


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6. Interviews


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7. Theses


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SOURCES:

Footnoting and Legal Citation: Following the Blue Book Uniform System

Philippine Law Journal Manual of Citation and Style

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