Canadian Citation Committee

 

A Neutral Citation Standard for Case Law

 

 

Questionnaire for the Neutral Citation Standard for the Case Law

 

1- Identification

 

Name:

Organization:

Note: You may prepare additional comments on plain paper if required.

 

2- Your general comments on the standard

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3- Your comments concerning the general framework of the standard

• On the non-descriptive character of the standard (ref. [12])
• On the used set of characters (ref. [15])
• On case-insensitivity (ref. [16])
• Other comments on the general framework

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4- Your comments concerning the mandatory elements of the standard

• On the use and the choice of the reference year (ref. [17])
• On the tribunal identifier (ref. [18-21])
• On the ordinal number, of its constraints and on the numbering of all judgments (ref. [22-25])

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5- Your comments concerning the optional elements of the standard

• On the style of cause as well as the silence of the standard pertaining to its form (ref. [27])
• On the qualifications of the decisions, particularly on the proposed qualifications for the use of the official languages (ref. [28-32])
• On the qualification of revised decisions (ref. [33])
• On the method of referencing paragraphs and notes (ref. [34-39])

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6- Other comments

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Note: Comments received will be made public. However, you may decide to restrict publication of your name and/or affiliation.

• Do you authorize the publication of

- your name: yes / no? (circle your choice)

- the name of your organization: yes / no? (circle your choice)

 

To send your comments or to contact the Canadian Citation Committee

 

Committee’s Web site:

http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/citation/en/

Consultation’s Web site:

http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/citation/en/consultation/

E-mail address to use for your comments:

com.citation@crdp.umontreal.ca

 

To contact the Committee by other means

Canadian Citation Committee

a/s Daniel POULIN

LexUM, CRDP, Universit� de Montr�al

C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville

Montr�al (Qc) H3C 3J7

Email: poulind@droit.umontreal.ca

Telephone: (514) 343-2139

Facsimile: (514) 343-7508