How to cite a tribal nation law

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B22 / R22.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a tribal nation law, governed by B22 / R22. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

Example

Const. of the Comanche Nation art. II, § 1.

Governing rules

B22 / R22

• T16 — document subdivisions.
• 22 — Tribal Nations.
• 22.2.1 — Tribal Nation constitutions.

Required elements

• Tribal Nation

Optional elements

• Nation's own citation format — R22.1: where the Nation prescribes a format, use it as written.
• Kind
• Preamble
• Article
• Chapter
• Part
• Title
• Section
• Year adopted
• Year amended
• Year
• URL

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