How to cite a international yearbook or digest

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format, B21 / R21.15–R21.16.

Bluebook (22d ed.) citation format for a international yearbook or digest, governed by B21 / R21.15–R21.16. Worked example, required elements, and the rules that apply.

An international yearbook or annual report (R21.15) other than the U.N.’s, or a digest of international law (R21.16).

Example

Recommendations of the Customs Co-Operation Council on the Customs Treatment of Products Imported for Testing, 1972 Eur. Y.B. (Council of Eur.) 429.

Governing rules

B21 / R21.15–R21.16

• 21 — international materials.
• 21.15 — yearbooks.

Required elements

• Title of the article or section
• Year or volume
• Yearbook or digest — Abbreviated per T13 and R20.2.3; a named digest is “<Editor> Digest”.

Optional elements

• Kind
• Author
• Issuing organization — R21.15: if not obvious from the title.
• First page
• Chapter (digests)
• Section (digests)
• Pincite
• Year (in parentheses)

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