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The APA manual states that "References to legal materials...are more useful to the reader if they provide information in the conventional format of legal citations." It suggests for more indepth information about references to codes, statutes, and court decisions, you use The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
Westfield State University, MA has examples of different types of legal research citations for APA style.
Westfield has citation formats for Massachussetts laws and codes, but, surprisingly :), not for Minnesota. This is the format for Minnesota:
Court Cases:
For cases before 1978, use Minnesota Reports (Minn.). For those 1978 and after, use the North Western Reporter, Second Series (N.W. 2d).
The State Register:
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Minnesota State Register |
24 minn reg 1379 |
Basic form
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. Chapter number, § Section number.
Name of Act. Volume number Mass. Acts Page number. Date.
The State Administrator Codes
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Minnesota |
mn r 1325.2700 |
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In colleges and universities one of the worst crimes is taking (stealing?) other people's academic work, ideas, and analyses. Think about how much time it takes you to write a paper for class. Then try to think about how much time and work goes into doing the research behind the papers you read and the time it takes to write for publication. It can take years.
Much discussion revolves around the role the Internet and Internet ethics plays in students' understanding of plagiarism. Much work on the Internet is collaborative. Collaborative work still needs to be cited! Whether you worked with other students in your class or found work on the Internet with no author attached (e.g., Wikipedia), you still must cite it!
Sometimes intellectual theft is unintentional, sometimes not. Make sure you're not guilty -- always clearly cite when you've borrowed work from other people.
From the Arizona University Libraries
