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Footnotes are listed at the bottom of the page on which a citation is made. A numeral is placed in the text to indicate the cited work and again at the bottom of the page in front of the footnote. A footnote lists the author, title and details of publication, in that order.

List the title of the document in italics, followed by a comma. In this case, the title would be Charter of the United Nations. List the date of publication, followed by a comma. In this case, the date of publication is October 24, 1945.

Basic format to reference legislation and cases Short Title of Act (in italics). Year (in italics). Jurisdiction abbreviation (in round brackets). The first line of each citation is left adjusted. Every subsequent line is indented 5-7 spaces.

The citation for an act or statute tells you the name of the act, the jurisdiction where it was passed (federal or a province/territory), the year it was passed, and the volume and chapter number where it is found. Example: Administration of Estates Act, RSA 2000, c A-2.

Citing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Since the Charter of Rights is not an independent enactment, it is cited as Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, s 7, Part 1 of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c 11.

A complete footnote has the same information as the citation in the bibliography, with some differences in format, plus the page number of a particular quotation. An abbreviated footnote contains the author's last name, a brief title, and the page number of the quotation.

To cite a footnote, give the page on which the footnote appears, ?n.,? and the footnote number, with no space between ?n.? and the number. Example 1: Green v. Georgia, 442 U.S. 95, 97.