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How to cite working papers and forthcoming articles
Cite a working paper by author, title, the series or repository with its identifier, and the date of the version you read.
Cite an accepted article that is not yet in print with “(forthcoming [year])”, and cite a dissertation by author, title, degree, institution and year.
12 real examples
Each citation is printed as the book prints it, from an authority the book checked against its source.
Filippo Rossi, Making Sense of the Delaware Supreme Court’s Triad of Fiduciary Duties (unpublished manuscript, June 22, 2005), https://ssrn.com/abstract=755784.
The authority
- Making Sense of the Delaware Supreme Court’s Triad of Fiduciary Duties (June 22, 2005)Source (ssrn.com)
Where the book teaches this
John J. Donohue, Abhay Aneja & Kyle D. Weber, Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Control Analysis (Nat’l Bureau of Econ. Rsch. Working Paper No. 23510, rev. Nov. 2018), https://www.nber.org/papers/w23510.
The authority
- Right-to-Carry Laws and Violent Crime: A Comprehensive Assessment Using Panel Data and a State-Level Synthetic Control Analysis (June 2017)Source (nber.org)
Where the book teaches this
Matthew Dahl et al., Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models 2 (arXiv:2401.01301v1, Jan. 2, 2024), https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01301v1.
The authority
- Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models (Jan. 2, 2024)Source (arxiv.org)
Where the book teaches this
Matthew Dahl et al., Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models, 16 J. Legal Analysis 64 (2024).
The authority
- Large Legal Fictions: Profiling Legal Hallucinations in Large Language Models (June 26, 2024)Source (doi.org)
Where the book teaches this
Gary Lawson, “Then What?”: A Framework for Life Without Chevron, 60 Wake Forest L. Rev. 57 (2025).
The authority
- “Then What?”: A Framework for Life Without Chevron (2025)Source (wakeforestlawreview.com)
Where the book teaches this
William Hinman, Dir., Div. of Corp. Fin., SEC, Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic), Remarks at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: Crypto, San Francisco (June 14, 2018), https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/speech-hinman-061418.
The authority
- Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic) (June 14, 2018)Source (sec.gov)
Where the book teaches this
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, The 2015 Scalia Lecture: A Dialogue with Justice Elena Kagan on the Reading of Statutes, Lecture at Harvard Law Sch., Cambridge, Mass. (Nov. 17, 2015), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpEtszFT0Tg.
The authority
- The 2015 Scalia Lecture: A Dialogue with Justice Elena Kagan on the Reading of Statutes (Nov. 17, 2015)Source (youtube.com)
Where the book teaches this
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., The Path of the Law, 10 Harv. L. Rev. 457 (1897) (address at Boston Univ. Sch. of Law, Jan. 8, 1897).
The authority
- The Path of the Law (Mar. 25, 1897)Source (jstor.org)
Where the book teaches this
Letter from Eric H. Holder, Jr., Att’y Gen., to John A. Boehner, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives (Feb. 23, 2011), https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/letter-attorney-general-congress-litigation-involving-defense-marriage-act.
The authority
- Letter from the Attorney General to Congress on Litigation Involving the Defense of Marriage Act (Feb. 23, 2011)Source (justice.gov)
Where the book teaches this
Memorandum from James M. Cole, Deputy Att’y Gen., to All U.S. Att’ys, Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement (Aug. 29, 2013), https://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/3052013829132756857467.pdf.
The authority
- Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement (Aug. 29, 2013)Source (justice.gov)
Where the book teaches this
Memorandum from Jefferson B. Sessions III, Att’y Gen., to All U.S. Att’ys, Marijuana Enforcement (Jan. 4, 2018), https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1022196/download.
The authority
- Marijuana Enforcement (Jan. 4, 2018)Source (justice.gov)
Where the book teaches this
David A. Collins, Absentee Soldier Voting in Civil War Law and Politics 2 (Ph.D. dissertation, Wayne State Univ. 2014).
The authority
- Absentee Soldier Voting in Civil War Law and Politics (2014)Source (digitalcommons.wayne.edu)
Where the book teaches this
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