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Lesson 25 · Chapter 25, Foreign Law

Foreign Law: Keep the Identifier, Adapt the Frame

An 8-minute video lesson on Chapter 25, Foreign Law of The Citation Code, with two pause-and-practice exercises.

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What you will be able to do

  1. Cite a common-law judgment by its neutral citation, a paragraph pinpoint, the one report its home courts rank first, and the country.
  2. Cite a civil-law decision by court, date, number and ECLI, and a foreign code section under its original title with your English in brackets.
  3. Say whose translation you quote, and pick the version of a foreign text that was law on your date.

Read the chapter: Chapter 25, Foreign Law

Lesson 25: Foreign Law: Keep the Identifier, Adapt the Frame — The Citation Code