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Citation Guide: Chicago

   US Constitution or Treaty

      Chicago Manual 14.230, 290

            See examples below for:

 

  US Constitution

 

Notes-Bibliography Style

       1st Footnote or Endnote
           32. US Constitution, art. 2, sec. 1, cl. 3.

       Bibliography
       Usually not cited in bibliography.

 

Author-Date Style

       1st Parenthetical Note
       (US Constitution, art. 1, sec. 9)

       Reference List
       Usually not cited in reference list.

   Treaty

 

Notes-Bibliography Style

       1st Footnote or Endnote
           17. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer
       Space, and Under Water, US-UK-USSR, August 5, 1963, UST 14, pt. 2, 1313.

       Bibliography      
       Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and
           Under Water, US-UK-USSR. August 5, 1963. UST 14, pt. 2.

 

Author-Date Style

       1st Parenthetical Note
       (US Department of State 1963, 1313)

       Reference List
       US Department of State. 1963. Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the
           Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water. US-UK-USSR. August 5.
           UST 14, pt. 2.