AGLC4 Rule 25.7: Restatements

Restatements of the American Law Institute are cited as books, with the Institute as author. A second or later restatement puts the ordinal in words in round brackets after Restatement, followed by of and the subject. Pinpoints always include a section number, with comments and notes following it; comment is abbreviated cmt and comments cmts.

AGLC4 page 289

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 289
Restatement ( Ordinal Number of Restatement in Words ) of Subject Area

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • American Law Institute is the roman author, followed by a comma.
  • The whole title is italic, including the round brackets and the ordinal word.
  • The publication bracket holds only the year.
  • The pinpoint is a section symbol and number after a space, followed where needed by cmt and the comment letter in round brackets.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 289
  1. 90
    American Law Institute, Restatement (Second) of Contracts (1981) § 176.
  2. 91
    American Law Institute, Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States (1987) § 465 cmt (a).

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 289
  • Restatement (Third) of Trusts
  • cmt
  • cmts

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.