7.3 Rules of Citation and Footnotes

The citation's function: the authorities' traceability (the reader's verification right) and the credit's honesty (the plagiarism's antidote — 7.5). The systems: the international Bluebook (the US standard), OSCOLA (the UK), and the Nepali uniform citation style (the Nepal Law Campus manual — the Nepali student's home guide). The Nepali citation craft (the exam's practicable core): Statutes: the Act's full name with the year — The Muluki Civil Code, 2074 (2017); the section's pinpoint where verified; Cases: Party v. Party, NKP [year], Vol. [volume], Decision No. [number], p. [page] — e.g. Kamala Amatya v. Himalayan Bank Ltd., NKP 2070, Vol. 4, D.No. 8997; The Constitution: the article's pinpoint — Constitution of Nepal (2015), art. 133; Books: Author, Title (edition, year) — Kothari, C.R., Research Methodology (4th ed., 2021); Articles: Author, "Title", Journal, vol. (year), page; Web sources: the author, the title, the site, the URL, the access date (the currency's confession). The footnote's craft: the first citation full; the repeats economised — ibid. (the immediately preceding source — the same place or the pinpointed new page) and supra (the earlier-cited source recalled, with the note number or the short form); the footnote vs. endnote choice (the university's stylesheet governs); the pinpoint's discipline (the citation to the page/ section relied upon, not the work in general). The warning: citation is not decoration…