Citation of Statutory Materials: Constitution & Constitutional Proceedings As a general rule, constitutional texts, when cited in any legal

compendium, are referenced by means of their respective article, section, and paragraph in the footnote. Example: Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 10 Ibid. Art. VI, Sec 23 (2) When the Constitution referred to in the text of the legal compendium is no longer in force, the general rule is to indicate the year wherein the said constitution took effect in the footnote. Example: Constitution, (1973), Art. XIII, Sec. 5 When it comes to quoting provisions from the Constitution in the purview or body of the legal compendium, it is necessary to capitalize the specific parts of the Constitution cited. Example: Section 1, Article VI of the Constitution provides for the power of the Congress to enact, modify, alter, and repeal laws. As for constitutional records and journals, in quoting such, the general rule is to indicate the volume of the material (of the record or journal) using roman numerals. Volume of the material is followed by the term record or journal in capital letters, and then the term constitutional commission, also in capital letters. Moreover, unlike citing provisions of the Consitution, in quoting information from Constitutional Proceedings it is also necessary to include the page number as well as the date of deliberation in parenthesis. The foregoing is applicable when citing the material used in the footnote. Example: IV Record, Constitutional Commission 26 (June 24, 1986). X Journal, Constitutional Commission 50 (June 15, 1986). References used: Price, Miles O. A Practical Manual of Standard Legal Citations. NY: Oceana Publications Inc, 1958. Supreme Court of the Philippines. Manual of Judicial Writing, 2005.