MANFRED LACHS SPACE LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION

UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION

(BLUEBOOK)
Examples
TREATIES
[ABBREVIATION OF DOCUMENT IN CAPITALS ], [article & paragraph cited].
U. N. CHARTER, art. 2, para. 4.
STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, art. 38, para. 1 [hereinafter ICJ Statute].
[Name of treaty], [date of entering into force], [article cited], [a US treaty source] [page
referred to in U.S.T.], [one international treaty source] [specific page referred to in U.N.T.S.].
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer
Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, entered into force Oct. 10, 1967, art. 6,
18 U.S.T. 2410, 610 U.N.T.S. 205 [hereinafter Outer Space Treaty].
Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, entered into force Sept. 15,
1976, 28 U.S.T. 695, 1023 U.N.T.S. 15 [hereinafter Registration Convention].
Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects, entered into force
Oct. 9, 1973, 24 U.S.T. 2389, 961 U.N.T.S. 187 [hereinafter Liability Convention].
Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts, and the Return of Objects
Launched Into Outer Space, entered into force Dec. 3, 1968, 19 U.S.T. 7570, 672 U.N.T.S. 119
[hereinafter Return and Rescue Agreement].
Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies,
entered into force July 11, 1984, 1363 U.N.T.S. 3 [hereinafter Moon Agreement]
NON-LEGAL BINDING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
Declaration of the First Meeting of Equatorial Countries, Bogota, Colom., Dec. 3, 1976,
reprinted in II MANUAL ON SPACE LAW 383 (Nandasiri Jasentuliyana & Roy S. K. Lee eds.,
1979) [hereinafter The Bogota Declaration].

INTERNATIONAL LAW CASES

International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) & Permanent Court of International Justice
(P.C.I.J.):
[Case name] [(Abbreviated parties names in parenthesis)], [type of process:
Merits/Judgment], [year & Court & page], [(for P.C.I.J. indicate the series number)] [(date in
parenthesis)] [if applicable, Judges name and the words: dissenting opinion].
Corfu Channel (UK v. Albania) (Merits) 1949 I.C.J. 4 (Apr. 9).
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Co., Ltd. (Belg. v. Spain), 1970 I.C.J. 3 (Feb. 5).
SS Lotus (France v Turkey) (Merits) 1927 P.C.I.J. (ser. A/B), N 10 (Sept. 7).
Arbitral Tribunals:
[Case name] [(Abbreviated parties names in parenthesis)], [year(s)], [Reports of International
Arbitral Awards-R.I.A.A. & first page)].
Trail Smelter Arbitration (U.S. v. Canada) 1938/1941, R.I.A.A. 1905
NATIONAL COURT DECISIONS
U.S.
[Parties names], [Reporter vol. n] [Reporter: U.S. or Federal reporter (example:) F.2d] [First
page of case, page referred] [(year in parenthesis)].
The Java, 81 U.S. (14 Wall.) 189 (1871).
Martin Marietta Corp. v. Intl Telecomms. Satellite Org., 978 F.2d 140 (4th Cir. 1992),
amended by 991 F.2d 94 (1993)
UNITED NATIONS MATERIALS
General Assembly Resolution:
[Resolution number], [issuing organ], [session number], [page cited], [UN document number],
[(year of resolution in parenthesis)].
G.A. Res. 62/217, U.N. GAOR, 62nd Sess., at 6, U.N. Doc. A/RES/62/217 (2008).

COPUOS Report:
[Title], [issuing organ, example: General Assembly Official Records-GAOR], [session
number], [supplement containing resolution] [page cited], [UN document number], [(year of
resolution in parenthesis)].
Report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, U.N. GAOR, 62 nd Sess., Supp.
No. 20, at 17, U.N. Doc. A/62/20 (2007).
STATUTES AND DECREES
[Name of subject matter], [title number] [abbreviation cited code: U.S.C.] [ section/article
cited] [(year of resolution in parenthesis)].
U.S.
Commercial Space Launch Act, 49 U.S.C. 70104 (2006).
Other Countries:
[Name of subject matter], [Document n if available, section/article cited] [(date of publication
in parenthesis)] [(Abbreviated name of country in parenthesis)].
Space Activities Act (1998 as amended) (Aust.).
Loi Relative aux Oprations Spatiales, No. 2008-518, art. 1 (3 Juin 2008) (Fr.).
BOOKS
[Author (s) in capitals-first name-last name], [NAME
[(year in parenthesis)].

OF BOOK IN CAPITALS ],

[page(s) cited]

MANFRED LACHS, THE LAW OF OUTER SPACE , 113 (1972).

FRANCIS LYALL & PAUL B. LARSEN, SPACE LAW: A TREATISE, 17597, 46797 (2009).
C. WILFRED JENKS, SPACE LAW 275 (1965).

Shorter works of author(s) in a collection of various authors (chapters in books):

[Author (s)-first name-last name], [name of short work in italics], [in] [NAME OF BOOK IN
CAPITALS], [page(s) cited] [(name of editors-first name-last name [eds.], and year in
parenthesis)].
Joseph Chan & Richard DalBello, Data Sharing to Improve Close Approach Monitoring and
Safety Flight, in SPACE SAFETY REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS , 133-136 (Joseph Pelton &
Ram Jakhu eds., 2010).
Steven Freeland & Ram Jahku, Article II, I COLOGNE COMMENTARY ON SPACE LAW 46
(Stephan Hobe, Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd & Kai-Uwe Schrogl eds. 2009).
ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS (MAGAZINES)
Citation of particular pages:
[Author (s)-first name-last name], [articles title in italics], [JOURNAL VOLUME N- NAME OF
PERIODICAL IN CAPITALS], [(page on which article begins, number of cited page or span of
specific pages)] [(cover date of issue in parenthesis)].
Frans G. von der Dunk, Passing the Buck to Rogers: International Liability Issues in Private
Spaceflight, 86 NEB. L. REV. 400, 410 (2007).
Citation of entire magazine article:
[Author (s)-first name-last name], [articles title in italics], [JOURNAL
PERIODICAL IN CAPITALS], [cover date of issue], [at] [specific page].

VOLUME NO.- NAME OF

Morring F., Changing the Game, Commercial robotics may stretch commercial satellite
lifetimes, AVIATION WEEK AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY, Mar. 1, 2011, at 23.
Wilbur Pritchard, Auctioning Spectrum A Bad Idea, AEROSPACE AMERICA, Nov. 1995, at 3.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
[Author-first name-last name], [articles title in italics], [NEWSPAPER
CAPITALS], [cover date of issue], [at] [specific page(s)].

NAME OF PERIODICAL IN

Eilene M. Galloway, Status of the Moon Treaty, SPACE NEWS, Aug. 39, 1998, at 21, 22.

DICTIONARY:
[NAME OF DICTIONARY IN CAPITALS ] [page] [(number of edition and year in parenthesis)].
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY 270 (9th ed. 2009).
INTERNET SITES
Same as examples but adding [name of internet site]:
Report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, U.N. GAOR, 62 nd Sess., Supp.
No. 20, at 17, U.N. Doc. A/62/20 (2007),
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/Reports/gadocs/coprepidx.html
United Nations treaties and principles on outer space and related General Assembly
resolutions. Status of international agreements relating to activities in outer space as at 1
January 2010, ST/SPACE/11/Rev.2/Add.3 (2010),
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/publications/ST_SPACE_11_Rev2_Add3E.pdf

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