RGU Harvard Templates

Legal Documents

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Government Reports & Papers

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Hansard. Publication year. H.C. (for House of Commons) or H.L. (for House of Lords) Vol. x , col. x. (Date).

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(Hansard 2004)

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Hansard. 2004. H.C. Vol. 421, col. 2695. (27 May).

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This template should be used only for government-commissioned reports with a named chairman. Other types of report should be referenced using the templates for books.

NAME OF THE COMMITTEE, Publication year. Title of the report. (Chairman of the committee). City of publication: Publisher.

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(National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education 1997)

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NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO HIGHER EDUCATION, 1997. Higher education in the learning society. (Chairman: Sir Ron Dearing). London: The Stationery Office.

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COUNTRY. ORIGINATING MINISTRY OT COMMITTEE, Publication year. Title. Abbreviation and number of command paper.

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(Great Britain. Home Office 2004)

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GREAT BRITAIN. HOME OFFICE, 2004. Legislation on identity cards: a consultation. Cm. 6178.

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LAW COMMISSION, Publication year. Title including report number. City of publication: Publisher.

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(Law Commission 1969)

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LAW COMMISSION, 1969. Restitution of conjugal rights (working paper 22). London: The Stationery Office.

Patents and Standards

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PATENT ASSIGNEE, Year of patent approval. Title of patent. Country or region of patent Patent number Date of patent.

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(University of California 2004)

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 2004. SQUID detected NMR and MRI at ultralow fields. European patent 1474707 2004-11-10.

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AUTHOR OF STANDARD, Publication year. Standard number: Standard Year. Title of standard. Place of publication: Publisher.

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(British Standards Institution 2005)

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BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION, 2005. BS EN ISO 534: 2005. Paper and board: determination of thickness, density and specific volume. London: British Standards Institution.