Sage - Vancouver style: Code and code number missing for Statute citation

egasperini

[Split from SAGE - Vancouver]

It seems like I have found another issue with the Sage - Vancouver style - formatting for a "Statute". I am inputting the code and code number into Zotero but when it makes the citation for the bibliography, it omits them.

Is there a way to update this?

According to the Zotero legal citations page (https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/legal_citations), a statute citation should look something like this:

Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 U.S.C. § 101 (2002).

but is instead just showing up as the name of the Act and the date.

Thanks for any help!

damnation

What do the SAGE guidelines what a statute should look like?

egasperini

I can't actually find an exact guide - the Sage Vancouver guidelines shared by Sage doesn't include a Statute example. (https://us-sagepub-com.ezproxy.library.wwu.edu/sites/default/files/sage_vancouver_reference_style_1.pdf)

But it seems at the very least like the code and code number should not be omitted

adamsmith

(I'd be inclined to agree that basic legal formatting for US materials should always follow Bluebook rules unless otherwise specified)