APA 7th Edition Citation Style Guide

The APA recommends following the Bluebook uniform system of citation for legal materials. The APA Publication Manual provides some information on citing legal sources in Chapter 11 (page 355).  For more in-depth information on citing legal materials, see The Bluebook: a uniform system of citation. Or Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law. https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/   

Court Decisions:

Name v. Name, Volume Source Page (Court Date). URL if available 

Example:

Brown v. Board of Educ., 347 U.S 483 (1954). https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483

Statutes:

Name of Act, Volume Source § section number (year). URL if available 

Example:

Mental Health Systems Act, 42 U.S.C § 9401 (1988). https://www.loc.gov/item/uscode1982-043042102/

Federal Hearings:

Title, # Cong. (year). URL

Example:

Overprescribed: the human and taxpayers’ Costs of antipsychotics in nursing homes: Hearing

      Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, 112th Cong. (2011). 

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-112shrg72764/html/CHRG-112shrg72764.htm

U.S. Constitution:

Start with the abbreviation U.S. Const., followed by the article, amendment, section, and/or clause numbers as applicable.

Examples:

U.S Const. art. II, § 1.

U.S. Const. amend. XIX