Citations must be written following APA (regulations established by the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition, 2009)[1], in agreement with the following criteria.

      Short quote

It is less than 40 words long, and it is transcribed immediately afterwards, as  part  of  the  text,  between quotation marks.

Example:

“There will not always be crimes, but there will always be maladaptive, sick, rebel personalities, that is, subject of amendment to whom is compulsory to restrict the autonomy they enjoy” (Pérez, 1950, p. 13).

      Extensive quotation

It  must  have  40  or  more  words,  and  it  is  separated from the normal text of the document, being all the paragraph  indented,  without  quotation  marks  and  double-spaced.

Example:

      It  should  be  noted  here  that  the  bankruptcy  unenforceability  operates  within  the  boundaries  of            the  injury suffered by the creditors, for which the contested measure has no effect, with full force and              effect between  the  parties  and  in  respect  of  non-creditors  third parties, whereby, the object of the              restitution is the good taken from the debtor’s assets, following its guarantee function, not being                      transferred the property back to the debtor’s head  (Grillo, 2002, p. 106).

      Paraphrase

It  is  defined  as  the  synthesis  or  summary  of  the contributions  and  analysis  of  an  author.  It must be   identified   with   the   author’s   name,   the   year of production of  the  text  in  parentheses,  and  the information  will  be  presented  in  the  writer’s  own words. This kind of quote does not require the page number.

Example:

In  this  vein,  Grillo  (2002)  expresses  how  in  the inefficiency  action  the  act  celebrated  by  the  debtor does  not  cause  effects  to  creditors,  but  if  does  have  effects  between  the  parties  which  concluded  the business  (between  the  debtor  and  the  third).  At the end, the aim is to proceed as if the act, object of the action, never been done.

      Citations within quotations

When   quotes   mentioned   by   other   authors are referenced.

Example:

(Kant,  pp.  95-96,  2005,  quoted  by  Nagel,  &  Sen, 2007).

At the end of the document there must be a heading stating  “Bibliographical  References”. The  reference list  must  be  done  using  the  bibliographical  sources used in the text, by alphabetical order and taking as a referent the first author cited.

The reference list must be written at 1.5 spacing, with indentation in the second line and separated by a full stop, new paragraph.

Bibliographical references must be listed as follows:

      Books

Author,   A.   (2003).   Title. Place   of   publication:  Publishing House.

      Chapter of a book

Author, A. (2003). Title of the chapter. In A. Axxxx y B. Bxxxx (Edits.), Title (pp. 111-    222). Place of                            publication: Publishing House.

      Periodical or non-periodical publication (articles in journals)

Author, A. (2003). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume or year (issue of the      journal), pages.

Author,  A.,  Author,  B.,  Author,  C.,  Author,  D.  &  Author,  E.  (2003). Title  of  the     article.  Title of  the                   journal,  volume  or  year  (issue  of  the  journal), pages.

Author,  A.,  Author,  B.,  Author,  C.,  Author,  D.  &  Author,  E.  (2003). Title (Nº  of      edition  or                                  reimpression;  translator).  Place  of  publication: Publishing  House. (Date  of  publication  of  original                work, in case it is a translation).

      On-line electronic documents of periodical or non-periodical publication

Author, A., Author, B., Author, C., Author, D. & Author, E. (2003). Title of the article. Title of the on-line                      publication. Accessed on month, day and year at    http://www.xxxx.xxxx./xxx

Author, A.,  Author,  B.,  Author,  C.,  Author,  D.  &  Author, E. (2003). Title of the          work, article or                        publication. Accessed on month, day and year at    http://www.xxxx.xxxx./xxx

      Congresses or any other event

Author, A. (2003). Title. Speech presented in Name of the Congress or event, Place, Country.

Author, A. (2003). Title of the work. Presented at the Poster  Session  in  Name  of  the Congress  or  event,              Place, Country.

      Thesis and graduation projects

Author,   A.   (2003). Title.   Unpublished  Doctoral  Research, Name. University, City,   Country.

For juridical material the following advices must be taken into account

      National Juridical Material

Constitution

Official  name  of  the  Constitution,  [abbreviation]. Cited   article.   Date  of   the            Constitution                          promulgation (Country). Laws without codes Number, Year.          Subject matter. Date of promulgation.            Official Gazette, abbreviated as “O.G”,        where the law was published.

Laws with codes

Official title of the code, [abbreviation]. Number and year.  Article(s)  cited.  Date  of      promulgation                       (country of origin).

Jurisprudence

Court   that   pronounced   the   judgment.   Chamber  or  section  (if  applicable).           Number  of  the                  judgment  or  process. (Magistrate  Advisor  of Judge; date of       ruling must be indicated).

      International Juridical Material

International bilateral Treaties and Agreements:

Name of the Treaty or Agreement. Topic. Participant States. Article. Date.

Multilateral Treaties and Agreements

Name  of  the  Treaty  or  convention.  Article.  Date of signature.

International Courts Jurisprudence

Name of the Court. Name of Case  (Axxx  Vs  Bxxx), Abbreviated    volume    number.            Decision  publishing date.

Other cases such as arbitral awards

Axxx Vs. Bxxx. Case reference. Type of process (Date)

[1] Taken from APA 2001