How Do I Cite the Sherman Antitrust Act in APA Style?

Cite the 1890 Sherman --Trust Act, known as the first federal act against business trusts and monopolistic practices, using the federal statute guidelines in APA style. APA style is the formatting style developed by the American Psychological Association for the purpose of making citations more straight-forward when referring to academic or professional sources that are referenced in research documents. The style seeks to streamline information in a way that the reader has full details on the source of the information without being distracted from the purpose of the paper.

Instructions

    • 1

      Type the full name of the act in the main reference list including the year.

    • 2

      Type a "§" then the section number for the information you are referencing followed by a comma. There are eight sections to the original Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Each section is approximately one paragraph long. If citing multiple sections include sequential numbers by using a dash between the two and non-sequential numbers by using an ampersand or comma.

    • 3

      Include the section number of the US Code book the act was found reproduced in if applicable. This portion of the citation will resemble this: 21 U.S.C. § 5462.

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      Type the year in parentheses and close out this portion of the citation with a period.

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      Reference the act in-text by placing the name of the act followed by a comma then the year in the body of the paper. Close the citation with a period. The citation will look like this: (Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890). Alternatively the act may be cited directly in the sentence in this manner: "According to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890."

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