Headnote governing law for IC law reports

Capture the governing law for the case inside an authRules (authoritative rules) element. This element is only required for IC law reports.

headNote/authRules[@role='Governing Law']

On the authRules element, set attribute role="Governing Law".

Capture each separate listed item in its own authRule element. If the item is a reference to a piece of legislation etc., wrap it in a bibItem. If it is a more abstract piece of text such as International law, capture it as #PCDATA in the authRule element.

Example

Input headnote

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Output XML


      <authRules role="Governing Law">
        <authRule>    <bibItem class="intinstr" subClass="treaty" title="Bilateral Treaty between the United States of       America and the Republic of Zaire concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of       Investment" linkType="mentioned" date="1984" idnumber="[need full cite]">
 <bibItemTitle>Bilateral Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of
              Zaire concerning the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investment (US/Zaire
              BIT)</bibItemTitle> (3 August 1984) <i>entered into force</i> 28 July 1989</bibItem>
        </authRule>
        <authRule>International law</authRule>
      </authRules>