Understanding and Mastering the Bluebook : A Guide for Students and Practitioners

by Barris, Linda J.

• ISBN13: 9781594603655
• ISBN10: 1594603650
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-29
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Pr

Summary

This concise text is a survival manual especially designed to assist readers in navigating the complicated rules for legal citation found in The Bluebook. Effectively utilizing a simple building block approach for each source type, together with hundreds of easy-to-follow illustrations and explanations, the guide gives step-by-step instructions for building citations to the most common authorities cited by legal practitioners. Comparison charts, illustrations, and bullet-point explanations allow users to quickly understand critical citation rules, while frequent tips, hints, and cautions alert students to common trouble spots. Every essential rule and sub-rule is illustrated and fully described in a user-friendly format. This highly accessible guide is an indispensable tool for anyone wanting to master Bluebook citation.

Table of Contents

Getting started	p. 3
Cases	p. 17
Statutes	p. 49
Constitutions	p. 65
Secondary sources	p. 67
Procedural and court rules	p. 79
Litigation documents and record citations	p. 83
Signals and explanatory parentheticals	p. 89
Quotations	p. 101
Capitalization	p. 107
Numbers, numerals, and symbols	p. 111
Citing cases from on-line sources	p. 115
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