Bluebook & Legal Citations

ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, Sixth Edition provides the tools needed for all forms of legal writing, using clear explanations and abundant illustrations. In a single set of rules that the novice and experienced legal writers can easily consult, Professor Barger contrasts the formats used in practice-based documents with those used in academic footnotes.   New to the Sixth Edition: Updated and expanded coverage of public domain case opinions and other primary authorities published online. Updated and expanded coverage of secondary works in online media, including articles, ebooks, blogs, newsletters, and social media. New and updated subsections of rules addressing federal case reporters, statutes, legislation, and  regulations onli≠ new treatment of footnote references and footnotes/endnotes in online sources; new treatment and examples of dictionaries, A.L.R. annotations and articles, Restatements, and Principles of the Law. Updated appendices containing abbreviations, jurisdiction-specific sources and local rules, periodicals (more than 70 new titles added); new appendix addressing abbreviations for titles of BD Loose-leaf services. Every rule and example has been revisited and edited for depth and breadth of coverage as well as  improved clarity. Shorter than the Fifth Edition (but with the same amount of information).

This completely revised edition also contains, in its entirety, an exact reproduction of the 17th Edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Also includes, for the first time, references to state court rules along with examples of how to cite cases according to those rules, as well as expanded coverage of citing electronic documents.

UWF Library Reference - 1st Floor -- KF 246.P73 2001

Emerald Coast Campus Lib Reference -- KF246.P73 2001