| Introduction to Basic Legal Citation |
The
Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review Ass'n
et al. eds., 18th ed. 2005) |
| §
1-000. What and Why? |
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| §
2-110. Electronic Sources – Core Elements
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| Rule 18 |
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| 18.1 |
Commercial Electronic Databases |
| 18.2 |
The Internet |
| 18.3 |
CD-ROM |
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2-210. Case Citations – Most Common Form |
| B5 |
Cases |
| Rule 10 |
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| 10.2 |
Case Names |
| 10.3 |
Reporters and Other Sources |
| 10.4 |
Court and Jurisdiction |
| 10.5 |
Date or Year |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
| T.6 |
Abbreviations - Case Names |
| T.7 |
Abbreviations - Court Names |
| T.10 |
Abbreviations - Geographical
Terms |
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| §
2-220. Case Citations – Variants and Special Cases |
| Rule 10 |
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| 10.8 |
Special Citation Forms |
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| §
2-230. Medium-Neutral Case Citations |
| Rule 10 |
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| 10.3.3 |
Public Domain Format |
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| §
2-240. Case Citations – Conditional Items |
| Rule 10 |
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| 10.6 |
Parenthetical Information
Regarding Cases |
| 10.7 |
Prior and Subsequent History |
| T.8 |
Abbreviations - Explanatory
Phrases |
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| §
2-310. Constitution Citations |
| Rule 11 |
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| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-320. Statute Citations – Most Common Form |
| B6 |
Statutes, Rules, and Regulations |
| Rule 12 |
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| 12.2 |
Choosing the Proper Citation
Form |
| 12.3 |
Current Official and Unofficial
Codes |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-340. Statute Citations – Variants and Special Cases |
| Rule 12 |
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| 12.4 |
Session Laws |
| 12.8 |
Special Citation Forms |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-350. Local Ordinance Citations |
| Rule 12 |
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| 12.8.2 |
Ordinances |
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| §
2-360. Treaty Citations |
| Rule 21 |
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| 21.4 |
Treaties and Other International
Agreements |
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| §
2-410. Regulation Citations – Most Common Form |
| B6 |
Statutes, Rules, and Regulations |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.2 |
Rules, Regulations, and Other
Publications |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-420. Regulation Citations – Variants and Special Cases |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.2 |
Rules, Regulations, and Other
Publications |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-450. Agency Adjudication Citations |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.3 |
Administrative Adjudications
and Arbitrations |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-470. Agency Report Citations |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.2 |
Rules, Regulations, and Other
Publications |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-480. Executive Orders and Proclamations |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.7 |
Presidential Papers and Executive
Orders |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-490. Attorney General and Other Advisory Opinions |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.4 |
Advisory Opinions |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-500. How to Cite Arbitrations |
| Rule 14 |
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| 14.3 |
Administrative Adjudications
and Arbitrations |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
2-600. How to Cite Court Rules |
| Rule 12 |
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| 12.8.3 |
Rules of Evidence and Procedure |
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| §
2-710. Book Citations – Most Common Form |
| B8 |
Books and Other Nonperiodic
Materials |
| Rule 15 |
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| 15.1 |
Author |
| 15.2 |
Editor or Translator |
| 15.3 |
Title |
| 15.4 |
Edition, Publisher,
and Date |
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| §
2-720(1). Works by Institutional Authors |
| Rule 15 |
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| 15.1(c) |
Institutional
authors |
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| §
2-720(2). Services |
| Rule 19 |
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| 19.1 |
Citation Form for Services
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| T.15 |
Abbreviations -
Services |
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| §
2-720(3). Restatements |
| Rule 12 |
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| 12.8.5 |
Model Codes, Restatements,
Standards, and Sentencing Guidelines |
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| §
2-720(4). Annotations |
| Rule 16 |
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| 16.6.6 |
Annotations |
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2-810. Journal Article Citations – Most Common Form |
| B9 |
Journal and Newspaper Articles |
| Rule 16 |
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| 16.1 |
Author |
| 16.2 |
Title |
| 16.3 |
Consecutively Paginated Journals |
| 16.4 |
Nonconsecutively Paginated
Journals and Magazines |
| T.13 |
Abbreviations
- Periodicals |
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| §
2-820. Journal Article Citations – Variants and Special Cases |
| Rule 16 |
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| 16.1 |
Author |
| 16.2 |
Title |
| 16.3 |
Consecutively Paginated Journals |
| 16.4 |
Nonconsecutively Paginated
Journals and Magazines |
| T.13 |
Abbreviations - Periodicals |
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| §
2-900. Documents from Earlier Stages of a Case |
| B10 |
Court and Litigation Documents |
| BT.1 |
Court Documents |
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| §
4-100. Words Abbreviated in Case Names |
| Rule 10 |
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| 10.2.1 |
Case Names in Textual Sentences |
| 10.2.2 |
Case Names in Citations |
| T.6 |
Abbreviations - Case Names |
| T.10 |
Abbreviations - Geographical
Terms |
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| §
4-200. Words Used in Case Histories |
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| §
4-300. Words Omitted in Case Names |
| Rule 10 |
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| 10.2.1 |
Case Names in Textual Sentences |
| 10.2.2 |
Case Names in Citations |
| T.6 |
Abbreviations - Case Names |
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| §
4-400. Reporters and Courts |
| T.1 |
United States Jurisdictions |
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| §
4-500. Territorial Abbreviations |
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| §
4-600. Months |
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| §
4-700. Frequently Cited Journals |
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| §
4-810. Spacing between Abbreviated Words |
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| §
4-820. Periods in Abbreviations |
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| §
5-000. Underlining and Italics |
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| §
6-100. Quoting |
| B12 |
Block Quotations |
| Rule 5 |
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| 5.1 |
Formatting of Quotations |
| 5.2 |
Alterations & Quotations
Within Quotations |
| 5.3 |
Omissions |
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| §
6-200. Citations and Related Text |
| B2 |
Citation Sentences and Clauses |
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| §
6-300. Signals |
| B4 |
Introductory Signals |
| Rule 1 |
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| 1.2 |
Introductory Signals |
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| §
6-400. Order |
| B4.5 |
Order of Signals |
| Rule 1 |
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| 1.3 |
Order of Signals |
| 1.4 |
Order of Authorities Within
Each Signal |
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| §
6-500. Short Forms |
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