Citing other resources bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Court rules, forms, and practice materials successful summer. Such citations and abbreviations are found in court decisions, statutes. Always consult the bluebook for additional information. According to the bluebook, the alwd guide to legal citation, and. Citation examples use nonacademic citation format i. References to the bluebooks rules, blue pages, tables, and bluepage tables in this.
Atlantic reporter to the federal supplement have been altered by its editors to. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents. Federal statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Citation of a united states supreme court decision. Rule 18 and appendix 1 in the alwd citation manual covers federal administrative materials. Of the federal rules of civil procedure fordham law. A date is not used in a citation to a court rule of evidence or procedure.
Commercially published looseleaf or electronic services see bluebook table 15. Rule 14 covers how to cite administrative and executive materials, including u. Rule 12 and rule b12 in the bluepages governs how to cite statutes. Court rules basic legal citation cornell university.
Citing secondary sources sample bluebook citations. Citing statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. These tables give the various abbreviations for the u. There are too many rules for this introductory guide to cover. Court rule citations are treated as statutes in the legal research citator. Cite to the name of the sourcedictionary, page number if pinpoint citing, edition and year. A b c d e f gh i jk l m n o p qr s t u vwxyz show all. Many of the complicated variations on rules are not shown in these samples. Citation federal administrative law research guides at. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. The following samples cover basic citation format for secondary sources. Statutes bluebook basics libguides at university of.
If you are citing a federal statute currently in force, the bluebook dictates that you cite to the united states code if it contains the current version of a statute rule 12. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases. Supreme court, spell out rule and abbreviate procedure as proc. However, the following are rules and examples for other types of legal documents that many firstyear law students may need to cite in addition to cases and statutes. Court rules, forms, and practice materials successful. A short primer on bluebook citation formats for federal and state cases and statutes, as well as books, journals, and other secondary sources. Common abbreviations and legal citation examples for selected federal.
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