Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook: A Guide for Students and Practitioners, Revised Printing

Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook: A Guide for Students and Practitioners, Revised Printing

<i>The Bluebook</i> provides the rules for legal citation, but can be intimidating and frustrating to use. This survival manual teaches how to understand and master the essential rules for legal practitioners using a simple building block approach. Rules are fully described and illustrated using: <br><ul type="disc"><br><li> Clear explanations and illustrations of the basic components of legal citations</li><br><li> Step-by-step instructions for building citations to the most common authorities cited by legal practitioners</li><br><li> Detailed guidance for citing legal materials to both print and electronic sources</li> <br><li> Examples, comparison charts, illustrations, and bullet-point explanations designed for quick mastery of basic <i>Bluebook</i> citation rules</li><br><li> Tips, hints and cautions to help users avoid common citation errors</li><br><li> Cross references to the controlling <i>Bluebook</i> rules</li><br><li> A user-friendly format gathering <i>The Bluebook's</i> scattered rules for each authority into one place.</li><br></ul><br>This highly accessible companion to 19th edition of <i>The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation</i> is an indispensable tool for anyone who is new to legal citation or whose skills need refreshing.