Read Introduction
to Basic Legal Citation (online ed. 2011) by Peter W. Martin, Jane M. G. Foster
Professor Law, Emeritus, which includes:
(1.)
WHAT AND WHY? Introduction, Purposes of Legal Citation, Types of Citation
Principles, Levels of Mastery, Citation in Transition, and Who Sets Citation
Norms.
(2.)
HOW TO CITE . . . Electronic Sources, Judicial Opinions, Constitutions and
Statutes, Agency and Exec. Material, Arbitrations, Court Rules, Books, Law
Journal Writing, and Case Documents.
(3.)
EXAMPLES – CITATIONS OF . . . Electronic Sources, Judicial Opinions,
Constitutions & Statutes, Agency andExec. Material, Arbitrations, Court
Rules, Books, and Law Journal Writing.
(4.)
ABBREVIATIONS AND OMISSIONS USED IN CITATIONS: Words in Case Names, Case
Histories, Omissions in Case Names, Reporters and Courts, States, Months,
Journals, and Spacing and Periods.
(5.)
UNDERLINING AND ITALICS: in Citations, in Text, and Items Not Italicized.
(6.)
PLACING CITATIONS IN CONTEXT: Quoting, Citationsand Related Text, Signals,
Orders, and Short Form Citations.
(7.)
CROSS REFERENCE TABLES: Introduction, Changes in The Bluebook, Table: Bluebook,
Table: ALWD Manual, and Table:
State-Specific Practices.
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2011.
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