For more than 50 years, the new york law reports style manual has been issued by the law reporting bureau with the approval of the court of appeals as a guide for new york judges and their staffs in the. Book citations variants and special cases institutional authors services restatements annotations. Guide to foreign and international legal citations first edition by new york university school of law staff. The bluebook contains rules that prescribe how to cite a variety of legal documents. List the city and state of the publishers location. A short primer on bluebook citation formats for federal and state cases. Do not cite to the supplement if case annotations, footnotes, or references to secondary sources are the. Legislative materials bluebook legal citation tarlton. Kirwin, professor emeritus william mitchell college of law.
Citation rule for books, reports, and nonperiodical materials t6 p. The central function of a legal citation is to allow the reader to efficiently locate the cited source. Bluebooking for court documents guide to legal writing. The precise format of a case citation depends on a number of factors, including the jurisdiction, court, and type of case. Citation styles new york criminal procedure libguides. Citation conventions in new york are the result of longstanding tradition in practice, which often conflict with both the bluebook and the alwd manual. Secondary sources bluebook basics libguides at university of. The style manual used by the new york state law reporting. Encyclopedia full text article from database journal article. Part of the legal education commons, and the legal writing and research commons. The bluebook is taught and used at a majority of u. Orangeburg, population 50,000, is located in southeast new york, located 3 miles southwest of nyack on the northern border of new jersey.
For nonwashington cases, pinpoint citations are made to the official report or the unofficial report. Citation practices and the bluebook cuny school of law. Lexisnexiss interactive multimedia workbook for bluebook and alwd citations. This handout is a terse guide to legal citation in the usa. The style manual used by the new york state law reporting bureau in preparing court decisions for publication in the new york official reports. A logical question to ask is, what is blue book format.
The bluebook requires citation to printed material provided it is available, unless there is an authenticated, official, or exact digital copy of the printed sources. Electronic sources basic legal citation cornell university. Rules requiring citation to official reports new york decisions shall be cited from the official reports, if any. Citation machine helps students and professionals properly credit the information that they use.
Guide to foreign and international legal citations nyu law. Citing sources research guides at new york university. Author guidelines thank you for agreeing to contribute to this section newsletter or journal, published by the new york state bar association. Introduction there is no one prevailing source for citation of legal authorities in documents filed in new york courts. The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions cases, statutes, regulations, government. Citation of legislative material is covered by rule. Attribution to identify the source of ideas expressed in the text, and. For more information about book citations, see page. Pinpoint citations to the regional reporter in addition to the pinpoint citations to the official reports are optional.
This book is a reference guide that, believe it or not, will be. Citations are to the 20th edition of the bluebook, a uniform system of citation rule 16. Common abbreviations legal citation research guides at. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. Bluebook citation to format legal documents and cases. Law school bluebook basics one of the books that all 1l law students are required to purchase is the bluebook. This research guide lists citation manuals and dictionaries of legal. Code or a comparable compilation of state statutes. Authors are responsible for the content of their articles, including the accuracy and format of citations. State courts bluebook guide guides at georgetown law. First edition of the guide to foreign and international legal citations.
The proper bluebook citation for articles appearing in consecutively paginated journals is volume number, abbreviation of the periodical name, first page of the article, and specific pages cited, if any volume. A professional system of citation provide that case citations. Home legal citation guides and abbreviations research. Your citation for this fact would approximate the following example. Each different kind of secondary source has a slightly different set of rules for citation, which will be enumerated below. The official style manual of the state of new york. Bt2 jurisdictionspecific citation rules and style guides. A more comprehensive list and guide to apa and other formats is found at the research guide for citations. Part of doing legal research is citing your authorities properly and tracking down items with unfamiliar citations. Prior to the 2015 edition, the bluebook called for the phrase available at in. Georgetown law library guides research process bluebook guide state courts. Table of abbreviations for case names and institutional authors. For example, in order to determine the hierarchy of cited authorities, new york practitioners specify the court and jurisdiction of the court being cited. Bluebook format is a uniform system of citation, commonly used in the legal documents or argumentative essays in law.
The area may be reached by the new york state thruway, exit 12. A42 am jur 2d articles summarize broad principles of u. Citus legalus is an automated bluebook citation generator for lazy law students. Internet citation bluebook citation 101 practitioner. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents. Citeus legalus the automated bluebook citation generator. Chicago manual of style 16th edition full note american psychological association 6th edition. Topical indexes are located in the last volume of every topic. California specific legal encyclopedia that provides case citations and cross. Below are some common reference format examples in apa style. Remember that you only cite to a supplement if new text is.
The new york official reports citator provides the approved citeas case name, official book citation, slip opinion citation, decision date, court, judge and docket number for each decision. In states where a citation variant appears against a different background, there is a distinct regulation citation format used within the jurisdiction by state courts and those submitting memoranda or briefs to them. Legal encyclopedias contain brief, broad summaries of legal topics. Citation rules for court documents and legal memoranda. Legal encyclopedia that provides case citations and cross references to other resources. The bluebook states that when citing united states material, you should include the title, if relevant, the.
In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. The format for citations to legal materials is different from the format for scholarly citations to books and periodicals in general. Citations to legal materials follow a standard format which makes it. Secondary sources include books, articles, encyclopedias and other nonprimary sources. The general rule for case citations is that parallel citations are not required, unless court rules or your professor.
The purpose of this guide is to introduce the bluebook and basic concepts of legal citation to new law students. The basics of legal citation including citation styles bluebook and alwd. When using a print legal encyclopedia, it is best to start by searching for your terms in the index volumes at the end of the set, rather than in the main volumes. Cases how to cite university of akron school of law. Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources. Both the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation call for identification of the publisher or brand of any commercial compilation used, not prepared under direct supervision of the statelexisnexis in. Bluebook citation hamline university school of law. This guide is designed to aid practitioners and law students in researching new york civil practice.
New jersey avenue nw outside the edward bennett williams law library. Citing other resources bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Secondary sources bluebook citation 101 practitioner format. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession. If the article is written by a student author, the designation of the piece see r. Where new york authorities are cited in any submissions, new york official law report citations shall be included, if available. Citing secondary sources sample bluebook citations libguides.
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