User's guide to the Bluebook

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Where to find it

Law Library — Reference Desk (4th floor)

Call Number
KF245 .D853 2015
Status
In-Library Use Only

Law Library — Reserve Room (4th floor)

Call Number
KF245 .D853 2015 c. 3
Status
Available
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KF245 .D853 2015 c. 4
Status
Available
Call Number
KF245 .D853 2015 c. 2
Status
Available

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Summary

This User's Guide is written for practitioners (law students, law clerks, lawyers, legal secretaries and paralegals), and is designed to make the task of mastering citation form as easy and painless as possible. To help alleviate the obstacles faced when using proper citation form, this text is set up as a how-to manual with a step-by-step approach to learning the basic skills of citation and includes the numbers of the relevant Bluebook rules under most chapter subheadings for easy reference when more information is needed.--Publisher.

Contents

Introduction -- A quick tour of the Bluebook -- Typeface -- How to cite a case -- How to cite a statute -- How to cite other commonly cited sources.

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