Such citations and abbreviations are found in court decisions, statutes. Court rules basic legal citation cornell university. These tables give the various abbreviations for the u. Rule 12 and rule b12 in the bluepages governs how to cite statutes. Statutes bluebook basics libguides at university of.
A date is not used in a citation to a court rule of evidence. Always consult the bluebook for additional information. A b c d e f gh i jk l m n o p qr s t u vwxyz show all. Federal statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Common abbreviations and legal citation examples for selected federal. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases. Citation federal administrative law research guides at. The bluebook contains rules that prescribe how to cite a variety of legal documents. Court rules, forms, and practice materials successful summer. According to the bluebook, the alwd guide to legal citation, and widespread practice, no date need be included so long as the citations reference is to the rule. According to the bluebook, the alwd guide to legal citation, and.
Court rule citations are treated as statutes in the legal research citator. 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. References to the bluebooks rules, blue pages, tables, and bluepage tables in this. A date is not used in a citation to a court rule of evidence or procedure. There are also two unofficial codes for federal statutes. A short primer on bluebook citation formats for federal and state cases and statutes, as well as books, journals, and other secondary sources. Commercially published looseleaf or electronic services see bluebook table 15. Citing secondary sources sample bluebook citations. Citation examples use nonacademic citation format i. The following samples cover basic citation format for secondary sources. Court rules, forms, and practice materials successful. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents.
Many of the complicated variations on rules are not shown in these samples. Rules of evidence or procedure are cited by name of the set of rules beginning. Supreme court, spell out rule and abbreviate procedure as proc. Rule 18 and appendix 1 in the alwd citation manual covers federal administrative materials. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Rule 14 covers how to cite administrative and executive materials, including u. Atlantic reporter to the federal supplement have been altered by its editors to. Citing other resources bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Of the federal rules of civil procedure fordham law. Cite to the name of the sourcedictionary, page number if pinpoint citing, edition and year. There are too many rules for this introductory guide to cover.
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