Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
by Peter W. Martin

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Table of Contents

§ 1-000. BASIC LEGAL CITATION: WHAT AND WHY?

•    § 1-100. Introduction

•    § 1-200. Purposes of Legal Citation

•    § 1-300. Types of Citation Principles

•    § 1-400. Levels of Mastery

•    § 1-500. Citation in Transition

•    § 1-600. Who Sets Citation Norms

§ 2-000. HOW TO CITE ...

•    § 2-100. Electronic Sources
              § 2-110. Electronic Sources – Core Elements
              § 2-150. Electronic Sources – Points of Difference in Citation Practice

•    § 2-200. Judicial Opinions
              § 2-210. Case Citations – Most Common Form
              § 2-215. Case Citations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice
              § 2-220. Case Citations – Variants and Special Cases
              § 2-225. Case Citations – More Points of Difference in Citation Practice
              § 2-230. Medium-Neutral Case Citations
              § 2-240. Case Citations – Conditional Items
              § 2-250. Citing Unpublished Cases

•    § 2-300. Constitutions, Statutes, and Similar Materials
              § 2-310. Constitution Citations
              § 2-320. Statute Citations – Most Common Form
              § 2-330. Statute Citations – Conditional Items
              § 2-335. Statute Citations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice
              § 2-340. Statute Citations – Variants and Special Cases
                             Session Laws
                             Bills
                             Named Statutes
                             Internal Revenue Code
                             Uniform Acts and Model Codes
              § 2-350. Local Ordinance Citations
              § 2-360. Treaty Citations

•    § 2-400. Agency and Executive Material
              § 2-410. Regulation Citations – Most Common Form
              § 2-415. Regulation Citations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice
              § 2-420. Regulation Citations – Variants and Special Cases
              § 2-450. Agency Adjudication Citations
              § 2-455. Agency Adjudication Citations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice
              § 2-470. Agency Report Citations
              § 2-480. Executive Orders and Proclamations – Most Common Form
              § 2-485. Executive Orders and Proclamations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice
              § 2-490. Citations to Attorney General and Other Advisory Opinions – Most Common Form
              § 2-495. Citations to Attorney General and Other Advisory Opinions – Points of Difference in Citation Practice

•    § 2-500. Arbitration Decisions

•    § 2-600. Court Rules

•    § 2-700. Books
             § 2-710. Book Citations – Most Common Form
             § 2-715. Book Citations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice
             § 2-720. Book Citations – Variants and Special Cases
                             Institutional Authors
                             Services
                             Restatements
                             Annotations

•    § 2-800. Articles and Other Law Journal Writing
             § 2-810. Journal Article Citations – Most Common Form
             § 2-820. Journal Article Citations – Variants and Special Cases
                             Student Writing by a Named Student
                             Unsigned Student Writing
                             Book Reviews
                             Symposia and the Like
           Tributes, Dedications and Other Specially Labeled Articles
           Articles in Journals with Separate Pagination in Each Issue
             § 2-825. Journal Article Citations – Points of Difference in Citation Practice

•    § 2-900. Documents from Earlier Stages of the Same Case

§ 3-000. EXAMPLES – CITATIONS OF ...

•    § 3-100. Electronic Sources

•    § 3-200. Judicial Opinions
             § 3-210. Case Citations – Most Common Form
                             Federal
                             State
             § 3-220. Case Citations – Variants and Special Cases
             § 3-230. Medium-Neutral Case Citations
             § 3-240. Case Citations – Conditional Items

•    § 3-300. Constitutions, Statutes, and Similar Materials
             § 3-310. Constitutions
             § 3-320. Statute Citations – Most Common Form
             § 3-340. Statute Citations – Variants and Special Cases
                             Session Laws
                             Bills
                             Named Statutes
                             Internal Revenue Code
                             Uniform Acts and Model Codes
             § 3-350. Local Ordinance Citations
             § 3-360. Treaty Citations

•    § 3-400. Regulations, Other Agency and Executive Material
             § 3-410. Regulation Citations – Most Common Form
             § 3-420. Regulation Citations – Variants and Special Cases
             § 3-450. Agency Adjudication Citations
             § 3-470. Agency Report Citations
             § 3-480. Citations to Executive Orders and Proclamations
             § 3-490. Citations to Attorney General and Other Advisory Opinions
  

•    § 3-500. Arbitration Decisions

•    § 3-600. Court Rules

•    § 3-700. Books
             § 3-710. Book Citations – Most Common Form
             § 3-720. Book Citations – Variants and Special Cases
                             Institutional Authors
                             Services
                             Restatements
                             Annotations
  

•    § 3-800. Articles and Other Law Journal Writing
             § 3-810. Journal Article Citations – Most Common Form
             § 3-820. Journal Article Citations – Variants and Special Cases
                             Student Writing by a Named Student
                             Unsigned Student Writing
                             Book Reviews
                             Symposia and the Like
  

§ 4-000. ABBREVIATIONS AND OMISSIONS USED IN CITATIONS

•    § 4-100. Words in Case Names

•    § 4-200. Case Histories

•    § 4-300. Omissions in Case Names

•    § 4-400. Reporters and Courts

•    § 4-500. States

•    § 4-600. Months

•    § 4-700. Journals

•    § 4-800. Spacing and Periods

§ 5-000. UNDERLINING AND ITALICS

•    § 5-100. In Citations

•    § 5-200. In Text

•    § 5-300. Citation Items Not Italicized

§ 6-000. PLACING CITATIONS IN CONTEXT

•    § 6-100. Quoting

•    § 6-200. Citations and Related Text

•    § 6-300. Signals

•    § 6-400. Order

•    § 6-500. Short Form Citations
             § 6-520. Short Form Citations – Cases
             § 6-530. Short Form Citations – Constitutions and Statutes
             § 6-540. Short Form Citations – Regulations
             § 6-550. Short Form Citations – Books
             § 6-560. Short Form Citations – Journal Articles

§ 7-000. CROSS REFERENCE TABLES

•    § 7-100. Introduction

•    § 7-200. Significant Changes in The Bluebook

•     § 7-300. Cross Reference Table: The Bluebook

•    § 7-400. Cross Reference Table: ALWD Manual

•    § 7-500. Table of State-Specific Norms and Practices