Presented by the academic achievement program october 25, 2011. The following information regarding the bluebook citation format is an adapted version of the style and. Use citation sentences to cite sources and authorities that relate to the. Just to be incredibly clear, the bluebook stance is that this is incorrect, and the short citation should instead be written with the open quote, 829. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebook s unique system of citation in their writing. Since the eighteenth edition, the bluebook has included internal quotation marks omitted among the parenthetical expressions listed in rule 5. These tips are searchable and linked to the bluebook content they address. To the maroon books authors, the bluebook commits the most heinous of sins. When italicizing words within a quotation for emphasis, add the parenthetical phrase emphasis added. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The most useful answers are gathered here as blue tips, classified by subject. From partners to paralegals, bluebook training gives your personnel the knowledge and confidence to tackle any citation issue.
If our answer is useful to bluebookers generally, it may be formulated into a new tip, below. Supreme court has the power to invalidate statutes that are repugnant to the u. I am using word for max 2011 is there a way to make footnotes in bluebook format. Everything you wanted to know that the bluebook does not tell.
If an author has both added and omitted emphasis in a quotation, use a hybrid emphasis added and omitted. Primary authorities bluebook citations libguides at. The following information regarding the bluebook citation format is. Bluebook training enables your staff to produce errorfree briefs. Adds an explanation to the rule on italicizing explanatory phrases in citations that they should not be italicized when introducing the citation in a related authority parenthetical. Problems, cases, and materials 2006 when you are citing to a work that has been published by the same publisher more than once, you should cite the edition and the year it was published in. That is the bluebook rule addressing the broader question of how to signal any number of alterations a writer might make to a quoted passage. If the provisions involved are lengthy, their citation alone suffices at this point, and. Parenthetical use is governed in part by the bluebook and in part by our own. Citations in quotingciting parentheticals, 6152010 related. Later in this book is a more specific list of offenses and consequences. Use a parenthetical clause after the citation to indicate when the source quoted contains an addition. Citations are to the 20th edition of the bluebook, a uniform system of citation.
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