Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook: A Guide for Students and Practitioners

Barris, Linda J.

ISBN 10: 1594607338 ISBN 13: 9781594607332

Verlag: Carolina Academic Pr, 2010

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The 19th edition of The Bluebook introduces a few minor changes, and one significant one: it now allows direct citation to commercial databases, including LexisNexis and Westlaw. With this change come challenging new rules and citation forms for commonly-cited authorities. The second edition of Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook thoroughly covers these new electronic citation forms. For each authority, it pulls together rules that are scattered throughout The Bluebook? ?in the Bluepages, Whitepages, and revised tables; provides clear explanations and examples for the new forms; and defines new terms associated with citations to commercial databases. The second edition has all the features of the first edition, plus: Coverage of additional new 19th edition rules that directly impact practitioners citations; A new chapter with in-depth coverage of federal and state administrative regulations; An expanded discussion of unpublished decisions, including both full and short form citations; Additional examples of correct and incorrect citations, all clearly labeled to identify the citation principle illustrated; More tips to explain background and put rules in context, all designed to help beginners understand citation fundamentals; More warnings to help beginners avoid common citation errors; and Improved cross-referencing for quicker access to related rules and discussions.

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Linda Barris is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law.

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Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook. The new description is pasted below. Also, please update the author's biography/affiliation (Linda Barris). It should be the following: Professor Barris is a Professor of Lawyering Practice at Florida Coastal School of Law.

The Bluebook provides the rules for legal citation, but can be intimidating and frustrating to use. This survival manual teaches how to understand and master the essential rules for legal practitioners using a simple building block approach. Rules are fully described and illustrated using:
Clear explanations and illustrations of the basic components of legal citations
Step-by-step instructions for building citations to the most common authorities cited by legal practitioners
Detailed guidance for citing legal materials to both print and electronic sources
Examples, comparison charts, illustrations, and bullet-point explanations designed for quick mastery of basic Bluebook citation rules
Tips, hints and cautions to help users avoid common citation errors
Cross references to the controlling Bluebook rules
A user-friendly format gathering The Bluebook's scattered rules for each authority into one place.
This highly accessible companion to 19th edition of The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation is an indispensable tool for anyone who is new to legal citation or whose skills need refreshing.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Carolina Academic Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1594607338
• ISBN 13: 9781594607332
• Einband: Spiralbindung
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 171
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar