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Rules of Court, rule 3. The courts do have rules for the citation of specific materials: The Bluebook began in as a 26 page guide published by editors of the Harvard Law Journal to ensure that citations within the journal were consistent. Since then, the Bluebook has exploded in both size and influence. Currently, it is over pages long and used by almost every law review and court system in America. California Style Manual by Edward W. Formichi This link opens in a new window.
The California Style Manual is the official style manual of the California Supreme Court and, along with the Bluebook, is one of only two citation styles permitted in California state courts. Reference and Main Stacks KF The ALWD pronounced "allwood" Citation Manual was developed in the late s by the Association of Legal Writing Directors and, not surprisingly, was quickly adopted in legal writing programs across the country.
The manual aims to provide a simpler alternative to the Bluebook that is based on how legal professionals actually cite the law in practice. It is gradually gaining traction in courts as well as law schools and is currently the main competitor to the Bluebook.
Flexible Citation Styles The Bluebook's rigid, ultra-specific citation style has generated significant criticism over the years and prompted the development of styles that emphasize flexible, general guidelines. The Maroonbook was developed by the University of Chicago Law Review in the s as a direct rejection of the rigid, ultra-specific Bluebook style and aims to provide a "simple, malleable framework for citation.
The Universal Citation Guide was developed by the American Association of Law Librarians AALL in as a flexible, universal citation format, designed to address the increasing proliferation of mediums e. Archived from the orig It uses a different citation system than most law journals—the Maroonbook rather than the Bluebook.
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McConnell; religious leader Dallin H. Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources.
The most common sources of authority cited are court decisions cases , statutes, regulations, government documents, treaties, and scholarly writing. Overview Typically, a proper legal citation will inform the reader about a source's authority, how strongly the source supports the writer's proposition, its age, and other, relevant information.
This is an example citation to a United States Supreme Court court case: This citation gives helpful information about the cited authority to the reader. The names of the parties are Griswold and Connecticut. Generally, the name of the plaintiff or, on appeal, petitioner appears first, whereas the name of the defendant or, on appeal, respondent appears second. Thus, the case is Griswold v. The case is reported in volume of the United States Reports abbreviated "U. Volume , Number 7 - May Civil Procedure, 5th, Hornbook Series.
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The University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation (or the "Maroonbook") is the official citation guide of The University of Chicago Law Review and has been. For more than twenty years, the editors of The University of Chicago Law Review have offered a simple, clear, and efficient system of legal citation and.
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