According to the bluebook, the alwd guide to legal citation, and. Rule 18 and appendix 1 in the alwd citation manual covers federal administrative materials. There are too many rules for this introductory guide to cover. There are also two unofficial codes for federal statutes. The bluebook contains rules that prescribe how to cite a variety of legal documents. The following samples cover basic citation format for secondary sources. Rule 14 covers how to cite administrative and executive materials, including u. Rule 12 and rule b12 in the bluepages governs how to cite statutes. References to the bluebooks rules, blue pages, tables, and bluepage tables in this. Citation of a united states supreme court decision. 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. These tables give the various abbreviations for the u. Of the federal rules of civil procedure fordham law.
Many of the complicated variations on rules are not shown in these samples. Court rule citations are treated as statutes in the legal research citator. Court rules basic legal citation cornell university. Statutes bluebook basics libguides at university of. Citing secondary sources sample bluebook citations. Cite to the name of the sourcedictionary, page number if pinpoint citing, edition and year. Abbreviations may also be found for common words or legal phrases. A b c d e f gh i jk l m n o p qr s t u vwxyz show all. A date is not used in a citation to a court rule of evidence or procedure. Rules of evidence or procedure are cited by name of the set of rules beginning. Citation federal administrative law research guides at. Supreme court, spell out rule and abbreviate procedure as proc. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents.
For cases after 1932, cite to the federal supplement. Court rules, forms, and practice materials successful. If you are citing a federal statute currently in force, the bluebook dictates that you cite to the united states code if it contains the current version of a statute rule 12. Common abbreviations and legal citation examples for selected federal. Citing other resources bluebook guide guides at georgetown. Citation examples use nonacademic citation format i. A short primer on bluebook citation formats for federal and state cases and statutes, as well as books, journals, and other secondary sources. Federal statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown. A date is not used in a citation to a court rule of evidence. Commercially published looseleaf or electronic services see bluebook table 15. Atlantic reporter to the federal supplement have been altered by its editors to. It is common practice in legal documents to cite other publications by using standard abbreviations for the title of each source. Court rules, forms, and practice materials successful summer.
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