Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; OUTLINE; Table of Case Citation Examples; Table of Legislative-Related Sources Citation Examples; Table of Secondary Source Citation Examples; Chapter 1. The Basics of Legal Citation; A. Introduction; 1. Development of Citation Conventions; 2. Citation Systems, Manuals, Style Sheets, and Guides; B. Case Citation Conventions; 1. Names of Cases; 2. Procedural Phrases; 3. Citation of Published Reports; 4. Jump, Pinpoint, or Pincite References; 5. Parallel Citations; 6. Designation of Reporter Series

7. The Date of Decision and the Name of the Court8. Citation Sentences and Clauses; 9. Citation Signals; a. See; b. See also; c. See, e.g.; d. See generally; e. But see; f. Contra; g. Cf.; h. But cf.; i. Compareâ#x80;¦ with; j. Accord; 10. Adding Parenthetical Information to Citations; 11. Adaptation of Traditional Citation Conventions to New Developments: Electronic Databases and Public Domain Citations; a. Citing Cases in Electronic Databases; b. Public Domain Citations; C. Conventions for Citing Statues and Related Sources; 1. Federal Statutes

A. Citing Federal Statutes in the Statutes at Largeb. Codification of Federal Statutes; c. Citing Statutes in the United States Code; d. Citing Statutes in Annotated Versions of the United States Code; 2. State Statutes; a. Citing State Statutory Provisions; b. Citing State Statutory Subject-Matter Codes; 3. Uniform State Laws; 4. Municipal Ordinances and Charters; D. Citation Conventions for Other Primary Authority; 1. Federal and State Constitutions; 2. Administrative Regulations; 3. Rules of Procedure and Evidence

4. Treaties and Other International Agreements Entered into by the United StatesE. Citation Conventions for Secondary Authority; 1. Texts and Treatises; 2. Legal Periodicals; 3. Legal Encyclopedias; 4. Restatements of the Law; 5. A.L.R. Annotations; F. The Process of Legal Citation; 1. Identify the Basic Information Needed to Construct the Citation; 2. Apply the Detailed Requirements of a System of Citation or Otherwise Appropriately Refine the Citation; 3. Properly Incorporate the Citations into the Document; a. Consistency; b. Hierarchy of Authority; c. Freshness of Authority

D. String Citationse. Order of Signals; f. General Rules Regarding Use of Signals; g. Citation Order Within a Signal; h. Citing Multiple Pages, Passim, and Et Seq.; i. Multiple Sections or Paragraphs; j. Citing Footnotes; k. Using Short Forms; l. Typeface Adjustments; m. Capitalization of Titles; 4. Double-Check to Make Sure that Cited Authorities Have Not Been Overruled, Amended, or Superseded and that Subsequent History Has Been Indicated; 5. Proofread the Document Making Sure that the Citations Are Correct and Internally Consistent; Chapter 2. Citing Cases in Bluebook or ALWD Form

The basics of legal citation
Citing cases in Bluebook or ALWD form
Citing legislative, administrative, and related sources in Bluebook or ALWD form
Citing secondary and Internet sources in Bluebook or ALWD form
Appendix 1. Case name abbreviations
Appendix 2. Geographic designations
Appendix 3. Months/Calendar designations
Appendix 4. Document subdivisions
Appendix 5. Publishing terms
Appendix 6. Abbreviations of state, federal, and U.S. territorial court reports
Appendix 7. Nominative reports
Appendix 8. Status of official state court reporters, public domain citations, and availability of parallel West citations
Appendix 9. Parenthetical court abbreviations, court websites, and preferred reporters
Appendix 10. Federal and state statutory compilations, session laws, and legislative websites
Appendix 11. Periodical abbreviations
Appendix 12. Abbreviations for looseleaf services and reporters
Appendix 13. Abbreviations of titles of judges and other officials
Appendix 14. Abbreviations of legislative documents and terms
Appendix 15. Abbreviations of court (litigation) documents.