Understanding and mastering The bluebook : a guide for students and practitioners / by Linda J. Barris.

Bluebook (Cambridge, Mass.)

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2020]

©2020

KF245 .B37 2020

Fourth edition.

9781531019150 (spiral bound)
1531019153 (spiral bound)
9781531019167 (ebook)

xiii, 181 pages ; 23 cm

(OCoLC)1141021316

"The Bluebook® provides the rules for legal citation, but can be intimidating and frustrating to use. With its simple building-block approach, this survival manual teaches how to understand and master the essential rules for legal practitioners. 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; and A user-friendly format gathering The Bluebook's scattered rules for each authority into one place"-- Provided by the publisher.

Includes indexes.

Online version: Barris, Linda J. Understanding and mastering The bluebook. Fourth edition. Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2020] 9781531019167 (OCoLC)1239735543

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