Legal Citation

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  Structure

  Call Number: KF245.A45

  ISBN: 9781543807776

  Publication Date: 2021

  The seventh edition of the Association of Legal Writing Directors' Guide to Legal Citation (ALWD Guide) provides an appendix (Appendix 8) that maps each sentence that has a corresponding rule in the 21st edition of The Bluebook.

  ALWD contains six major parts:

  1. Citation Basics
     Addresses key concepts—typeface, abbreviations, numbers, pinpoint references, and full or short citations.
  2. Citing Specific Sources
     Popular primary and secondary authorities
  3. Online Sources
     The internet, commercial databases, and other electronic media — blogs, email, listserv postings, and social media.
  4. Incorporating Citations into Documents
     Placement of citations — citation sentences, citation clauses, embedded citations, citations to multiple authorities, signals and parentheticals.
  5. Quotations
     Covers punctuation and formatting, as well as how to make alterations to or indicate omissions from a quoted text.
  6. Appendices
     General and specialized abbreviations for official and unofficial reporters, statutes, and administrative publications, as well as complete abbreviations for legal periodicals.