Legal Citation in a Nutshell
Author:
Teply, Larry L.
Edition:
2nd
Copyright Date:
2016
25 chapters
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Preface 17 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Those learning legal citation, however, too often focus on all the details and not enough on the
- This book facilitates learning legal citation in several ways. First, it provides a succinct exposition of the basic principles of legal citation in its first 84 pages (Chapter 1). These basic principles operate regardless of the particular system of citation ultimately used for a particular project.
- “The devil is in the details.” That proverb highlights the basic problem that lawyers, law students, legal assistants, and others face in conforming legal citations to a particular citation system.
- Fourth, readers expect consistency in citation. When multiple legal professionals do legal work or multiple students work on the same journal, pressure builds to create a “common denominator” in terms of citation form.
- If you are a novice learning legal citation, you are likely to feel a degree of frustration. Some of that frustration is the result of how the leading citation manuals have approached the subject of legal citation. Even if those sources avoided further “hypertrophy” (see Chapter 1(A)(2)), unfortunately, the following underlying difficulties would still remain.
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Acknowledgment 5 results
- Fundamentals of Legal Research
- First of all, I want to acknowledge the substantive contributions of the two leading legal citation manuals:
- Legal Citation Form: Theory and Practice
- Because of the absence of footnoting and citation in this series, I have not been able to provide full references to specific sources. Nevertheless, I want to recognize the large number of sources that played a role in the writing of this book.
- Legal Writing and Analysis
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Chapter 2. Citing Cases in Bluebook or ALWD Form 196 results (showing 5 best matches)
- In addition to case names appearing in text without accompanying citations in legal writing (discussed in preceding subdivision), a case citation may be
- This use contrasts with a citation clause, which is to set the citation off from the sentence by commas. Recall from Chapter 1(B)(8) that citation clauses are used when the cited source relates to only part of a sentence. The difference is significant because abbreviations in embedded case citations follow the rules set out in the preceding subsection, while abbreviations in citation clauses follow the rules set out in the next section. The following shows the application of the rules from the immediately preceding section to an embedded citation:
- Some dispositions of cases (without opinions) are only listed in a reporter table. Most legal writers cite those dispositions are cited to the reporter with a parenthetical indication of that fact (“table”)—usually as part of showing the subsequent history of a case. The following examples are typical citations referring to a table:
- Legal Tender Cases
- when public domain citations exist, they must be included in the citation.
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Chapter 1. The Basics of Legal Citation 332 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Many other citation guides and manuals also exist. Some focus on legal citation within a government agency (e.g., the U.S. Department of Justice’s
- In 2000, the Association of Legal Writing Directors published its
- In the 1990s, the Association of Law Libraries began working on a guide for courts, legislatures, and others considering the creation of “universal” citations for legal sources. Universal citations are designed to be equally usable in both print and electronic media and are not tied to any single publisher. In 2004, this effort culminated in the publication of the second edition of its
- Thus, a wide variety of citation requirements exist along with various citations manuals. Nevertheless, even though they vary in details, other citation manuals/style guides reflect a “common core” or “common law” of traditional citation conventions with which all legal writers are expected to comply.
- Another early, and ultimately very important, development in legal citation is the use of introductory “ defines a citation signal as “an abbreviation or notation supplied to indicate some basic fact about an authority.” These signals are . In reading legal materials, be aware that the meaning of particular signals may have changed in significant ways.
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Chapter 4. Citing Secondary and Internet Sources in Bluebook or ALWD Form 118 results (showing 5 best matches)
- In legal writing, references sometimes are made to court documents. In published legal writing, provides that the full name of the document (as it appears on the filing) should be identified first, followed by a pinpoint citation (if any). If an opinion has been published in the case, the ordinary citation to the case is used, followed by the docket number. Most often, a citation to an electronic database is then given. The
- When the source exists in print form, but it is not widely available (“obscure sources”), many legal writers provide parallel citation if it will substantially improve access to the source cited. Originally, the explanatory phrase “ ” was used to introduce the Internet citation or in a parenthetical.
- In most respects, the same rules regarding short-form citations for books discussed in section A(13) of this chapter are used for periodicals. As noted there and in Chapter 1(F)(3)( ), after an article in a periodical has been fully cited, “ can be used to refer to the same work in an immediately following citation (e.g.,
- To indicate a line number in a transcript or record, the page number is used, followed by a colon, and is a reference to line 4 on page 8). Finally, short-citations are not ordinarily used for record citations, but short citations can be used for other documents once they have been fully cited.
- The names of authors of articles in legal periodicals are cited in the same manner as books. In citations, the full name of an author is given, including any designation such as “ ” (“inserting a comma before the designation only if the ,” and similar titles are not used. In citations, the author’s full name is given exactly as it is given on the title page. “ always sets off “Jr.” with a comma.
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- Nutshell Series, In a Nutshell
- The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal or other professional advice, and this publication is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. If you require legal or other expert advice, you should seek the services of a competent attorney or other professional.
- Printed in the United States of America
- © 2016 LEG, Inc. d/b/a West Academic
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Chapter 3. Citing Legislative, Administrative, and Related Sources in Bluebook or ALWD Form 93 results (showing 5 best matches)
- The basic elements for citing treaties and other international agreements were set out in Chapter 1(D)(4). Such citations contain (1) the title of the treaty; (2) a pinpoint reference, if any; (3) the date of signing; and (4) treaty source or sources. The following examples (with accompanying explanations) illustrate the basic pattern of citation.
- The citation of rules of procedure and evidence is fully discussed in Chapter 1(D)(3), above. In journal citations, large and small capital letters are used for the abbreviated references to all these sources, as shown in the following example:
- In addition, recall from Chapter 1(C)(1)(a) with regard to session laws such as the , the traditional approach is to append the year of enactment in a parenthetical at the end of the citation
- This chapter focuses primarily on the variations in citation form of legislative sources based on the requirements of . It discusses some sources not introduced in Chapter 1(C) and (D), such as legislative history. It also contains discussion that can be skimmed (e.g., citing superseded constitutional provisions, statutes no longer in force, etc.). This material can be consulted as needed to construct a specific citation.
- provides that the year of the adoption should be included in the citation. The requires that a parenthetical be used to indicate “why [it] is no longer in force” and “includ[ing] the year in which it lost [its] effect.”
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Outline 68 results (showing 5 best matches)
- Chapter 1. The Basics of Legal Citation
- F. The Process of Legal Citation
- 2. Apply the Detailed Requirements of a System of Citation or Otherwise Appropriately Refine the Citation
- 11. Adaptation of Traditional Citation Conventions to New Developments: Electronic Databases and Public Domain Citations
- Appendix 8 Status of Official State Court Reporters, Public Domain Citations, and Availability of Parallel West Citations
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Index 198 results (showing 5 best matches)
- PROCESS OF LEGAL CITATION
- See also Case Names; Citation Clauses; Citation Parentheticals; Citation Sentences; Citation Signals; Date of Decision; Procedural Phrases; Reporters
- See also Citation Clauses; String Citations
- “Related,” indicating in citations, 173
- citations, indicating where the regulation will appear in the
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Appendix 9. Parenthetical Court Abbreviations, Court Websites, and Preferred Reporters 157 results (showing 5 best matches)
- For more detailed citation information and guidance, consult the latest edition of the
- For United States District Court citations, the district but not division is cited in the parenthetical containing the date. The following citations illustrate the various combinations of spacing for the district and the state as well as the form for the above reporters. For cases not appearing in the above reporters,
- Citation Sentences or Clauses]
- Citation Sentences or Clauses]
- The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was the result of a merger of (1) the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (C.C.P.A.) (1929
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Appendix 7. Nominative Reporters 39 results (showing 5 best matches)
- • When a jurisdiction-named official report is indicated under “Volumes,” the nominative reporter has been incorporated into a jurisdiction-named series;
- set if they have been reprinted therein. The Federal Case No. should be appended parenthetically in
- • The pagination in the jurisdiction-named series and the nominative reporter is usually the same; however, if it differs,
- “along with a parallel citation to the appropriate lower court reporter.”
- For additional information on citation of early Texas courts and cases, see
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Appendix 11. Periodical Abbreviations 8 results (showing 5 best matches)
- citations, look up each word of the title in the listing below and Appendix 2. (Inconsistencies in
- This appendix provides two ways of determining how to abbreviate the name of a periodical. Subdivision A provides the abbreviations for the statistically most frequently cited legal periodicals. Subdivision B provides a list of abbreviations that can be used in conjunction with other abbreviations to construct abbreviations for other periodical titles.
- citations are the same.
- STEP 3. Construct the abbreviated title omitting the following five words: “a”, “an,” “in,” “of,” and “the.” In this regard,
- provides that adjacent capitals should not be closed up “when one or more of the capitals refers to the name of an institutional entity.” Instead, they should be “set… off from other adjacent single capitals with a space.” The
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Appendix 8. Status of Official State Court Reporters, Public Domain Citations, and Availability of Parallel West Citations Your search matches the chapter title
Appendix 1. Case Name Abbreviations 1 result
Appendix 2. Geographic Designations 1 result
Table of Legislative-Related Sources Citation Examples 6 results (showing 5 best matches)
Table of Case Citation Examples 4 results
- Table T.15 (“Services”) provides an extensive listing of abbreviations for frequently cited looseleaf services and reporters and corresponding bound services. For other services,
- Looseleaf services frequently are referred as to sources of “one-stop shopping” or “one-stop research.” Indeed, they have been aptly analogized to “vacuum cleaners pulling together everything on a subject.” However, “[u]nlike vacuum cleaners, when you open… looseleaf service[s], everything is in order and easy to find…. [They] will save hours of research time as the editors have gathered the materials from many separate sources.”
- A. ABBREVIATIONS OF SELECTED LOOSELEAF PUBLISHERS
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- Publication Date: May 17th, 2016
- ISBN: 9781634597630
- Subject: Legal Writing
- Series: Nutshells
- Type: Overviews
- Description: Learning legal citation is one of the difficult (and sometimes admittedly annoying) tasks that students new to the law face. This book is designed to ease that task. It initially focuses on conventions that underlie all accepted forms and systems of legal citation. Building on that understanding and an explanation of the “process” of using citations in legal writing, the book then discusses and illustrates the particular rules of The Bluebook and the ALWD Citation Manual for citing cases, statutes, and all other major legal sources. Unique appendices provide useful comparative information for these two systems of citation.