Poor Quality - but it is a necessity for legal writing It's a necessity for legal writing. The construction is annoying, the giant plastic spiral ring is low quality and as much as I am flipping through it the pages will inevitably start to work loose from the binding. I usually find an oversized binder clip and clip it to together at the pages I most frequently use. If you are a law student and are reading this - look at checking one out from your library instead of buying a copy.
It really isn't worth having your own copy if you are just going to use it for a semester or two. Also, I was not impressed with the shipping speed. Give yourself plenty of time if you are ordering this, at least a week. Exactly as it is Described - a reference, not a guide It is exactly as it says it is. It is a reference, not a tutorial. It purports to lay out how citations are done, but the examples are so spread out and disconnected, it can only be used as a reference.
In my experience, there is NO citation guide that logically lays out citation examples for Federal, State, primary and secondary sources, with step by step instructions. It is left up to the paralegal to painstakingly make notes on how to do citations on their own.
A case citation, for example, includes the name of the case; the published sources in which it may be found, if any; a parenthetical that indicates a court and jurisdiction and the year or date of decision; and the subsequent history of case, if any.
It may also include additional parenthetical information and prior history of the case. Looking for a simpler option?
The 20th edition of the Bluebook was recently released. The numbering of the rules in the Bluepages non-academic citation now parallels the numbering in the Whitepages academic citation. Typeface rules were relaxed to permit use of large and small caps in court documents for stylistic purposes. Rule 14 includes more examples of citations for a wide variety of administrative materials. Rule 15 adds a citation format for e-books. Rule 18 was revised and is much clearer.
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