The Bluebook Uncovered: A Practical Guide to Mastering Legal

The Bluebook Uncovered: A Practical Guide to Mastering Legal Citation (Twentieth Ed. of Bluebook) (Coursebook)
This new book provides a fresh, innovative approach that enables students to master the Bluebook citation rules needed in legal research and writing courses and in legal practice. It combines detailed, yet easy-to-understand, explanations and examples of Bluebook rules with different types of exercises, which are also available online. The exercises begin with multiple choice questions that assist studentsâ€™ mastery of discrete rules, followed by short answer questions that allow students to practice implementing the rules by drafting individual citations. Finally, a comprehensive exercise puts citations in the context of a legal document and requires students to make the necessary corrections. The available answers for all exercises include detailed explanations that further studentsâ€™ understanding of the applicable rules.

Chapters and corresponding exercises in this book cover the following topics:
- Introduction to legal citations
- Cases
- Statutes
- Other primary authority (constitutions, rules, and administrative regulations)
- Court & litigation documents
- Secondary authority (books and periodicals)
- Prior & subsequent case history
- Parallel citations
- Parentheticals
- Nonprint sources
- Quotations
- String citations
- Introductory signals
- Pinpoint information
- Capitalization
Country USA
Manufacturer West Academic Publishing
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781634595377
ReleaseDate 2015-07-31

Country	USA
Manufacturer	West Academic Publishing
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781634595377
ReleaseDate	2015-07-31

The Bluebook Uncovered: A Practical Guide to Mastering Legal Citation (Twentieth Ed. of Bluebook) (Coursebook)

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