Understanding and mastering the bluebook : a guide for students and practitioners / by Linda J. Barris.
"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:...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, North Carolina :
Carolina Academic Press, LLC,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Summary: | "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"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 181 pages ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781531019150 1531019153 |