ULibraries Research Guides: Understanding Legal Citations: Citation Manuals and Library Resources

Citation Manuals and Resources

The Bluebook by Harvard Law Review Association (Compiled by); Columbia Law Review (Compiled by); University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Compiled by); The Yake Law Journal (Compiled by)
Call Number: KF245 .B58 2020 (Quinney Law Library Reference Room)

ISBN: 0578666154

Publication Date: 2020-05-20

A Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. For generations, law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's uniform system of citation in their writing. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.
ALWD Citation Manual by Darby Dickerson
Call Number: KF245 .A453 (Quinney Law Library Reference Room)

ISBN: 0735589305

Publication Date: 2010 (4th ed.)

An alternative to the Bluebook, published by the Association of Legal Writing Directors.
Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations by Mary Miles Prince
Call Number: Marriott Library LVL 2: General Collection A-PZ (DF521 .O93 1991 )

ISBN: 083771625X

Publication Date: 2009

The complete guide to understanding legal abbreviations including those used in citations. Extremely helpful for unravelling international law references.
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations by New York University School of Law
Call Number: K89 .G84 2009 (Quinney Law Library Reference Room)

ISBN: 0735579792

Publication Date: 2009 (2nd Ed.)

The complete citation guide for international law citations.