Bluebook in the United States

Main Contents

• B1, R1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Types of Legal Documents
• B2, R2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Typeface Standards
• B1, R1 in the Bluebook deals with:  In-Text Citations
• B1.2, R1.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Signals
• B8, R8 in the Bluebook deals with:  Capitalization Rules
• B1.2, R1.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Signals for Supporting Authority
• B1.2, R1.2(b) in the Bluebook deals with:  Signals for Comparison
• B1.2, R1.2(c) in the Bluebook deals with:  Signals for Contradictory Authority
• B1.2, R1.2(d) in the Bluebook deals with:  Signals for Background Material
• B1.2, R1.4 in the Bluebook deals with:  Order of Authorities Within Each Signal / Strength of Authority
• B10, R10 in the Bluebook deals with: CASES
• B10.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Full citation
• B10.1.3, R10.4, R10.5 in the Bluebook deals with:  Court & Year
• B10.1.5, R10.6.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Weight of Authority and Explanatory Parenthetical
• B10.1.6, R10.7 in the Bluebook deals with:  History of the Case
• B10.2, R10.9 in the Bluebook deals with:  Short Form Citation for Cases
• R12, R13, R14 in the Bluebook deals with:  STATUTES, RULES, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE & ADMINISTRATIVE MATERIALS
• B12.1.1, R12 in the Bluebook deals with:  Federal Statutes
• B12.1.2, R12 in the Bluebook deals with:  State Statutes
• B12.1.3, R12.9.3, R12.9.4 in the Bluebook deals with:  Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Restatements, and Uniform Acts
• B14, R14 in the Bluebook deals with:  Administrative Rules and Regulations
• B12.1.4, R12.9.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Federal Taxation Materials
• B13, R13 in the Bluebook deals with:  Legislative Materials
• R13.8 in the Bluebook deals with:  Short Form Citation of Legislative and Administrative Materials
• B11, R11 in the Bluebook deals with:  Sources and Authorities: Constitutions
• R10.8.3 in the Bluebook deals with: COURT & LITIGATION DOCUMENTS
• R10.8.3 in the Bluebook deals with:  Citing Court or Litigation Documents from Your Case
• R10.8.3 in the Bluebook deals with:  Citing Court or Litigation Documents from Another Case
• B4, R4 in the Bluebook deals with:  Short Form Citation for Court Documents
• B8, R8 in the Bluebook deals with:  Capitalization Within the Text of Court Documents and Legal Memoranda
• B15, R15 in the Bluebook deals with: BOOKS & NON-PERIODICALS
• B15.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Full Citation for Books & Non-Periodicals
• B15.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Short Form Citation for Books & Non-Periodicals
• R16 in the Bluebook deals with:  JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, & NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
• B16.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Full Citation for Journals, Magazines & Newspaper Articles
• B16.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Short Form Citation for Journals, Magazines & Newspaper Articles
• B18, R18 in the Bluebook deals with: INTERNET SOURCES
• R18.2.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  General Principles for Internet Sources
• B18.1.1, R18.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Basic Formula for Internet Sources
• B18.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Short Form Citations for Internet Sources
• R12.8 in the Bluebook deals with:  EXPLANATORY PARENTHETICALS
• B1.3 in the Bluebook deals with:  General Principles for Explanatory Parentheticals
• R1.5(b) in the Bluebook deals with:  Order of parentheticals
• B5, R5 in the Bluebook deals with:  QUOTATIONS
• B5.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  General Principles for Quotations
• R5.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Alterations of Quotations
• R5.3 in the Bluebook deals with:  Omissions in Quotations
• B5.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Special Rules for Block Quotations
• in the Bluebook deals with:  TABLES
• T1 in the Bluebook deals with: Federal Jurisdictions
• T1.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Federal Judicial and Legislative Materials
• T1.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Federal Administrative and Executive Materials
• T1.3 in the Bluebook deals with:  U.S. States and Other Jurisdictions
• T2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Table of Citation Guides
• T3 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Intergovernmental Organizations
• T3.1, T3.2 in the Bluebook deals with: United Nations and League of Nations
• T3.3, T3.4, T3.5 in the Bluebook deals with: Europe
• T3.6, T3.7, T3.8 in the Bluebook deals with: Inter-American and International Tribunal
• T3.9 in the Bluebook deals with: Other Intergovernmental Organizations
• T4 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Treaty Sources
• T5 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Arbitral Reporters
• T6 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Case Names In Citations
• T7 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Court Names
• T8 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Explanatory Phrases
• T9 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Legislative Documents
• T10 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Geographical Terms
• T10.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  U.S. States, Cities and Territories
• T10.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Australian States and Canadian Provinces and Territories
• T10.3 in the Bluebook deals with:  Countries and Regions
• T11 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Titles of Judges and Officials
• T12 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Month Names
• T13 in the Bluebook deals with: Required Abbreviations for Periodical Names
• T13.1 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Institutions
• T13.2 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Common Words Used In Periodical Names
• T14 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Publishing Terms
• T15 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Services
• T15 in the Bluebook deals with: Service Publisher Names
• T15 in the Bluebook deals with: Service Abbreviations
• T16 in the Bluebook deals with:  Required Abbreviations for Document Subdivisions