Preface -- Introduction -- Structure of the bluebook -- General principles of citation -- Getting started -- Bluepages: An Introduction To Basic Legal Citation -- Introduction -- B1: Typeface conventions -- B2: Citation sentences and clauses -- B3: Introductory signals -- B4: Sources and authorities: Cases -- B5: Sources and authorities: Statutes, rules, and regulations -- B6: Sources and authorities: Constitutions -- B7: Sources and authorities: Court and litigation documents -- B8: Sources and authorities: Books and other non periodic materials -- B9: Sources and authorities: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles -- B10: Sources and authorities: Internet -- B11: Explanatory Parentheticals -- B12: Quotations -- Bluepages Tables -- BT1: Court Documents -- BT2: Jurisdiction-specific citation rules and style guides -- BT2-1: Federal courts -- BT2-2: State courts -- BT2-3: Territories -- Rules -- Rule 1: Structure And Use Of Citations -- 1-1: Citation sentences and clauses in law reviews -- 1-2: Introductory signals -- 1-3: Order of signals -- 1-4: Order of authorities within each signal -- 1-5: Parenthetical information -- 1-6: Related authority -- Rule 2: Typefaces For Law Reviews -- 2-1: Typeface conventions for citations -- 2-2: Typeface conventions for textual material -- Rule 3: Subdivisions -- 3-1: Volumes, parts, and supplements -- 3-2: Pages, footnotes, endnotes, and graphical materials -- 3-3: Sections and paragraphs -- 3-4: Appended material -- 3-5: Internal cross-references -- Rule 4: Short Citation Forms -- 4-1: ID -- 4-2: Supra and hereinafter -- Rule 5: Quotations -- 5-1: Formatting of quotations -- 5-2: Alterations and quotations within quotations -- 5-3: Omissions -- Rule 6: Abbreviations, Numerals, And Symbols -- 6-1: Abbreviations -- 6-2: Numerals and symbols -- Rule 7: Italicization For Style And In Unique Circumstances -- Rule 8: Capitalization -- Rule 9: Titles Of Judges, Officials, And Terms Of Court -- Rule 10: Cases -- 10-1: Basic citation forms -- 10-2: Case names -- 10-2-1: General rules for case names -- 10-2-2: Additional rules for case names in citations -- 10-3: Reporters and other sources -- 10-3-1: Parallel citations and which source(s) to cite -- 10-3-2: Reporters -- 10-3-3: Public domain format -- 10-4: Court and jurisdiction -- 10-5: Date of year -- 10-6: Parenthetical information regarding cases -- 10-6-1: Weight of authority -- 10-6-2: Quoting/citing parenteticals in case citations -- 10-6-3: Order of parentheticals -- 10-7: Prior and subsequent history -- 10-7-1: Explanatory phrases and weight of authority -- 10-7-2: Different case name on appeal -- 10-8: Special citation forms -- 10-8-1: Pending and unreported cases -- 10-8-2: Fifth circuit split -- 10-8-3: Briefs, court filings, and transcripts -- 10-8-4: Court administrative orders -- 10-9: Short forms for cases -- Rule 11: Constitutions -- Rule 12: Statutes -- 12-1: Basic citation forms -- 12-2: Choosing the proper citation form -- 12-2-1: General rule -- 12-2-2: Exceptions -- 12-3: Current official and unofficial codes -- 12-3-1: Additional information -- 12-3-2: Year of code -- 12-4: Session laws -- 12-5: Electronic media and online sources -- 12-6: Other secondary sources -- 12-7: Invalidation, repeal, amendment, and prior history -- 12-7-1: Invalidation -- 12-7-2: Repeal -- 12-7-3: Amendment -- 12-7-4: Prior history -- 12-8: Explanatory parenthetical phrases -- 12-9: Special citation forms -- 12-9-1: Internal revenue code -- 12-9-2: Ordinances -- 12-9-3: Rules of evidence and procedure -- 12-9-4: Uniform acts -- 12-9-5: Model codes, restatements, standards, and sentencing guidelines -- 12-9-6: ABA code of professional responsibility and opinions on ethics -- 12-10: Short forms for statutes -- Rule 13: Legislative Materials -- 13-1: Basic citation forms -- 13-2: Bills and resolutions -- 13-3: Hearings -- 13-4: Reports, documents, and committee prints -- 13-5: Debates -- 13-6: Separately bound legislative histories -- 13-7: Electronic media and online sources -- 13-8: Short forms for legislative materials -- Rule 14: Administrative And Executive Materials -- 14-1: Basic citation forms -- 14-2: Rules, regulations, and other publications -- 14-3: Administrative adjudications, and arbitrations -- 14-3-1: Names -- 14-3-2: Which source(s) to cite -- 14-3-3: Issuing agency -- 14-4: Short forms for regulations --
Rule 15: Books, Reports, And Other Non periodic materials -- 15-1: Author -- 15-2: Editor or translator -- 15-3: Title -- 15-4: Edition, publisher, and date -- 15-5: Shorter works in collection -- 15-5-1: Works in collection generally -- 15-5-2: Collected documents -- 15-6: Prefaces, forewords, introductions, and epilogues -- 15-7: Serial number -- 15-8: Special citation forms -- 15-9: Electronic media and online sources -- 15-10: Short citation forms -- 15-10-1: Short forms for works in collection -- Rule 16: Periodical Materials -- 16-1: Basic citation forms -- 16-2: Author -- 16-3: Title -- 16-4: Consecutively paginated journals -- 16-5: Non consecutively paginated journals an magazines -- 16-6: Newspapers -- 16-7: Special citation forms -- 16-7-1: Student-written law review materials -- 16-7-2: Non-student-written book reviews -- 16-7-3: Symposia, colloquia, and surveys -- 16-7-4: Commentaries and other special designations -- 16-7-5: Multi part articles -- 16-7-6: Annotations -- 16-7-7: Proceedings, regular publications by institutes, and ABA section reports -- 16-7-8: Newsletters and other non commercially distributed periodicals -- 16-8: Electronic media and online sources -- 16-9: Short citation forms -- Rule 17: Unpublished And Forthcoming Sources -- 17-1: Basic citation forms -- 17-2: Unpublished materials -- 17-2-1: Manuscripts -- 17-2-2: Dissertations and theses -- 17-2-3: Letters, memoranda, and press releases -- 17-2-4: E-mail correspondence and listserv postings -- 17-2-5: Interviews -- 17-2-5: Speeches and addresses -- 17-3: Forthcoming publications -- 17-4: Working papers -- 17-5: Electronic media and online sources -- 17-6: short citation forms -- Rule 18: Internet, Electronic Media, And Other Nonprint resources -- 18-1: Basic citation forms -- 18-2: Internet -- 18-2-1: General internet citation principles -- 18-2-2: Direct citations to internet sources -- 18-2-3: Parallel citations to internet sources -- 18-3: Commercial electronic databases -- 18-3-1: Cases -- 18-3-2: Constitutions and statutes -- 18-3-3: Legislative, administrative, and executive materials -- 18-3-4: Books, periodicals, and other secondary materials -- 18-4: CD-ROM and other electronic storage media -- 18-5: Microform -- 18-5-1: Microform collections reproducing preexisting materials -- 18-5-2: Microform collections containing original materials -- 18-6: Films, broadcasts, and noncommercial video materials -- 18-7: Audio recordings -- 18-7-1: Commercial recordings -- 18-7-2:Noncommercial recordings -- 18-7-3: Pod casts and recordings available online -- 18-8: Short citation forms -- Rule 19: Services -- 19-1: Citation form for services -- 19-2: Short citation forms -- Rule 20: Foreign Materials -- 20-1: Jurisdiction -- 20-2: Non-English-language documents -- 20-2-1: Documents appearing in more than one language -- 20-2-2: Titles and names of documents in languages other than English -- 20-2-3: Abbreviations in languages other than English -- 20-2-4: Languages that do not use the Roman alphabet -- 20-2-5: Citations to translations of non-English-language documents -- 20-3: Cases -- 20-3-1: Common law cases -- 20-3-2: Civil law and other non-common-law cases -- 20-4: Constitutions -- 20-5: Statutes -- 20-5-1: Statutes in common law systems -- 20-5-2: Statutes in civil law and other non-common-law jurisdictions -- 20-6: Non-English-language and foreign periodicals -- 20-7: Short citation forms -- Rule 21: International Materials -- 21-1: Basic citation forms -- 21-2: Non-English-language documents -- 21-3: Jurisdiction not evident from context -- 21-4: Treaties and other international agreements -- 21-4-1: Name of the agreement -- 21-4-2: Parties to the agreement -- 21-4-3: Subdivisions -- 21-4-4: Date of signing -- 21-4-5: Treaty sources -- 21-5: International law cases -- 21-5-1: International court of justice and the permanent court of international justice (the world court) -- 21-5-2: European union courts -- 21-5-3: European court of human rights -- 21-5-4: Inter-American commission on human rights -- 21-5-5: Inter-American court of human rights -- 21-5-6: International tribunal for the law of the sea -- 21-5-7: International criminal tribunals -- 21-5-8: Other multinational courts -- 21-5-9: International cases in national courts -- 21-6: International arbitrations and claims commissions -- 21-7: United Nations sources -- 21-7-1: Verbatim and summary records -- 21-7-2: Resolutions and decisions -- 21-7-3: UN reports -- 21-7-4: Masthead documents -- 21-7-5: UN press releases and memoranda -- 21-7-6: Adjudicatory bodies established by the United Nations -- 21-7-7: Sales publications -- 21-7-8: Yearbooks and periodicals -- 21-7-9: Regional organizations documents -- 21-7-10: UN charter -- 21-7-11: UN internet materials -- 21-8: League of nations -- 21-9: European union and European community -- 21-10: Council of Europe -- 21-11: World trade organization -- 21-12: Other intergovernmental organizations -- 21-13: International committee of the Red Cross and international non-governmental organizations -- 21-14: Yearbooks -- 21-15: Digests --21-16: Short citation forms --
Table T1: United States Jurisdictions
T1-1: Federal judicial and legislative materials
T1-2: Federal administrative and executive materials
T1-3: States and the District of Columbia
District of Columbia (DC)
T1-4: Other United States jurisdictions
Oklahoma Native Americans
Table T2: Foreign Jurisdictions
T2-1: Argentine Republic - T2-2: Australia
T2-2-1: Australian states and territories
T2-3: Austria, Republic of
T2-4: Belgium, kingdom, of
T2-5: Brazil, Federative Republic of
T2-9: China, People's Republic of
T2-10: Colombia, Republic of
T2-12: Egypt, Arab Republic of
T2-13: France, Republic of
T2-14: Germany, Federal Republic of
T2-17: Hungary, Republic of
T2-19: Iran, Islamic Republic of
T2-21: Ireland (Eire), Republic of
T2-23: Italy, Republic of
T2-26: Lebanon, Republic of
T2-28: Netherlands, Kingdom of the
T2-32: Pakistan, Islamic Republic of
T2-35: Russian federation
T2-41: Taiwan, Republic of China
T2-42-1: England and Wales
T2-42-2: Northern Ireland (and Ireland until 1924)
T2-43: Zambia, Republic of
Table T3: Intergovernmental Organizations
T3-3: European communities
T3-4: European court and commission of human rights
T3-5: Inter-American commission on human rights
T3-6: Inter-American court of human rights
T3-7: International tribunal for the law of the sea
T4-1: Official US sources
T4-2: Intergovernmental treaty sources
T4-3: Unofficial treaty sources
Table T5: Arbitral Reporters
Table T6: Case names and institutional authors in citations
Table T8: Explanatory Phrases
Table T9: Legislative Documents
TableT10: Geographical Terms
T10-1: US states, cities, and territories
T10-2: Australian states and Canadian provinces and territories
T10-3: Foreign countries and regions
Table T11: Judges And Officials
Table T14: Publishing Terms
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