Bluebook 101: Books and Articles

R. 15, R.16

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Law Review vs. Memos Examples will show styles for: Law review footnotes (LR) and Court documents and legal materials (Prac)

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Typeface Conventions

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Books (R. 15, R. B8)

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Book with One Author

• LR: P ETER N ICOLAS , E VIDENCE : P ROBLEMS , C ASES & M ATERIALS (2005).

• Prac: Peter Nicolas, Evidence: Problems, Cases & Materials (2005).

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Book with One Author

• LR: L OUIS W OLCHER , B EYOND T RANSCENDENCE I N L AW A ND P HILOSOPHY (2005).

• Prac: Louis Wolcher, Beyond

Transcendence in Law and Philosophy

(2005).

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Pages within a Book

• LR: P ETER N ICOLAS , E VIDENCE : P ROBLEMS , C ASES & M ATERIALS 15, 21-30 (2005).

• Prac: Peter Nicolas, Evidence: Problems, Cases & Materials 15, 21-30 (2005).

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Book with Two Authors

• • LR: R OBERT F. U TTER & H UGH D. S PITZER , T HE W ASHINGTON S TATE C ONSTITUTION : A R EFERENCE G UIDE (2002) Memo: Robert F. Utter & Hugh D. Spitzer,

The Washington State Constitution: A

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Book with More Than Two Authors

• LR: P ENNY A. H AZELTON , ET A L .

, W ASHINGTON L EGAL R ESEARCHER’S D ESKBOOK , 3 D (2002).

• Prac: Penny A. Hazelton, et al.,

Washington Legal Researcher’s

Deskbook, 3d (2002).

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Book with More Than Two Authors, If You Want to Emphasize All

LR: J OSEPH C. D UPRIS , K ATHLEEN S. H ILL & W ILLIAM H. R ODGERS , J R .

, T HE S I'LAILO W AY : I NDIANS , S ALMON , A ND L AW O N T HE C OLUMBIA R IVER (2006) Prac: Joseph C. Dupris, Kathleen S. Hill & William H. Rodgers, Jr., The Si'lailo Way:

Indians, Salmon, and Law on the Columbia

River (2006) Gallagher Law Library, May 2011, http://lib.law.washington.edu

Shorter Works in Collection (R. 15.5)

• • LR: Robert T. Anderson, Aboriginal Title in the Canadian Legal System: The Story of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, in I NDIAN L AW S TORIES 591 (Carole Goldberg et al. eds., 2011) Prac: Robert T. Anderson, Aboriginal Title in the Canadian Legal System: The Story of Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, in Indian Law Stories 591 (Carole Goldberg et al. eds., 2011) Gallagher Law Library, May 2011, http://lib.law.washington.edu

Shorter Work in Collection

• • LR: Louis Wolcher, Removal to Federal Court, in 3 E NCYCLOPEDIA O F A MERICAN C IVIL L IBERTIES 1315-16 (Paul Finkelman ed. 2006).

Prac: Louis Wolcher, Removal to Federal Court, in 3 Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties 1315-16 (Paul Finkelman ed. 2006).

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Legal Encyclopedias (R. 15.8)

• • LR: 88 C.J.S. Trial § 192 (1955).

Prac: 88 C.J.S. Trial § 192 (1955).

• • LR: 17 A M . J UR . 2d Contracts § 74 (1964).

Prac: 17 Am. Jur. 2d Contracts § 74 (1964).

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Periodical Articles (R. 16, R. B9)

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Typical law reviews

(consecutively paginated)(R. 16.3)

LR: Helen Anderson, The Freedom to Speak and the

Freedom to Listen: the Admissibility of the Criminal

Defendant’s Taste in Entertainment, 83 O R . L. R EV . 899 (2005).

• Prac: Helen Anderson, The Freedom to Speak and the

Freedom to Listen: the Admissibility of the Criminal

Defendant’s Taste in Entertainment, 83 Or. L. Rev. 899 (2005).

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Typical law reviews

(consecutively paginated)(R. 16.3)

LR: Kathleen M. O’Neill, Against Dicta: A Legal

Method for Rescuing “Fair Use” from the

“Right of First Publication,” 89 C AL . L. R EV . 369 (2001).

• Prac: Kathleen M. O’Neill, Against Dicta: A

Legal Method for Rescuing “Fair Use” from the

“Right of First Publication,” 89 Cal. L. Rev. 369 (2001).

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Student Notes and Comments

(R. 16.6.2)

• • LR: Kevin V. Tu, Comment, Extreme Policy Makeover:

Re-Evaluating Current U.S.-Vietnam Relations Under

the International Religious Freedom Act, 14 P AC . R IM L. & P OL’Y J. 771 (2005).

Prac: Kevin V. Tu, Comment, Extreme Policy

Makeover: Re-Evaluating Current U.S.-Vietnam Relations Under the International Religious Freedom

Act, 14 Pac. Rim L. & Pol’y J. 771 (2005).

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Student Notes and Comments

(R. 16.6.2)

• • LR: Erik Van Hagen, Comment, The Not-So-Secret

Ballot: How Washington Fails to Provide a Secret Vote for Impaired Voters as Required by the

Washington State Constitution, 80 W ASH . L. R EV . 789 (2005).

Memo: Erik Van Hagen, Comment, The Not-So-Secret

Ballot: How Washington Fails to Provide a Secret Vote for Impaired Voters as Required by the

Washington State Constitution, 80 Wash. L. Rev. 789 (2005).

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Not Consecutively Paginated (R. 16.5, R. B9.1.1)

LR: Helen Anderson, Are Citations on the Way Down? The Case Against Footnotes, W ASH . S T . B. N EWS , Dec. 2001, at 28.

• Memo: Helen Anderson, Are Citations on the Way Down? The Case Against Footnotes, Wash. St. B. News, Dec. 2001, at 28.

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Not Consecutively Paginated (R. 16.5, R. B.9.1.2)

LR: Robert Anderson, Blurring the Boundaries of State Jurisdiction, W ASH . S T . B. N EWS , Nov. 2002, at 24.

• Memo: Robert Anderson, Blurring the Boundaries of State Jurisdiction, Wash. St. B. News, Nov. 2002, at 24.

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Newspapers (R. 16.6, R. B9.1.4)

• • LR: William H. Gates Sr. & Chuck Collins, Editorial, A Fair Payment for War, Wash. Post, March 25, 2003, at A9. Prac: William H. Gates Sr. & Chuck Collins, Editorial, A Fair Payment for War, Wash. Post, March 25, 2003, at A9. Gallagher Law Library, May 2011, http://lib.law.washington.edu

American Law Reports Annotations

(R. 16.7.6)

• • LR: William B. Johnson, Annotation, Use of Plea

Bargain or Grant of Immunity as Improper Vouching

for Credibility of Witness in Federal Cases, 76 A.L.R. Fed. 409 (1986).

Prac: William B. Johnson, Annotation, Use of Plea

Bargain or Grant of Immunity as Improper Vouching

for Credibility of Witness in Federal Cases, 76 A.L.R. Fed. 409 (1986).

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