

A selection of major foreign language law publications is also included. Offers alternate legal citations when available. Cardiff's Index to Legal Abbreviations - Searches of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.XXKF246.P73 2001D'Angelo Law Reference - includes a complete reprint of the Bluebook, 16th ed. Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Citation, 6th ed.XXKF246.B460 1993 Law Reference - dictionary of Anglo-American legal abbreviations Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations, 4th ed.XXKF246.B46 1988 D'Angelo Law Reference - dictionary of US and foreign legal abbreviations. Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations, 3d ed.XXKF245.A45 2010 D'Angelo Law, Reference ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation - Published by the ALWS Association of Legal Writing Directors.This style guide, used by the Law Review and Legal Forum, incorporates the Maroon Book and highlights imporant rules from the Chicago Manual of Style. The University of Chicago Law Review Style Sheet.XXKF245.U55 2010 Law Reference, Law Reserve. The University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation (Maroon Book).You will follow Rule 18.3 for those.įor example, exact pdf copies of law review articles you find on the web can be cited as if citing to the print. Material from a commercial database such as Westlaw does not preserve the original pagination and therefore cannot be cited as if it were the print hard copy. An official document that is published only online can still be cited as if it were were print material if no authenticated version exists.ģ) Exact Copies (R.18.2.1(a)(iii)): If the material posted online is an exact copy of the print version, such as a pdf with page numbers, you can cite to it as if it were the hard copy print source. Code is also on Govinfo.Ģ) Official Versions (R.18.2.1(a)(iii)): Some states provide an online version of a document as the "official" document. Here is an example of what the GPO seal of authenticity looks like:įor more information on authenticated documents, click here.Įxample: 8 C.F.R. §207.3 (2016).

If the website or internet document you are viewing has such a certificate or logo, you can cite it as if it were a hard copy. If the source falls under one of these three categories, cite to the internet source the same way you would cite to the print source:ġ) Authenticated Documents (R.18.2.1(a)(i)): Electronic documents that have a certificate or logo indicating that a government entity has verified that the electronic document is complete and unaltered, as well as comparable to the print version. Bluebook requires citing to print, unless print is impossible to find, or unless there is a digital source that falls under one of these three categories.
