Bluebook Introduction: Advanced Bluebooking

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Columbia Law Review
Harvard Law Review
Pennsylvania Law Review
Yale Law Journal

STEAL THEIR CITATIONS (by searching HeinOnline Law Journal Library)

If no citation from any of these 4, look for a recent citation from another general law review

Example: "How to cite the current tax form 1040?"

• PAGE NUMBER for most things:
  • Nonperiodicals & PDFs
    • Content is never removed (no “at”) (R 3.2(a))
  • Primary law
    • Published chronologically (Fed. Reg., Statutes at Large)
  • Printed & PDF
    • Periodicals like newspapers and journals
  • Case reporters
• SECTION for stuff that is organized by § or ¶ (R 3.3)
  • Primary Law
    • Published by subject (stat. & reg. codes, constitutions)
  • Some Books
    • That are organized by section (treatises and deskbooks)
• BOTH?
  • Where helpful, some books (R 3.3)
• NOTHING
  • Webpages, which have dynamic content (R 18.2.2(g))

R 12.2.1 (If possible, cite statutes currently in force to the current official code)

2 TYPES of published codes:

1. Entire set republished all at once w/ intervening supplements
2. New volumes published as necessary w/ annual supplements

FINDING THE RIGHT YEAR:

• Step 1: Use T1 to find the title of the state’s official code
• Step 2: Who publishes this code? Lexis or West?—T1 will tell you. If no publisher listed, it’s state published 
• Step 3: Google the title and publisher
• Step 4: Find the title on the publisher’s website (e.g., California)

If it's not perfect, at least ensure that readers can find what you're citing to

⇒ Step 1: What is it? Can you locate other things like it?

• Primary source (the law)?
  • Statute, case, regulation, constitution, legislative document?
• Secondary source (about the law)?
  • Periodical , letter, presentation, book, report, blog post, website?

⇒ Step 2: What substantive rule applies?

• Use the Bluebook's index

⇒ Step 3: Where's the "official" version of this thing published? 

• Use Tables to find official versions

⇒ Step 4: Still unsure?

• Ask for help by emailing a librarian
• Borrow someone else's citation: Find how someone else has cited it