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 --

Tables

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

Alabama (AL)

Alaska (AK)

Arizona (AZ)

Arkansas (AR)

California (CA)

Colorado (CO)

Connecticut (CT)

Delaware (DE)

District of Columbia (DC)

Florida (FL)

Georgia (GA)

Hawaii (HI)

Idaho (ID)

Illinois (IL)

Indiana (IN)

Iowa (IA)

Kansas (KS)

Kentucky (KY)

Louisiana (LA)

Maine (ME)

Maryland (MD)

Massachusetts (MA)

Michigan (MI)

Minnesota (MN)

Mississippi (MS)

Missouri (MO)

Montana (MT)

Nebraska (NE)

Nevada (NV)

New Hampshire (NH)

New Jersey (NJ)

New Mexico (NM)

New York (NY)

North Caronlin (NC)

North Dakota (ND)

Ohio (OH)

Oklahoma (OK)

Oregon (OR)

Pennsylvania (PA)

Rhode Island (RI)

South Carolina (SC)

South Dakota (SD)

Tennessee (TN)

Texas (TX)

Utah (UT)

Vermont (VT)

Virginia (VA)

Washington (WA)

West Virginia (WV)

Wisconsin (WI)

Wyoming (WY)

T1-4: Other United States jurisdictions

American Samoa

Canal Zone (CZ)

Guam (GU)

Navajo nation

Northern Mariana Islands

Oklahoma Native Americans

Puerto Rico (PR)

Virgin Islands (VI)

Table T2: Foreign Jurisdictions

T2-1: Argentine Republic - T2-2: Australia

T2-2-1: Australian states and territories

T2-3: Austria, Republic of

T2-3-1: Austrian lander

T2-4: Belgium, kingdom, of

T2-5: Brazil, Federative Republic of

T2-6: Canada

T2-7: Catholic church

T2-8: Chile, Republic of

T2-9: China, People's Republic of

T2-10: Colombia, Republic of

T2-11: Czech Republic

T2-12: Egypt, Arab Republic of

T2-13: France, Republic of

T2-14: Germany, Federal Republic of

T2-14-1: German lander

T2-15: Greece

T2-16: Hong Kong

T2-17: Hungary, Republic of

T2-18: India

T2-19: Iran, Islamic Republic of

T2-20: Iraq, Republic of

T2-21: Ireland (Eire), Republic of

T2-22: Israel

T2-23: Italy, Republic of

T2-24: Japan

T2-25: Kenya

T2-26: Lebanon, Republic of

T2-27: Mexico

T2-28: Netherlands, Kingdom of the

T2-29: New Zealand

T2-30: Nicaragua

T2-31: Nigeria

T2-32: Pakistan, Islamic Republic of

T2-33: Philippines

T2-34: Roman law

T2-35: Russian federation

T2-36: South Africa

T2-37: South Korea

T2-38: Spain

T2-39: Sweden

T2-40: Switzerland

T2-40-1: Swiss Cantons

T2-41: Taiwan, Republic of China

T2-42: United Kingdom

T2-42-1: England and Wales

T2-42-2: Northern Ireland (and Ireland until 1924)

T2-42-3: Scotland

T2-43: Zambia, Republic of

Table T3: Intergovernmental Organizations

T3-1: United Nations

T3-2: League of nations

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

Table T4: Treaty Sources

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 T7: Court names

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 T12: Months

Table T13: Periodicals

Table T14: Publishing Terms

Table T15: Services

Table T16: Subdivisions

Index

Index.