Understanding and mastering the Bluebook
Subtitle: student workbook 3
By: Linda J. Barris
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781611635898
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Citation of legal authorities; Problems, exercises; Annotations and citations (Law)
Other titles: Student workbook 3
Description: This carefully designed workbook helps students master legal citation through a series of exercises coordinated with Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook. Starting at beginner level, the workbook introduces students to basic citation forms, then builds on this foundation through a step-by-step series of targeted exercises that both reinforce the basics and introduce new rules. Each exercise presents a caption from an authority and all the necessary information to prepare a full or short form citation. The workbook concentrates on the citations used most in the classroom and in practice. Workbook exercises are grouped to correspond with chapters in Understanding and Mastering The Bluebook, with one or more sets of exercises of ten questions each. The more complex citation forms, such as cases and statutes, are divided into multiple ten-question sets, each targeting a specific subset of rules. A review exercise is provided for cases and statutes which can be used as additional practice or as a quiz. The workbook is planned to give students the practice they need to master citation, while easing the burden on teachers to create exercises and provide detailed feedback. Space is provided in the workbook for students to write the citations, with the pages perforated for easy tear out. A Teacher's Manual provides background and introductory material, teaching tips, and most important, detailed answers and explanations for all workbook exercises.
Notes: "This book is neither published nor affiliated with the publishers of The Bluebook: a uniform system of citation."--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Case citations : basic forms for state courts --; title: Case citations : basic forms for federal courts --; title: Case citations : multiple parties and multiple reporters --; title: Case citations : businesses as parties --; title: Case citations : special rules for party names --; title: Case citations : geographical terms --; title: Case citations : pinpoints --; title: Case citations : unpublished opinions --; title: Case citations : parallel citations, and public domain citations --; title: Case citations : weight of authority and quoting/citing parentheticals --; title: Case citations : subsequent history and explanatory phrases --; title: Case citation review --; title: Statutory citations : basic forms --; title: Statutory citations : subsections and embedded citations --; title: Statutory citations : subject matter codes and code supplements --; title: Statutory citations : electronic database sources and named statutes --; title: Statutory citation review --; title: Constitutions --; title: Regulations --; title: Procedural and court rules --; title: Secondary sources : treatises and books --; title: Secondary sources : periodicals (law reviews and journals) --; title: Secondary sources : restatements and A.L.R. annotations --; title: Secondary sources : dictionaries and encyclopedias --; title: Litgation documents and appellate records --; title: String citations --; title: Signals --; title: Explanatory parentheticals --; title: Quotations --; title: Capitalization and numbers.