Legal citation in a nutshell / Larry L. Teply, Senator Allen A. Sekt Professor of Law, Creighton University.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Legal writing citation in a nutshell
Main Author: Teply, Larry L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2016]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Nutshell series.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xlv, 460 pages ; 19 cm.
Variant Title:
Legal citation. [Spine title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The basics of legal citation
  • Citing cases in Bluebook or ALWD form
  • Citing legislative, administrative, and related sources in Bluebook or ALWD form
  • Citing secondary and Internet sources in Bluebook or ALWD form
  • Appendix 1. Case name abbreviations
  • Appendix 2. Geographic designations
  • Appendix 3. Months/Calendar designations
  • Appendix 4. Document subdivisions
  • Appendix 5. Publishing terms
  • Appendix 6. Abbreviations of state, federal, and U.S. territorial court reports
  • Appendix 7. Nominative reports
  • Appendix 8. Status of official state court reporters, public domain citations, and availability of parallel West citations
  • Appendix 9. Parenthetical court abbreviations, court websites, and preferred reporters
  • Appendix 10. Federal and state statutory compilations, session laws, and legislative websites
  • Appendix 11. Periodical abbreviations
  • Appendix 12. Abbreviations for looseleaf services and reporters
  • Appendix 13. Abbreviations of titles of judges and other officials
  • Appendix 14. Abbreviations of legislative documents and terms
  • Appendix 15. Abbreviations of court (litigation) documents.