Spell out months in the body of your paper and abbreviate as follows in your works cited list. See appendix d for a list of abbreviations, initialisms, and acronyms common to mla publications. Statute citations points of difference in citation practice. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebooks unique system of citation in their writing. A writer using mla style to document a legal work for a specialized readership that is likely to be familiar with the conventions of legal documentation may wish to adopt a hybrid method. The most common citation methods in the us legal field are the bluebook and the association of legal writing directors alwd legal citation styles. The modern language association publishes a handbook that students and others use to write papers and cite sources. In addition, abbreviate any state or smaller geographic unit included in a. The proper bluebook citation for articles appearing in consecutively paginated journals is volume number, abbreviation of the periodical name, first page of the article, and specific pages cited, if any volume. In citations, abbreviate the names of months as follows. To create a bibliographic citation of a report accessed in cq researcher, select citenow. Cq researcher publication date day month abbreviation.
Abbreviations of geographical terms, periodicals, publishing terms etc. Include the month, date, and year of the regulation not the edition year of the federal register in the reference list entry. A more streamlined version of the bluebooks legalcitation method, the. Abbreviate the listed words wherever they appear in a partys name that is part of a citation. Because bluebook citation style relies heavily on footnotes and doesnt include the reference list and namedate citations that are the hallmarks of apa style, when you use a legal reference format from the bluebook, consult appendix 7. For instance, the name tina wu would appear as wu, t. These are some of the mostused mla abbreviations from the mla style manual, 3rd ed. Set out below is a table of words and their abbreviations with links to examples. Letters and other personal communication citing medicine. Citing cases bluebook guide guides at georgetown law.
Full name of the authors book title underlined or italicized pinpoint page number if needed publication information if applicable year of publication example. She covers the general rules for citing state cases with an official citator, without official citators, and. If a journal does not otherwise indicate the volume number but does continuous pagination across issues, use the year as the volume number. Acknowledge such permission in an acknowledgments or a notes section. Below is a list of state supreme court and court of appeals abbreviations. Documenting legal works in mla style the mla style center. Month names longer than four letters used in journal and magazine citations should be. How to cite a legal brief in mla format pen and the pad. This handbooks is primarily used in the humanities and liberal arts disciplines. Web page citation help for mla, 8th edition csslibraryguides. It is a composite of those contained in the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation.
Books title is italicized, and the name of translator or editor is mentioned in the normal order, i. Mla abbreviations and acronyms including months bibliography. Use the civilian date format of monthdayyear unless the source material follows the military date format. Paralegal career for dummies, 2nd edition for dummies careereducation. A more streamlined version of the bluebooks legalcitation method, the alwd. Bluebook citation for llm students bluebook citation for. A guide for students and practitioners legal citation, third edition. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon. However, the basic format of a case citation is as follows. Here is a small list of commonly used abbreviations in research. While the hebrew bible and the protestant old testament include the same parts in slightly different arrangements, roman catholic versions of the old testament also include works listed here as apocrypha.
A uniform system of citation and the association of legal writing directors alwd citation manual supreme court ky. The bluebook a uniform system of citation, 19th ed. Mla 2009 formatting and style guide napa valley college. Chapter 12 citation of kentucky legal materials kurt x. Mla citation style uses a simple twopart parenthetical documentation system for citing sources. Unless the letter resides in a library or other public archive, the author of a publication citing a letter must provide written permission from the cited person if living to the publisher or from the cited organization if it is carried in a document such as in internal memorandum that is not accessible to scholars. M l a citation style the modern language association mla establishes values for acknowledging sources used in a research paper. The bluebook also has citation rules for legal memoranda and other practiceoriented materials the blue pages, which students in lrwa2. A brief introduction to understanding simple legal citations. To have your reference list or bibliography automatically made for you, try our free citation generator. Blue pages this guide covers the bluebooks white pages, which provide citation rules for academic papers. For those of who havent take a lit class in a while, mla is modern language style and months are abbreviated like this january jan. For help with other source types, like books, pdfs, or websites, check out our other guides.
Northern mariana islands supreme court decisions published after june 12, 1996 should be cited using the public domain format. Abbreviations mla citation page research guides at rutgers. Abbreviations to federal courts legal abbreviations. Ppt bluebook citation powerpoint presentation free to.
In textual sentenceswhether in the main text or in a footnoteuse the military date format of daymonthyear and do not abbreviate the month. In legal writing, you would likely use the bluebook citation system. The mla handbook provides some information on citing legal sources in section 5. The abbreviations for the court and state are not included in the parenthetical due to rule 10. In documents submitted to kentucky courts, cite to ky. Citing a legal brief in mla format requires specific rules that are not applicable to other sources. Bluebook rule 10 covers how cases should be cited in legal documents. However, if its a commonly known acronym, like fbi, cia or irs, you do not need to spell it out first. Nonspecialists can use mla style to cite legal sources in one of two ways. Bluebook citation 1 bluebook citation 2 what is the bluebook.
As noted above, the court is omitted if it is the highest court in the state. Mutual legal assistance intergovernmental investigation. Rule 15 in the bluebook explains how to properly cite a book. Modern language association as reflected in the journal published by the organizationpmla publications of the modern language association and kindred journals. Legal, public and unpublished materials bluebook citation for legal. When writing a paper that references a court decision or legal complaint, the modern language association mla offers a special style of citation. State courts bluebook guide guides at georgetown law. The following abbreviations and spelled forms are commonly used for parts of the bible bib. The mla handbook recommends following the bluebook uniform system of citation for legal materials. If you prefer to search by state supreme court or court of appeals exclusively, click on the links in the left hand navigation bar for. For more indepth information on citing legal materials, see the bluebook. Citations in the text of a paper point to the alphabetical works cited list that appears at the end of the paper. Following the mla handbook, italicize the names of court cases 70. If youre writing a paper using modern language association mla style, the elements youll need to include in your citation are somewhat different.
Kornblum brings you another video on how to do citation format. The precise format of a case citation depends on a number of factors, including the jurisdiction, court, and type of case. Mla book citation everything about online and in print. Legal style is a highly complex shorthand code with specialized. Tables given at the end of the bluebook should be referred to for abbreviated forms. This format is the basis for other citation formats, including the american psychological association apa and chicago styles. In any case, for mla online book citation, you start with the last name of the author and then write the first name. As research projects become more specialized and advanced, so do the resources that students have to reference. This page includes sources that will help you prepare a list of works cited in mla format. The style is documented in the mla handbook for writers of research papers 6th ed. Include all information necessary for someone else to find the same resource. Some abbreviations of trade names, organizations, or innovations function as initialisms or acronyms e.