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Bluebook

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation is a style guide that prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States. It is taught and used at a majority of law schools in the United States and is also used in a majority of federal courts. Legal publishers also use several "house" citation styles in their works.

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Publisher
Harvard Law Review Columbia Law Review University of Pennsylvania Law Review Yale Law Journal
Published
1926–present
Subject
Legal citations

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Bluebook

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Edges42
Triples117
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
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Bluebook

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related to history · 31
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related to Financial controversy · 19
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related to BabyBlue copyright controversy · 15
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related to Criticism of Bluebook's prolixity · 14
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related to State · 11
Bluebook → As, Attorney General Opinions, California, California Style Manual, California Supreme Court, In, Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court, Texas, The, The Bluebook
related to External links · 9
Bluebook → An Open, Citation, Compatible Implementation, Law Students, MartinA Bluebook Guide, Peter, Scott Akehurst-Moore, The Indigo Book, Uniform System
related to Federal · 5
Bluebook → Other, The, The Bluebook, The Solicitor General, This
related to Elements · 4
Bluebook → QuotationsAbbreviations, Structure, The, The Bluebook
ISBN · 1
Bluebook → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…
Published · 1
Bluebook → 1926–present

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law citation legal harvard yale use style edition states court used rules review system state guide also reviews first uniform

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BluebookISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
BluebookPublished1926–present1.00infobox
BluebookPublisherHarvard Law Review Columbia Law Review University of Pennsylvania Law Review Yale Law Journal1.00infobox
BluebookSubjectLegal citations1.00infobox
BluebookWebsitelegalbluebook.com1.00infobox
Texas have supplementsinstance ofStates0.80text
such as The Greenbookinstance ofStates0.80text
that merely address citation issues unique to Texasinstance ofStates0.80text
otherwise follow The Bluebookinstance ofStates0.80text
Bluebookrelated to BabyBlue copyright controversyAnother0.60section
Bluebookrelated to BabyBlue copyright controversyThe Bluebook0.60section
Bluebookrelated to BabyBlue copyright controversyOpen-source0.60section

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