Bluebook 101: Citing Books and Articles
LR: Law Review Footnote style
Memo: Court Documents and Legal Memoranda Style
Books (R. 15)
One author:
LR: PETER NICOLAS, EVIDENCE: PROBLEMS, CASES &
MATERIALS (2005).
Memo: Peter Nicolas, Evidence: Problems, Cases &
Materials (2005).
LR: LOUIS WOLCHER, BEYOND TRANSCENDENCE IN LAW
AND PHILOSOPHY (2005).
Memo: Louis Wolcher, Beyond Transcendence in Law
and Philosophy (2005).
Pages within a book:
LR: PETER NICOLAS, EVIDENCE: PROBLEMS, CASES &
MATERIALS 15, 21-30 (2005).
Memo: Peter Nicolas, Evidence: Problems, Cases &
Materials 15, 21-30 (2005).
Two authors:
LR: ROBERT F. UTTER & HUGH D. SPITZER, THE
WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION: A REFERENCE GUIDE
(2002)
Memo: Robert F. Utter & Hugh D. Spitzer, The
Washington State Constitution: A Reference Guide (2002)
Three or more authors:
LR: PENNY A. HAZELTON, ET AL., WASHINGTON LEGAL
RESEARCHER’S DESKBOOK, 3D (2002).
Memo: Penny A. Hazelton, et al., Washington Legal
Researcher’s Deskbook, 3d (2002).
Three or more authors if you want to
emphasize them all:
LR: JOSEPH C. DUPRIS, KATHLEEN S. HILL & WILLIAM H.
RODGERS, JR., THE SI'LAILO WAY: INDIANS, SALMON, AND
LAW ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER (2006)
Memo: Joseph C. Dupris, Kathleen S. Hill & William H.
Rodgers, Jr., The Si'lailo Way: Indians, Salmon, and Law
on the Columbia River (2006)
Shorter Works in Collection (R. 15.5)
LR: Paul Steven Miller, Analyzing Genetic Discrimination
in the Workplace, in RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES IN THE
BIOTECH AGE: WHY WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS
(Sheldon Krimsky & Peter Shorett eds., 2005).
Memo: Paul Steven Miller, Analyzing Genetic
Discrimination in the Workplace, in Rights and Liberties in
the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights
(Sheldon Krimsky & Peter Shorett eds., 2005).
LR: Louis Wolcher, Removal to Federal Court, in 3
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES 1315-16
(Paul Finkelman ed. 2006).
Memo: Louis Wolcher, Removal to Federal Court, in 3
Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties 1315-16 (Paul
Finkelman ed. 2006).
Legal Encyclopedias (R. 15.8)
LR: 88 C.J.S. Trial § 192 (1955).
LR: 17 AM. JUR. 2D Contracts § 74 (1964).
Periodical Articles (R. 16)
Typical law reviews (consecutively
paginated)(R. 16.3):
LR: Helen Anderson, The Freedom to Speak and the
Freedom to Listen: the Admissibility of the Criminal
Defendant’s Taste in Entertainment, 83 OR. L. REV. 899
(2005).
Memo: Helen Anderson, The Freedom to Speak and the
Freedom to Listen: the Admissibility of the Criminal
Defendant’s Taste in Entertainment, 83 Or. L. Rev. 899
(2005).
LR: Kathleen M. O’Neill, Against Dicta: A Legal Method
for Rescuing “Fair Use” from the “Right of First
Publication,” 89 CAL. L. REV. 369 (2001).
Memo: Kathleen M. O’Neill, Against Dicta: A Legal
Method for Rescuing “Fair Use” from the “Right of First
Publication,” 89 Cal. L. Rev. 369 (2001).
Student Notes and Comments (R. 16.6.2)
LR: Kevin V. Tu, Comment, Extreme Policy Makeover:
Re-Evaluating Current U.S.-Vietnam Relations Under the
International Religious Freedom Act, 14 PAC. RIM L. &
POL’Y J. 771 (2005).
Memo: Kevin V. Tu, Comment, Extreme Policy
Makeover: Re-Evaluating Current U.S.-Vietnam Relations
Under the International Religious Freedom Act, 14 Pac.
Rim L. & Pol’y J. 771 (2005).
LR: Erik Van Hagen, Comment, The Not-So-Secret Ballot:
How Washington Fails to Provide a Secret Vote for
Impaired Voters as Required by the Washington State
Constitution, 80 WASH. L. REV. 789 (2005).
Memo: Erik Van Hagen, Comment, The Not-So-Secret
Ballot: How Washington Fails to Provide a Secret Vote for
Impaired Voters as Required by the Washington State
Constitution, 80 Wash. L. Rev. 789 (2005).
Not consecutively paginated (R. 16.4):
LR: Helen Anderson, Are Citations on the Way Down?
The Case Against Footnotes, WASH. ST. B. NEWS, Dec.
2001, at 28.
Memo: Helen Anderson, Are Citations on the Way
Down? The Case Against Footnotes, Wash. St. B. News,
Dec. 2001, at 28.
LR: Robert Anderson, Blurring the Boundaries of State
Jurisdiction, WASH. ST. B. NEWS, Nov. 2002, at 24.
Memo: Robert Anderson, Blurring the Boundaries of
State Jurisdiction, Wash. St. B. News, Nov. 2002, at 24.
Newspapers (R. 16.5)
LR: Meade Emory, Stealth Amendment Shouldn’t Mean
Death to the Estate Tax, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER,
June 27, 2006, at B7.
Memo: Meade Emory, Stealth Amendment Shouldn’t
Mean Death to the Estate Tax, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
June 27, 2006, at B7.
American Law Reports Annotations (R.
16.6.6)
LR: William B. Johnson, Annotation, Use of Plea Bargain
or Grant of Immunity as Improper Vouching for Credibility
of Witness in Federal Cases, 76 A.L.R. FED. 409 (1986).
Memo: William B. Johnson, Annotation, Use of Plea
Bargain or Grant of Immunity as Improper Vouching for
Credibility of Witness in Federal Cases, 76 A.L.R. Fed. 409
(1986).