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Bluebook & Legal Citations: For Washington Undergraduate Law Review

Bluebook & Legal Citations: For Washington Undergraduate Law Review. Ann Hemmens University of Washington Gallagher Law Library October 24, 2007. Primary & Secondary Authority. Primary Statement of "the law" from bodies with law-making authority Secondary

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Bluebook & Legal Citations: For Washington Undergraduate Law Review

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  1. Bluebook & Legal Citations:For Washington Undergraduate Law Review Ann Hemmens University of Washington Gallagher Law Library October 24, 2007

  2. Primary & Secondary Authority • Primary • Statement of "the law" from bodies with law-making authority • Secondary • Explain, interpret, and help you locate the primary law • Includes: Treatises, Hornbooks, law review articles, legal encyclopedias, Restatements, Nutshells etc.

  3. Organization of Federal & State Governments

  4. How do Sources of Law Interact? • Court interprets a statute • An earlier court decision is overruled by same court • Statute held unconstitutional by a court • Legislature writes statute in response to a case • Agency proposes new rule in response to statute.

  5. Court Structure – Federal & State

  6. Legal Citation • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation(KF245 .U5 2005 18th ed. in Reference Area) • Cases • Pate v. Threlkel, 661 So.2d 278 (Fla. 1995) • Party 1 v. Party 2, [volume number] [reporter name] [page number] ([jurisdiction sometimes] [year]).

  7. Statutes • Organized chronologically • Called: Session laws • U.S. Statutes at Large (Stat.) • Laws of Washington • Organized by subject • Called: A Code • U.S. Code (USC) • Revised Code of Washington (RCW)

  8. Legal Citation Formats • Public Law • Pub.L. No. 107-56 • Statutes at Large • 115 Stat. 276 • Codes • 42 U.S.C. § § 9601-9675 (2004) Title – United States Code – Sections – (year) • RCW 46.20.308 (2006) Revised Code of Washington Title – Chapter – Section

  9. Image of Public Law • Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191.

  10. Constitutions • The fundamental law of a nation or state, establishing the organization of government and prescribing the extent of its’ sovereign power. • Citation Format • U.S. CONST. art. I, § 9. • W.A. CONST. art. IV, § 4.

  11. Administrative Law • Rules, regulations, and decisions created by administrative agencies (federal and state). • Agency is authorized by Statute • Power to issue regulations & adjudicate disputes delegated to executive agencies by Congress via an enabling statute.

  12. Regulations • Federal Register • Published daily • Includes: proposed regs & new regs • Presidential documents • Executive Orders & Proclamations • Code of Federal Regulations • Current rules & regulations in force • Published annually

  13. Citation Format: Regulations • 65 Fed. Reg. 3415 (Jan. 21, 2000) Volume – Federal Register – Page (date) • 7 CFR § 319.76 (2003) Title–Code of Federal Regulations–Section (year)

  14. Sample Regulation • 42 CFR Part 121

  15. Secondary Sources • Law Review Articles • Full-Text on LexisNexis Academic • Full-Text on Hein Online (“citation navigator”) • Index to find articles, LegalTrac • American Law Reports(ALR) KF 132 in Reference Area. Index at end of set. • Books • Law Library Catalog vs. UW Libraries Catalog • SUMMIT (both of above plus more!)

  16. Update Your Research Using Citators • Shepard’s (available on LexisNexis Academic)(http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/Law/) • KeyCite (available on Westlaw when visit Gallagher Law Library)

  17. Legal Citation • The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (KF245 .U5 2005 18th ed. in Reference Area) • Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2006 ed.), by Peter W. Martin (http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/) • Bluebook entry in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebook) • User’s Guide to the Bluebook, by Alan Dworsky (KF245 .D853 2006 Ref Area) • Cite Right, by Charles Lipson (PN171.F56 L5 2006 Ref Area) • Doing Honest Work in College, by Charles Lipson (PN171 .F56 L56 2004 Ref Area) • Citing & Typing the Law, by C.Edward Good (KF245 .G66 1997 Ref Area). • Legal Writing and Research: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/HelpStudents/Research-and-Writing-Aids.cfm

  18. Sample Citations – yeah! • Bluebook 101, from Gallagher Law Library, http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/bluebook101.html • See if someone else cited the document in a previously published law review article in(1) Columbia Law Review, (3) Harvard Law Review, (2) Univ. of Penn. Law Review, or (4) Yale Law Journal (the EDITORS of the Bluebook!!!)

  19. Conclusion • Need Help? • Call the Reference Office 543-6794 • Email the Reference Office, lawrefst@u.washington.edu

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