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Presents a unified citation system for referencing legal documents in everyday and scholarly legal writing, for lawyers, judges, teachers, and students. Guidelines are arranged in sections on citation basics, citing specific print sources, electronic sources, incorporating citations into documents,

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• Part 1 Covers general terms and procedures, including information on local citation formats and on how word processors can affect citations
• Part 2 Citation Basics, addresses those key concepts used when citing most types of legal sources. The author encourages students should read Part Two before attempting to cite any particular source
• Part 3 Provides citation formats for print versions of various primary and secondary sources. These rules are used to determine how to cite a specific source, such as a case or legal periodical
• Part 4 Describes the citation of electronic materials, including sources available on LEXIS, Westlaw, and the Internet. This part also contains information about the relatively new concept of neutral citation formats
• Part 5 Incorporating Citations into Documents, explains how to insert citations into various kinds of documents such as memos, or law-review articles. It also addresses other important concepts used when writing documents that contains legal citations, such as when and how to use introductory signals and how to use parenthetical explanations
• Part 6 Discusses how to quote material and how to properly reflect alterations to and omissions from quoted material
• Part 7 Consists of various appendices, including one on court-specific formats and another that lists commonly used abbreviations. In addition, a full-text sample of a legal memorandum demonstrates how to insert citations