The Bluebook
The Bluebook contains three major parts:
- Bluepages
How-to guide for basic legal citation - Rules (white pages)
- Rules 1-9
General standards - Rules 10-21
Specific authorities, e.g. cases
- Rules 1-9
- Tables (blue stripe)
Authorities, abbreviations, etc.
This guide contains select examples of Bluebook formatting. Other examples can be found in the official Bluebook® Quick Start Guide.
| Rule / Table | Pages | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B2 | 6-7 | Typeface conventions for court documents and legal memoranda |
| R1.2-1.4 | 62-65 | Introductory signals, order of signals, and order of authorities within signals |
| R4 | 79-82 | Short citation forms (i.e., citing materials previously cited) |
| R5 | 83-86 | Formatting quotations |
| R10 | 95-116 | Citing cases |
| R11 | 119-120 | Citing constitutions |
| R12 | 120-134 | Citing statutes |
| R14 | 142-146 | Citing regulations and administrative materials |
| R18 | 174-186 | Citing electronic sources and Internet sources |
| T1 | 227-298 | Preferred U.S. federal and state sources and abbreviations |
| T6 | 304-307 | Abbreviations for case names |