Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; OUTLINE; Table of Case Citation Examples; Table of Legislative-Related Sources Citation Examples; Table of Secondary Source Citation Examples; Chapter 1. The Basics of Legal Citation; A. Introduction; 1. Development of Citation Conventions; 2. Citation Systems, Manuals, Style Sheets, and Guides; B. Case Citation Conventions; 1. Names of Cases; 2. Procedural Phrases; 3. Citation of Published Reports; 4. Jump, Pinpoint, or Pincite References; 5. Parallel Citations; 6. Designation of Reporter Series

7. The Date of Decision and the Name of the Court8. Citation Sentences and Clauses; 9. Citation Signals; a. See; b. See also; c. See, e.g.; d. See generally; e. But see; f. Contra; g. Cf.; h. But cf.; i. Compareâ#x80;¦ with; j. Accord; 10. Adding Parenthetical Information to Citations; 11. Adaptation of Traditional Citation Conventions to New Developments: Electronic Databases and Public Domain Citations; a. Citing Cases in Electronic Databases; b. Public Domain Citations; C. Conventions for Citing Statues and Related Sources; 1. Federal Statutes

A. Citing Federal Statutes in the Statutes at Largeb. Codification of Federal Statutes; c. Citing Statutes in the United States Code; d. Citing Statutes in Annotated Versions of the United States Code; 2. State Statutes; a. Citing State Statutory Provisions; b. Citing State Statutory Subject-Matter Codes; 3. Uniform State Laws; 4. Municipal Ordinances and Charters; D. Citation Conventions for Other Primary Authority; 1. Federal and State Constitutions; 2. Administrative Regulations; 3. Rules of Procedure and Evidence

4. Treaties and Other International Agreements Entered into by the United StatesE. Citation Conventions for Secondary Authority; 1. Texts and Treatises; 2. Legal Periodicals; 3. Legal Encyclopedias; 4. Restatements of the Law; 5. A.L.R. Annotations; F. The Process of Legal Citation; 1. Identify the Basic Information Needed to Construct the Citation; 2. Apply the Detailed Requirements of a System of Citation or Otherwise Appropriately Refine the Citation; 3. Properly Incorporate the Citations into the Document; a. Consistency; b. Hierarchy of Authority; c. Freshness of Authority

D. String Citationse. Order of Signals; f. General Rules Regarding Use of Signals; g. Citation Order Within a Signal; h. Citing Multiple Pages, Passim, and Et Seq.; i. Multiple Sections or Paragraphs; j. Citing Footnotes; k. Using Short Forms; l. Typeface Adjustments; m. Capitalization of Titles; 4. Double-Check to Make Sure that Cited Authorities Have Not Been Overruled, Amended, or Superseded and that Subsequent History Has Been Indicated; 5. Proofread the Document Making Sure that the Citations Are Correct and Internally Consistent; Chapter 2. Citing Cases in Bluebook or ALWD Form