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PAL 3023: Legal Research and Writing (Hilliard)
A research guide for PAL 3023: Legal Research and Writing.
Owl at Purdue Bluebook Citations
Bluebook, Greenbook & APA
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The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation by Call Number: KF245 .B58 2015 (JPL Info Desk & DT Stacks)Publication Date: 2015 (20th edition)For more than eighty years, The Bluebook has provided authoritative guidance to legal citation for American students, professionals, and scholars. -
Texas Rules of Form (The Greenbook)Call Number: KFT1275 .T4 2010 (JPL Info Desk, JPL & DT Reserves)Publication Date: 2015 (13th edition)A citation style guide that complements The Bluebook by setting forth the decisive citation form for Texas legal authorities.
see Development and Evolution of the Greenbook for a history.
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Legal Citations to Legislation (Texas)
Basic examples from the Legislative Reference Library of Texas.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological AssociationCall Number: BF76.7 .P83 2010 (JPL & DT)Publication Date: 2009 (6th edition)Appendix 7.1: References to Legal Materials (pages 216-224) (in 6th edition) based on the Bluebook. The major difference between the two, according to the APA Style Guide, is Bluebook lists references as footnotes but APA uses a reference list instead. Books and periodicals (other than law reviews) are cited in regular APA style. For specific Texas examples, see The Greenbook.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association : the official guide to APA style.Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2020 (7th edition) -
U.S. Government Printing Office Style ManualPublication Date: 2017An official guide to the form and style of Federal Government printing
is a standardization device designed to achieve uniform word and type treatment, and aiming for economy of word use. The Style Manual has served Federal printers since 1894, and with each new edition, the traditions of printing and graphic arts are carried forward into new technologies.
