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Legal Citation at a Crossroads
Author(s) -
Bast Carol,
Harrell Susan W.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of legal studies education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1744-1722
pISSN - 0896-5811
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1722.2004.tb00320.x
Subject(s) - citation , criminal justice , bast fibre , economic justice , law , political science , library science , sociology , history , computer science , botany , biology
Legal citation, seemingly unchanged for years, has approached a crossroads. The year 2003 marked the publication of the second edition of the ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (hereinafter the ALWD Manual or the Manual). This new citation manual may soon be preferred over The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (hereinafter the Bluebook) as the primary reference in legal writing classes at law schools. Another recent change is the move of several jurisdictions to vendorand medium-neutral citation, facilitating citation to sources published in electronic form. In 1999 the American Association of Law Libraries published its Universal Citation Guide to encourage this trend. In many law schools, students are now learning how to cite according to the ALWD Manual rather than the Bluebook. As these students emerge from law schools and into the field, practitioners will become aware that there is an alternative to the Bluebook. There will be additional pressure for