Ebook: ALWD Guide to Legal Citation (Aspen Coursebook Series)

New to the Seventh Edition:

• Expanded and updated coverage of how to cite to the multitude of e-sources that practitioners and students use when conducting legal research in the real world today, including new and revised component diagrams and examples
• New appendix helps law review staff writers cross-reference the Guide’s citation rules with traditional legal citation standards
• Updated and revised Guide rules that are consistent with traditional legal citation standards
• Appendix 5 free online access to expanded list of periodical titles that can be updated frequently
• Appendix 2 free online access to coverage of local legal citation rules that can be updated frequently

Professors and student will benefit from:

• Coverage of online media, such as e-books, listservs, forums, blogs, and social media
• Tips and directions for finding local rules
• Citing to case reporters, statutes, legislation, and regulations found on e-sources
• “Academic Formatting” icons note differences in citation style between academic legal writing and professional legal writing
• Fast Formats preview and refresh understanding of essential citation components
• Screenshots from electronic sources and snapshots of actual pages
• Sidebars explain the “why” of legal citations and how to avoid common errors
• Sample citation diagrams that illustrate the essential components of citation construction
• Cross-references within each rule connects content in other rules or in the Appendices
• Over 140 subsections with information not found in a traditional legal citation manual
• Detailed Appendices with abbreviations for use in citations and with information not found in other sources such as:
  • Peer reviewed local court citation conventions, websites, and other resources
  • Additional periodicals with full title abbreviations so writers do not have to memorize spacing rules to assemble abbreviations themselves
  • Comprehensive rules for citing federal taxation materials