UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF - UDC Law Review
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article that appeared in the periodical “Texas Journal on Civil Liberties<br />
and Civil Rights.” You are not sure how the words in the periodical title<br />
should be abbreviated in a footnote citation. Which table should you refer<br />
to<br />
10. You are also unsure which typeface should be used for the name of the<br />
periodical in a footnote citation. What rule should you refer to<br />
11. Rewrite the periodical name in the correct typeface and with the correct<br />
abbreviations for a footnote citation.<br />
12. You are a law review associate editor who is reviewing an article that<br />
includes a quotation from the Bible. You are not sure how to cite to the<br />
Bible, and you do not which rule contains this information. Where in The<br />
Bluebook should you begin your search<br />
13. You are preparing a student note for submission to your school’s law<br />
review. You find yourself making a number of successive references to the<br />
same handful of sources. You are concerned that your repetitive full<br />
citations to the same sources are redundant and unnecessary, and would<br />
like general guidance regarding the use of short citation forms. What rule<br />
should you refer to<br />
14. You are a law review associate editor. In citations to an article you are<br />
editing, you come across two case names, “Jordan v. United States<br />
Department of Justice” and “United States v. Morrison.” You know that<br />
sometimes geographic units like “United States” are abbreviated in<br />
citations, but you are not sure when. Naturally, you are concerned that the<br />
edits you submit be in complete conformity with The Bluebook. What rule<br />
should you refer to<br />
15. Rewrite the case names with appropriate abbreviations.<br />
16. You are a respected law professor and sought-after academic who is<br />
preparing an article for publication in a prominent law review. Throughout<br />
your article, you make several references to a case called “Runyon v.<br />
McCrary, 427 U.S. 160 (1976).” Striving, as always, for economy in your<br />
citations, you would like to use a short citation form wherever possible,<br />
but your citations to this case are not all consecutive. What rule can help<br />
you determine where you may use a short citation form for this case<br />
17. In one instance, you cite Runyon in footnote 4, and again in footnote 11.<br />
May you use a short form citation in footnote 11<br />
18. In another instance, you make a full citation to Runyon in footnote 14, use<br />
an “id.” form citation in footnote 15, and cite Runyon again in footnote 20.<br />
May you use a short form in footnote 20<br />
19. Rewrite the citation in the short form, citing specifically to page 170 of the<br />
opinion.<br />
20. May you use a “supra” form for your successive, nonconsecutive<br />
references to Runyon Why or why not<br />
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