Sentences with phrase «legal citation means»

Opening up legal citation means abandoning those forms of citation that serve no useful purpose, or, where the limited purpose they serve is outweighed by the complexity of their form.

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Personally I see that neutral citations have great potential if and when they come to be accepted by the legal profession as the primary means of identifying cases.

This introduction is meant to assist you as you begin what will likely become a lifelong relationship with the Bluebook system of legal citation.

An important legal research translation skill is the ability to look at a case citation and understand what it means.

So long as a competing work (the ALWD Guide to Legal Citation or Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, for that matter) avoids employing the specific means used by The Bluebook to explain how to cite (e.g., its words, phrases, selected examples) that work can instruct readers on how to produce citations identical to those generated by careful use of The Bluebook.