CHAPTER 8 Secondary Sources The Bluebook Rules 15

CHAPTER 8 Secondary Sources

The Bluebook Rules 15, 16, 17, 18 n n These rules provide examples of secondary source formatting If no examples for a particular or exact source can be found, use the format for a similar resource

Secondary Sources n n Legal Encyclopedias American Law Reports Federal Treatises n n Hornbooks Nutshells n n Looseleaf Services Periodicals Legal Dictionaries Legal Thesaurus

Features of Secondary Sources n n n Descriptive Word Index Table of Contents Table of Statutes Cited Table of Cases Cited Table of Abbreviations Preface

Legal Encyclopedias n n Collection of legal information arranged alphabetically by topic There are two major legal encyclopedias American Jurisprudence 2 d (Am. Jur. 2 d) n Corpus Juris Secundum (C. J. S. ) n

Using Legal Encyclopedias n Start with the index n n Determine terms to check Review subtopics under main topic Note topic and section numbers Go to the volume and find the appropriate section

American Law Reports n Uses recent cases which are then fully annotated Cases n Statutes n n Two types: A. L. R. n A. L. R. Fed. n

American Law Reports Features n n n Table of Contents Research References Research Sources n n Includes electronic search query Descriptive Word Index n n n Jurisdictional Table of Cited Statutes and Cases Related Annotations Summary and Comment Practice Pointers Substantive Section

Treatises n n Single book or multivolume series dealing with a single legal topic Usually written by a legal scholar or attorney specialist in the field Hornbooks are treatises published by West and used primarily by law students Nutshell Series books are condensed versions of hornbooks

Periodicals n Journals Magazines Law Reviews n Guides to periodicals n n Current Law Index n Index to Legal Periodicals and Books n n Legal. Trac

Looseleaf Services n n n Published in binder form Commonly used regarding administrative regulations Allows for frequent supplementation without the use or need for pocket parts