A Guide to The Bluebook: Explanations and Analysis

[This book] provides the tools needed for all forms of legal writing, using [explanations and illustrations]. In a single set of rules that the novice and experienced legal writers can...consult, [the author] contrasts the formats used in practice-based documents with those used in academic footnotes. New to the sixth edition: updated and expanded coverage of public domain case opinions and other primary authorities published online; updated and expanded coverage of secondary works in online media, including articles, ebooks, blogs, newsletters, and social media; new and updated subsections of rules addressing federal case reporters, statutes, legislation, and regulations online; new treatment of footnote references and footnotes/endnotes in online sources; new treatment and examples of dictionaries, A.L.R. annotations and articles, restatements, and principles of the law; updated appendices containing abbreviations, jurisdiction-specific sources and local rules, periodicals (more than 70 new titles added); new appendix addressing abbreviations for titles of BD Loose-leaf services; and every rule and example has been revisited and edited for depth and breadth of coverage as well as improved clarity; and shorter than the Fifth Edition (but with the same amount of information).

Note that although this would correspond to an older edition of The Bluebook, this guide may be helpful for gaining an understanding of the principles behind legal citation.