Law Practice
Feb. 1, 2002
Don't Be Chained to Citation; Focus on Basics
Dicta Column - By Robert M. Unterberger, The "Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation," edited by the Harvard Law Review, whose members routinely fail to follow its directions, has gone through 17 editions. And with each edition, it continues to baffle, confuse and anger law students, lawyers and judges. Maybe this is because, of its 400 pages, most lawyers will only use about 25 of them.
By Robert M. Unterberger
The "Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation," edited by the Harvard Law Review, whose members routinely fail to follow its directions, has gone through 17 editions. And with each edition, it continues to ba...
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