ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, Sixth Edition, authored by Coleen M. Barger, offers comprehensive guidance on the art of legal writing through clear explanations and practical illustrations. This edition serves as an invaluable resource for both novice and seasoned legal professionals, providing a single set of rules that can be easily referenced for various forms of legal documentation.
New to this Sixth Edition:
- Updated coverage of public domain case opinions and other primary authorities published online.
- Expanded sections on secondary works in online media, including articles, ebooks, blogs, newsletters, and social media.
- Newly added subsections addressing federal case reporters, statutes, legislation, and regulations in digital formats; enhanced treatment of footnote references and footnotes/endnotes in online sources.
- Incorporation of rules related to dictionaries, A.L.R. annotations and articles, Restatements, and Principles of the Law with new examples.
- Updated appendices featuring abbreviations, jurisdiction-specific sources and local rules, periodicals (more than 70 new titles), and a comprehensive appendix detailing abbreviations for titles of BD Loose-leaf services.
The book is printed at 6.81 x 0.98 x 8.82 inches with a print length of 563 pages. Published by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business on May 19, 2017, it is written in English and comes with the ISBNs 1454887761 and 978-1454887768.
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