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The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, it continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.

Organizing legal citation into 40 thoroughly cogent and illustrated rules, the Guide is the ideal reference for American legal citation. The clear explanations, examples, diagrams, and quick-reference tables in the Guide make researching legal citation efficient and stress-free for all.

The Writing Manual is a comprehensive guide to judicial opinion writing published by the court and is widely used as the standard for drafting briefs and pleadings. The third edition includes updates designed to improve the readability of opinions issued by, and briefs filed in, the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Court of Appeals.

The Bluebook provides the rules for legal citation, but it can be intimidating and frustrating to use. With its simple building-block approach, this survival manual teaches how to understand and master the essential rules for legal practitioners.

This nutshell focuses on conventions that underlie all accepted forms and systems of legal citation. Building on that understanding, the book then discusses and illustrates particular rules for citing cases, statutes, and all other major legal sources.