The purpose of this guide is to provide you easy access to information resources about International Law. Use the tabs on the left to see resources organized by topic.
Prepared by the American Society of International Law.
Citing Legal Sources
Be sure to clarify with your professor what citation style you should use to cite legal sources [e.g. Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Ready REF KF245 .B4), and The Complete Guide to Citing Government Documents (REF J83 .G37)].
This online guide prepared by Peter W. Martin at Cornell University School of Law, is an abridgement of the more detailed "Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation."
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation ("the Bluebook") is the definitive style manual for legal documents and legal academic publishing in the United States. It provides a system of rules for legal citations so that readers can locate the sources cited. The Bluebook is compiled by the editors of the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and The Yale Law Journal. The Bluebook is published and distributed by the Harvard Law Review Association.
The Bluebook: a uniform system of citation by