Page 7 has a helpful table that sets out the differences between the typeface used in nonacademic and academic citation. It also requires the use of large and small caps for the code name. Name and original section number as it appears in the session laws only if the statute is commonly cited that way title, chapter, or volume see t. Authors names appear in large and small caps for books. Just type the relevant part of the citation, shade it with your. Although this note is not included under the list of exceptions to the bluebook, this note creates an. Question regarding large and small capitals endnote x3.
Secondary sources bluebook citation 101 academic format. A uniform system of citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the united states. The white pages expand on the rules included in the bluepages. Introduction to bluebooking bluebook basics libguides. Changes in the 20th edition of the bluebook pace law library. You underline or italicize titles of books and journal articles. Jun 01, 2015 the 20th edition of the bluebook was recently released. If there is no author, you should begin the citation with the title. Typeface conventions bluebook legal citation tarlton law library. The rules for when you use each one in citations is summarized below. Then, either a access the font edit window and select small caps under effects, or b press these keys at the same time. There are two ways to change regular font to small caps font. If you consult the examples here remember that l arge and small caps are never used in nonacademic citation. For books, the authors name should appear as it does on the title page of the book, in small caps followed by a comma.
Bluebook citation for llm students harvard library research guides. Office of reporter of decisions washington state courts. The 20th edition of the bluebook was recently released. Times new roman plain text, italics, and large and small caps. In text, both the official reports and manuscript opinions use ordinary typeface. Large and small caps used for authors and titles of books, titles of periodicals. The bluebook prescribes small caps for some titles and names in united states legal citations in many books, when one part of the book mentions another part of the same book, or mentions the work as a whole, the name is set in small caps sometimes typesetting small caps after transforming to title case, not italics and not roman type within quotation marks. Typeface rules have been relaxed to accommodate practitioner use of large and small caps.
But, w e never, ever use large and small caps in writing practice documents. However, we know that the internet comprises a great number of reliable legal. Be sure the first letter of the text is capitalized. The statutes at large are the session laws of the u. At least this is what i would do as an exec editor of my journal which ill never have to do again because ive just graduated, woohoo.
This is an option rather than a rule, but old school typesetters often used caps or small caps to transition between a drop capital a large capital letter that spans two or more lines at the beginning of a block of text and the regular text. Any online source that shares characteristics with a print source should be cited according to. Most financial advisers counsel a bigger exposure to large cap than small cap. Prior to publication of the new bluebook, law journals, lawyers, and judges were in pretty close agreement on how to cite a restatement section e. The white pages in the bluebook address academic citation. Where the bluebook indicates use of small and large caps e. The numbering of the rules in the bluepages nonacademic citation now parallels the numbering in the whitepages academic citation. Ctrlshiftk will change text to small caps or back again. As per the bluebook, supra and infra should not be used to.
Abbreviation of journal name large and small caps font, see tables 10 and in the bluebook date as it appears on the cover. As a rule, the bluebook discourages electronic sources citations. Session laws are uncodified laws that gather the public laws of a session of congress together. The bluepages now parallel the whitepageshelping practitioners cite a broader range of sources and greatly improving crossreferences. Bluebook citation prosecution function guides at university of. Small caps as required by the bluebook citation style. Nov, 2019 statute citation is covered in bluebook rule 12. Alwd rules topics bluebook rules rule 1 typeface for citations, in general b2.
Choose the title case option, and click the ok button. I have a large document in ms word 2010 using windows 8. As for the bluebook format for internet articles, change small and large caps to regular roman type and italics to underlining when citing in legal memoranda and court documents. If you consult the examples here remember that l arge and small caps are used only for stylistic purposes in nonacademic citation. You should use ordinary plain text for case names in full citations, except for procedural phrases like ex rel.
A pinpoint citation directly follows the title, which designates the specific pages on which the cited material. Bluepages bluebook guide libguides at university of illinois law. Change the capitalization or case of text office support. Typeface conventions bluebook legal citation tarlton. You use ordinary roman type, never, ever large and small caps. Authors and titles of books, including institutional authors, titles of periodicals are written in large and small caps. Dec 27, 20 i have a large document in ms word 2010 using windows 8. The bluebook citation style guide requires the use of small caps in some of its entries. Word 2000 sadly doesnt support multiple selections, so youll need to treat the headings one at a time.
Typically, 70 percent or more of the markets value is in. Font, check the small caps box, and then click the ok button. Keyboard shortcut for small caps not working in office 2016. The primary difference is that the michigan system omits all periods in citations, uses italics somewhat differently, and does not use small caps. Case names in text are written in italics while in citations, they are written in normal font. Typeface rules were relaxed to permit use of large and small caps in court documents for stylistic purposes.
Apr 01, 2020 for example, b1 is the first rule in the bluepages, it starts on page 3 of the bluebook. If using microsoft word or wordperfect software, you may use boldface to indicate words which should be placed in small caps large caps according to the bluebook, small caps large caps words include titles of books, names of periodicals, names of government agencies and titles of most government documents. Any online source that shares characteristics with a print source should be cited according to the rule for the print version. While the use of large and small caps has historically been reserved for academic citations, practitioners may now use large and small caps in briefs to indicate authors of books, titles of books, and titles of periodicals. Big cap stocksalso referred to as large cap stocksare shares of larger companies. I would like to change these expressions with a global search and replace into all small caps, except for the first letter, which would remain a large cap. This means that you may have portions of the citation in large and small caps. Codes contain the statutes currently in force in a jurisdiction and are arranged topically. I need to do some citations for a law paper, and that recommends me to cite all in caps. Case names in text and in citations also differ by the extent to which the case name is abbreviated. The use of large and small caps for certain information lets break this down. Office of reporter of decisions style sheet effective july 03, 2018, and subject to revision. One way to make titles stand out in microsoft word 2003 documents such as flyers, promotional mailings, or announcements is to write titles in all caps alternatively you can use word 2003s small caps feature that displays a phrase in all capital letters, but when you type uppercased. The citations in the white pages use large and small capital letters.
When this occurs, you can cite to the public law number, sessions law or statutes at large rule 10. How do you get large and small caps while writing a law. But the keyboard shortcut is much faster and makes much more sense. Typeface conventions bluebook legal citation tarlton law. In the font dialog box, under effects, select the small caps check box. If using microsoft word or wordperfect software, you may use boldface to indicate words which should be placed in small capslarge caps according to the bluebook, small capslarge caps words include titles of books, names of periodicals, names of government agencies and titles of most government documents. Dec 08, 2004 the statutes at large are the session laws of the u. Small caps are uppercase letterforms that are shorter in height than the capitals in a. Of course, small caps are riskier if evaluated in isolation. Case names in text and in citations also differ by the extent to. The meanings of big cap and small cap are generally understood by their names. Apply word 2003s small caps feature to titles and other text that needs to stand out.
Aug 09, 2019 the citations in the white pages use large and small capital letters. Large cap is a bigger part of the market and economy. Word 2000 sadly doesnt support multiple selections, so. In some designs with small xheights, such as itc braganza, the small caps are designed to work well with the capital letters. You should use large and small capitals for book authors and titles. Small caps designed for text typefaces are drawn to optically match the xheight so they harmonize with both the caps and lowercase. Jan 07, 2020 abbreviation of journal name large and small caps font, see tables 10 and in the bluebook date as it appears on the cover. The use of large and small caps for certain information. The bluepages, introduced in the eighteenth edition, have been considerably overhauled for the twentieth edition.
The title of the book, also in small caps, should follow. Author, title of the article in italics, abbreviation of journal name large and small caps font, see tables 10 and in the bluebook, date as it appears on the cover, the word at, and the beginning page number. Where the bluepages are silent on an issue, you will apply the rules in the whitepages. Alternatively, choose format font, check the small caps box, and then click the ok button. Large caps to small caps in ms word microsoft community. When a specific act was passed as a subdivision such as. How to make 1st letter of word in large caps and the rest. Generally, the bluebook encourages citation to print sources when they are available. Bluebook examples for common citations books rule 15. First of all, the highvoltage filter capacitors have a certain size and in most cases even a lowcapacitancehigh voltage filter caps are quite large. Keyboard shortcut for small caps not working in office. Introduction to bluebooking bluebook basics libguides at.
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