Mini Bluebook Style Checklist

This journal follows Harvard Bluebook style. For more information on the style, please see
https://www.legalbluebook.com/.

REFERENCE STYLE
 References given in footnotes - use superscript numerals.
 Cases: [First party] v. [Second party], [reporter vol. no.] [reporter abbrev.] [first page], [pages cited] [date
of decision].
o Meritor Sav, Bank v. Vinson, 477 U.S. 57, 60 (1986).
 Journal articles: [Author Name], [Article Title], [vol. no.] [JOURNAL ABBREV.], [first page], [pages cited]
[publication year].
o Edward B.D. Rock, The Logic and (Uncertain) Significance of Institutional Shareholder Activism,
79 GEO. L.J. 445 (1991).
 Newspaper articles: [Author Name], [Article Title], [NEWSPAPER ABBREV.], [publication date], at [pages
cited].
o S. E. Richards, Why I Froze My Eggs (And You Should, Too), WALL STREET JOURNAL, May 4,
2013, at 1.
 Websites: [Author Name], Webpage Title, [URL] (accessed date).
o Google, About Google—Company, http://www.google.com/about/company/ (accessed Oct. 12,
2013).
 Books: [AUTHOR NAME] [BOOK TITLE] [pages cited] ([publication year]).
o BRUCE ACKERMAN, WE THE PEOPLE: TRANSFORMATIONS (1998).
 Chapters in books: [Author Name] [Chapter Title], in [BOOK TITLE] [pages cited] ([Editor Name] ed.,
[publication year]).
o Michael Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limites of Markets, in 21 TANNER LECTURES
ON HUMAN VALUES 89 (Grethe B. Peterson ed., 2000).
 Repeated citations:
o Use Id. if case is in immediately preceding footnote, and specify the page within the referenced
material (if applicable):
 Id. at 10.
o Use supra to refer back to material that has already appeared within the piece, and infra to refer to
material that appears later in the piece. Cite the note being referred to and the specific page within
the referenced material (if applicable):
 Sandel, supra note 10, at 90. Rock, infra note 50, at 450.
IN TEXT CITATIONS
 Format: superscript numerals. Footnote marker appears after all punctuation.
QUOTATIONS
 More than 3 lines: set out separated from the other text; indented; in slightly smaller font; no quotation
marks; introduced by colon.
 Use single quotation marks for quotes within text. Double quotation marks for quotes within quotes.
ABBREVIATIONS
 Unfamiliar abbreviations should be defined (spelt out) at first mention, then abbreviated at all subsequent
mentions (even at the start of a sentence).
 Abbreviations already defined in the text are allowed in headings.
SPELLING
 US spelling: ‘ize’ not ‘ise’, ‘lyze’ not ‘lyse’.
 ‘Judgment’ spelled with only one e is correct in the legal sense of a judge’s or court’s formal ruling. If not
referring to a judgment in a legal sense, use ‘judgement’.
PUNCTUATION
 US punctuation:
o Oxford/serial comma is used.
o Punctuation outside quotation marks.
NUMBERS AND DATES
 Spell out numbers less than 10, use numerals for others.
 Number spans partly elided, e.g. 526–29, 2005–06.
 Date/month/year, eg 20 January 1999.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
 Please see the following example COI statements as a reference for when you are composing your own
statement:

‘The authors have no financial, personal, academic, or other conflicts of interest in the subject matter
discussed in this manuscript.’

‘The author is on the board of the X Foundation, which strongly supports the research discussed in this
article. She receives no compensation for her position on the Foundation board, but the Foundation pays her
travel expenses for its annual meeting.’

‘Y Corporation sells products related to the article. The author received an honorarium from Y Corporation
for giving a presentation on a topic related to this article.’

‘The authors received a grant from Z to support the research in this study.’