Harvard Bluebook

20 edition
th
By
Syed Owais Talib
4th year, DSNLU
 Types of Styles in Bluebook

• Blue Pages (Court Documents and Legal Memorials)

• White Pages (Law Reviews and academic works)
 Blue Pages (Court
Documents and Legal
Memorials)
 Books
Single Author:
• Name of Author, Title of the Book Pg no./Para no./Section no. (Name of editor(s), Edition,
Publisher Year).
• Charles Dickens, Bleak House 49-55 (Norman Page ed., Penguin Books 1971).

More than two Authors:

• Name of one Author et al., Title of the Book Pg no./Para no./Section no. (Name of editor(s),
Edition, Publisher Year).
• Richard H. Fallon et al., Hart and Wechsler’s the Federal Courts and the Federal system 330
(6th ed. 2009).
Books in Volumes:
• Volume no. Name of Author(s), Title of the Book Pg no./Para no./Section no.
(Name of editor(s), Edition, Publisher Year).
• 21 Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1006
(3d ed. 1998).

Works in Collection:
• Name of Author(s) of the chapter, Title of the chapter, in Title of the Book Pg no.
at which chapter starts, Pg no. which is referred (Name of editor(s), Edition,
Publisher Year).
• Kay Deaux & Brenda Major, A Social-Psychological Model of Gender, in
Theoretical Perspectives of Sexual Differences 89, 91 (Deborah L. Rhode ed.,
1990).
 Periodicals Material
Consecutively Paginated Journals:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Volume no. Name of the Journal Pg no. at which article starts, Pg
no. which is referred (Year of Publication).
• David Rudovsky, Police Abuse: Can the Violence be Contained?, 27 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 465, 500 (1992).

Non-Consecutively Paginated Journals:

• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Name of the Journal, Month(s) of issue Year of Publication, at Pg
no. at which article starts, Pg no. which is referred.
• Barbara Ward, Progress of Small Planet, Harv. Bus. Rev., Sept.-Oct. 1979, at 89, 90.

Newspaper:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Name of the Newspaper, Published date, at Pg no. of the article
• John M. Broder, Geography is Dividing Democrats over Energy, N.Y. Times, Jan. 27, 2009, at 1.
 Internet Sources
Web Articles:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the Article, Portal name (Date of publication, Time of
Publication), URL.
• Eric Posner, More on Section 7 of the Torture Convention, Volokh Conspiracy (Jan. 29,
2009, 10:04 AM), http://www.volokh.com/posts/1233241458.shtml.

Article available in PDF:

• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Volume no. Name of the Journal Pg no. at
which article starts, Pg no. which is referred (Year of Publication), URL.
• Kenneth W Simons, Retributivists Need Not and Should Not Endorse the Subjectivist
Account of Punishment, 109 Colum. L. Rev. Sidebar 1, 3 (2009),
http://columbialawreview.org/wpcontent/uploads/2009/03/1_Simons.pdf.
Newspaper Online:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Name of the Newspaper, Published date, URL.
• John M. Broder, Geography is Dividing Democrats over Energy, N.Y. Times (Jan. 27, 2009),
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/science/earth/27coal.html.
 Domestic Cases
Indian Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, citation of the reporters, pinpoint pg no.
(if any).
• Justice K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1.
• Suleman v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1961 Guj 120, 123.

Unreported Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, Case no. (Name of the Court Date of
Judgement).
• Justice K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, W.P. (Civil) 494 of 2012 (S.C. Aug. 24, 2017).
U.S.A. Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, citation of the reporters,
pinpoint pg no. (if any).
• Illinois Central Railway v. Illinois,146 US 387 (1892).

U.K. Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, citation of the reporters,
pinpoint pg no. (if any).
• Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., [1893] 1 QB 256.
White Pages (Law Reviews
and academic works)
 Books
Single Author:
• NAME OF AUTHOR, TITLE OF THE BOOK Pg no./Para no./Section no. (Name of editor(s),
Edition, Publisher Year).
• CHARLES DICKENS, BLEAK HOUSE 49-55 (Norman Page ed., Penguin Books 1971)

More than two Authors:

• NAME OF ONE AUTHOR ET AL., TITLE OF THE BOOK Pg no./Para no./Section no. (Name
of editor(s), Edition, Publisher Year).
• RICHARD H. FALLON ET AL., HART AND WECHSLER’S THE FEDERAL COURTS AND THE
FEDERAL SYSTEM 330 (6th ed. 2009).
Books in Volumes:
• Volume no. NAME OF AUTHOR(S), TITLE OF THE BOOK Pg no./Para no./Section
no. (Name of editor(s), Edition, Publisher Year).
• 21 CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT & ARTHUR R. MILLER, FEDERAL PRACTICE AND
PROCEDURE § 1006 (3d ed. 1998).

Works in Collection:
• Name of Author(s) of the chapter, Title of the chapter, in TITLE OF THE BOOK Pg
no. at which chapter starts, Pg no. which is referred (Name of editor(s), Edition,
Publisher Year).
• Kay Deaux & Brenda Major, A Social-Psychological Model of Gender, in
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SEXUAL DIFFERENCES 89, 91 (Deborah L.
Rhode ed., 1990).
 Periodicals Material
Consecutively Paginated Journals:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Volume no. NAME OF THE JOURNAL Pg no. at which article starts,
Pg no. which is referred (Year of Publication).
• David Rudovsky, Police Abuse: Can the Violence be Contained?, 27 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 465, 500 (1992).

Non-Consecutively Paginated Journals:

• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, NAME OF THE JOURNAL, Month(s) of issue Year of Publication, at
Pg no. at which article starts, Pg no. which is referred.
• Barbara Ward, Progress of Small Planet, HARV. BUS. REV., Sept.-Oct. 1979, at 89, 90.

Newspaper:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, NAME OF THE NEWSPAPER, Published date, at Pg no. of the
article
• John M. Broder, Geography is Dividing Democrats over Energy, N.Y. TIMES, Jan. 27, 2009, at 1.
 Internet Sources
Web Articles:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the Article, PORTAL NAME (Date of publication, Time of
Publication), URL.
• Eric Posner, More on Section 7 of the Torture Convention, VOLOKH CONSPIRACY (Jan.
29, 2009, 10:04 AM), http://www.volokh.com/posts/1233241458.shtml.

Article available in PDF:

• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, Volume no. NAME OF THE JOURNAL Pg no. at
which article starts, Pg no. which is referred (Year of Publication), URL.
• Kenneth W Simons, Retributivists Need Not and Should Not Endorse the Subjectivist
Account of Punishment, 109 COLUM. L. REV. SIDEBAR 1, 3 (2009),
http://columbialawreview.org/wpcontent/uploads/2009/03/1_Simons.pdf.
Newspaper Online:
• Name of Author(s), Title of the article, NAME OF THE NEWSPAPER,
Published date, URL.
• John M. Broder, Geography is Dividing Democrats over Energy, N.Y. TIMES
(Jan. 27, 2009),
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/science/earth/27coal.html.
 Domestic Cases
Indian Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, citation of the reporters, pinpoint pg no.
(if any).
• Justice K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1.
• Suleman v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1961 Guj 120, 123.

Unreported Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, Case no. (Name of the Court Date of
Judgement).
• Justice K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, W.P. (Civil) 494 of 2012 (S.C. Aug. 24, 2017).
U.S.A. Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, citation of the reporters,
pinpoint pg no. (if any).
• Illinois Central Railway v. Illinois,146 US 387 (1892).

U.K. Cases:
• Name of the first party v. Name of the second party, citation of the reporters,
pinpoint pg no. (if any).
• Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., [1893] 1 QB 256.
Common between both
styles
 Domestic Statutes
Indian Constitution:
• INDIA CONST. art. No., cl. No..
• INDIA CONST. art. 370, cl. 2.

Codes and Acts

• Title of the statute, Year of enactment, Act no., § no. (if any).
• Indian Evidence Act, 1872, No. 1, § 32.

Amended statutes:
• INDIA CONST. art. No., amended by The Constitution (Amendment no.) Act, Year of amendment.
• INDIA CONST. art. 269, amended by The Constitution (Eightieth Amendment) Act, 2000.
• Title of the amendment, Year of enactment, Act no., § no. (if any).
• Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1992, No. 13. § 2.
 International Cases
International Court of Justice:
• Name of the Case (First party v. Second party), type of order, Year of Judgement I.C.J. pg no. at which
judgement starts, pinpoint pg no. (if any) (Date of Judgement).
• Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicar. v. U.S.), Judgment, 1986 l.C.J. 14 (June 27).

Permanent Court of International Justice:

• Name of the Case (First party v. Second party), type of order, Year of Judgement P.C.l.J. (Series no.) Volume
no., at pinpoint pg no. (Date of Judgement).
• Diversion of Water from Meuse (Neth. v. Belg.), Judgment, 1937 P.C.l.J. (ser. A/B) No. 70, at 7 (June 28).

International Criminal Court:

• Prosecutor v. Accused, Case no., type of order, ¶ no. (Date of Judgement), URL.
• Prosecutor v. Katanga, ICC-01/04-01/07-3436-Anxll, Concurring opinion of Judges Diarra and Cotte, ¶ 5 (Mar. 3,
2014), http://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/doc/doc1748105.pdf.
 International Material
International Conventions (Multi-lateral):
• Title of the Convention, Date of signing, Treaty series number.
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 U.N.T.S. 397.

International Conventions (Bi-lateral):

• Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, U.S.-U.S.S.R., May 26, 1972, 23
U.S.T. 3435.

United Nations Charter:

• U.N. Charter art. No., ¶ no..
• U.N. Charter art. 2, ¶ 1.
 Cross-references (Blue Pages)
If the citation is same as immediately previous one:
• 1
Joseph Raz, The Authority of Law: Essays on Law and Morality (2nd ed, OUP 2009).
• 2
ld. at 3.

To refer a citation previously cited in the document:

• 3
Richard H. Fallon et al., Hart and Wechsler’s the Federal Courts and the Federal system 330 (6th ed. 2009).
• 4
Suleman v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1961 Guj 120.
• 5
Id.
• 6
Fallon et al., supra note 3, at 343.
• 7
Suleman v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1961 Guj 120.

If the citation is too long:

• Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Hearings Before the Subcomm. on
10

Criminal Justice of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 95th Cong. 92-93 (1977) [hereinafter Hearings].
•…
• Hearings, supra note 10, at 95.
15
 Cross-references (White Pages)
If the citation is same as immediately previous one:
• 1
JOSEPH RAZ, THE AUTHORITY OF LAW: ESSAYS ON LAW AND MORALITY (2nd ed, OUP 2009).
• 2
ld. at 3.

To refer a citation previously cited in the document:

• 3
RICHARD H. FALLON ET AL., HART AND WECHSLER’S THE FEDERAL COURTS AND THE FEDERAL SYSTEM 330 (6th
ed. 2009).
• 4
Suleman v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1961 Guj 120.
• 5
Id.
• 6
Fallon et al., supra note 3, at 343.
• 7
Suleman v. State of Gujarat, AIR 1961 Guj 120.

If the citation is too long:

• Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure: Hearings Before the Subcomm. on Criminal Justice
10

of the H. Comm. on the Judiciary, 95th Cong. 92-93 (1977) [hereinafter Hearings].
• …
• 15
Hearings, supra note 10, at 95
• Underline Id. and Supra while doing citations in Blue pages format and
italicize them while doing in White pages format.

• "Supra" and "hereinafter" may be used to refer to legislative hearings; court

filings; books; pamphlets; reports; unpublished materials; non-print
resources; periodicals; services; treaties and international agreements;
regulations, directives, and decisions of intergovernmental organizations;
and internal cross-references.

• "Supra" and "hereinafter" should not be used to refer to cases, statutes,

constitutions, legislative materials (other than hearings), restatements,
model codes, or regulations, except in extraordinary circumstances, such as
when the name of the authority is extremely long.