domains / families / documents / hlr-sources-and-bluebook

hlr-sources-and-bluebook

separate

Use when citing authority in a Harvard Law Review (HLR) piece — pinpoint citations, the authority hierarchy, and The Bluebook (which HLR co-publishes). Governs how sources are cited and weighted; it does not build the footnote apparatus end-to-end (hlr-footnotes-and-cite-check) or write the prose.

When to use

• citing authority in a Harvard Law Review piece
• pinpoint citations
• authority hierarchy
• The Bluebook formatting
• drafting or revising footnotes that carry doctrinal weight
• determining which authorities to cite and in what order
• fixing inconsistent cite formatting
• preparing manuscript for student-editor cite-check

When not to use

• building the footnote apparatus end-to-end
• writing the prose

Skill page

Source