Add to ORKGConstant citation to legal authorities presents a unique problem for legal writers. Although these authorities are necessary to the analysis, integrating them can interrupt the flow of the writing, or more significantly, can obscure the meaning. Law reviews have chosen to use footnotes to address this problem. But footnotes create their own form of vertical interruption,\u27 and many courts discourage their use in briefs. This article addresses some of the difficulties created by these pesky citations and suggests some solutions for incorporating them more smoothly
However, string citations can be useful in some situations. For example, you may wish to use a strin...
Working with citations is a fact of life on law journals. Because citation work is detail-oriented, ...
Lawyers love thinking about writing. We love it so much that this issue of the Litigation and Trial ...
Constant citation to legal authorities presents a unique problem for legal writers. Although these a...
Let\u27s face it-legal citations can interrupt the flow of sentences and make them harder to read. I...
The footnote is a familiar tool in legal scholarship. Some of the best law review articles, legal en...
Ipropose that judges, in their opinions, put citations in footnotes and generally abstain from using...
In this column for Kentucky Bar Association\u27s magazine (B&B - Bench & Bar), Professor Hazelwood m...
Whenever you list more than one authority to support the same legal proposition, you are using a st...
Can legal citations be stylish? Is that even a thing? Yes, and this Article explains why and how. Th...
True, a judge probably won\u27t rule against you if your cites are wrong, but faulty cites do reflec...
An important—but sometimes annoying—component of legal writing is citation to controlling authority....
This article addresses the purpose of legal citations and presents a case for reforming citations in...
Academic legal writing is known for extensive citation. Generally, scholars who study citation pract...
The obvious objection to footnotes is that they force the reader to interrupt the reading of the tex...
However, string citations can be useful in some situations. For example, you may wish to use a strin...
Working with citations is a fact of life on law journals. Because citation work is detail-oriented, ...
Lawyers love thinking about writing. We love it so much that this issue of the Litigation and Trial ...
Constant citation to legal authorities presents a unique problem for legal writers. Although these a...
Let\u27s face it-legal citations can interrupt the flow of sentences and make them harder to read. I...
The footnote is a familiar tool in legal scholarship. Some of the best law review articles, legal en...
Ipropose that judges, in their opinions, put citations in footnotes and generally abstain from using...
In this column for Kentucky Bar Association\u27s magazine (B&B - Bench & Bar), Professor Hazelwood m...
Whenever you list more than one authority to support the same legal proposition, you are using a st...
Can legal citations be stylish? Is that even a thing? Yes, and this Article explains why and how. Th...
True, a judge probably won\u27t rule against you if your cites are wrong, but faulty cites do reflec...
An important—but sometimes annoying—component of legal writing is citation to controlling authority....
This article addresses the purpose of legal citations and presents a case for reforming citations in...
Academic legal writing is known for extensive citation. Generally, scholars who study citation pract...
The obvious objection to footnotes is that they force the reader to interrupt the reading of the tex...
However, string citations can be useful in some situations. For example, you may wish to use a strin...
Working with citations is a fact of life on law journals. Because citation work is detail-oriented, ...
Lawyers love thinking about writing. We love it so much that this issue of the Litigation and Trial ...