Click here to access the colorado revised statutes hosted by lexisnexis. State statute citations are generally composed of three parts. The citation format for state statutory codes is similar to federal statutes, but it varies by state. A new citation format for the colorado revised statutes. Since 1997, the official set of statutes has been published each year in a softbound edition as well as an official cdrom edition. Most citations to statutes, encyclopedias, digests and treatises will look like this. The main difference in external references going forward is that were dropping the c. The precise format of a statutory citation depends on a number of factors. State statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. Use the colorado revised statutes sturm college of law. Citing statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, the bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon.
The office of legislative legal services maintains distribution lists of the government agencies that receive the colorado revised statutes and session laws free of charge. Like federal statutes, state statutes may be published in both an official code and an unofficial code, and the bluebook requires you to cite to. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebook s unique system of citation in their writing. Instead, if youre in a statute other than section 2430122, the reference would previously have been something like section 2430122 4giiid, c. Both the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation call for identification of the publisher or brand of any commercial compilation used, not prepared under direct supervision of the statedeering now owned by lexisnexis or lexisnexis in the second example, west in the third. Citus legalus is an automated bluebook citation generator for lazy law students. Code of colorado regulations lexisnexis colorado register. Citeus legalus cite statutes or administrative regulations. View previous versions of the colorado revised statutes. Citus legalus the citation generator for lazy law students.
Citations to state and federal statutes circuit riders libguides at. You will need all three numbers to determine the exact. For further information on federal statutes, please click here. The office of legislative legal services edits, collates, and revises the laws enacted each session, with annotations, and. Bluebook rule 12 covers how statutes should be cited in legal documents. Both the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation call for identification of the publisher or brand of. Justia us law us codes and statutes colorado revised statutes 2016 colorado revised statutes title 18 criminal code article 1 provisions applicable to offenses generally part 5 principles of criminal culpability 181501. Duvivier is an assistant professor and director of the lawyering process program at the university of denver college of law. More than ten years ago, i wrote a column addressing special citation forms used by colorado courts.
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