Both the bluebook and the alwd guide to legal citation call for identification of the publisher or brand of. 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. The precise format of a statutory citation depends on a number of factors. A new citation format for the colorado revised statutes. The office of legislative legal services edits, collates, and revises the laws enacted each session, with annotations, and. State statutes bluebook guide guides at georgetown law library. Citations to state and federal statutes circuit riders libguides at. The main difference in external references going forward is that were dropping the c. Code of colorado regulations lexisnexis colorado register. Duvivier is an assistant professor and director of the lawyering process program at the university of denver college of law. State statute citations are generally composed of three parts. 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. More than ten years ago, i wrote a column addressing special citation forms used by colorado courts.
Colorado revised statutes colorado general assembly. Generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on the bluebook s unique system of citation in their writing. Use the colorado revised statutes sturm college of law. Citeus legalus cite statutes or administrative regulations. Most citations to statutes, encyclopedias, digests and treatises will look like this.
You will need all three numbers to determine the exact. The citation format for state statutory codes is similar to federal statutes, but it varies by state. For further information on federal statutes, please click here. Bluebook rule 12 covers how statutes should be cited in legal documents.
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. Since 1997, the official set of statutes has been published each year in a softbound edition as well as an official cdrom edition. Citus legalus the citation generator for lazy law students. View previous versions of the colorado revised statutes. Citus legalus is an automated bluebook citation generator for lazy law students. Instead, if youre in a statute other than section 2430122, the reference would previously have been something like section 2430122 4giiid, c. Click here to access the colorado revised statutes hosted by lexisnexis.
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