Includes index.

Contents: Part 1: Introductory material: Purposes and uses of citations: How to use the ALWD guide -- Part 2: Citation basics: Typeface for citations -- Abbreviations -- Spelling and capitalization -- Numbers in general -- Page numbers -- Sections and paragraphs -- Footnotes and endnotes -- Supplements -- Graphical material, appendices, and other subdivisions -- Internal cross-references -- Full and short citation formats -- Part 3: Citing specific sources: Cases -- Constitutions -- Statutory codes and session laws -- Legislation and other legislative materials -- Court rules, judicial administrative orders, ethics opinions, and jury instructions -- Ordinances -- Administrative and executive materials -- Treaties and international conventions and agreements -- Books, treaties, and other nonperiodic materials -- Law reviews and other periodicals -- Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and American law reports -- ;Restatements, principles of the law, model codes, uniform laws, and sentencing guidelines -- Looseleaf services -- Court documents, transcripts, and appellate records -- Speeches, addresses, and other oral presentations -- Interviews, letters and memoranda -- Video and visual programs, radio, audio recordings, and microforms -- Forthcoming works, unpublished manuscripts, and working papers -- Part 4: Online Sources: Online sources in general -- World wide web sites and blogs -- Commercial databases -- Email, listservs, CD-ROMs, and other electronic media -- Part 5: Incorporating citations into documents: Citation placement and use -- Signals -- Order of cited authorities -- Explanatory parentheticals, commentary, and treatment -- Part 6: Quotations: Quotations -- Altering quotations -- Indicating omissions from quotations -- Part 7: Appendices.