For each of the below rules, please find an explanation of any major changes to the rule between the 21st and 22nd editions of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Legal Citation.
Each rule change will be explained in a chart like this:
| Rule | Rule Subject |
Change |
Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
In the "Change" Column, you'll see a symbol noting the type of change. Here is a key to those symbols:
📚 TERMINOLOGY Change
🆕 NEW rule added
💡CLARIFICATION or new clarifying example of an existing rule
☠️ REMOVAL of a rule in the 21st edition
🔗 CROSS-REFERENCE update of which writers should be aware
| RULE 19 CHANGES IN 22ND EDITION: No Substantive Changes |
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| R21.4.5(a)(i) | New preferred source to cite to for bilateral treaties to which the U.S. is a party |
21st edition: "For agreements between the United States and another party, cite one of the following sources, in the following order of preference: U.S.T. (or Stat.); T.I.A.S. (or T.S., or E.A.S.); U.N.T.S.; Senate Treaty Documents or Senate Executive Documents; Department of State Dispatch; Department of State Press Releases." 22nd edition: "For agreements between the United States and another party, cite one of the following sources, in the following order of preference: U.S.T.I.F.; U.S.T. (or Stat.); T.I.A.S. (or T.S., or E.A.S.); U.N.T.S.; Senate Treaty Documents or Senate Executive Documents; Department of State Dispatch; Department of State Press Releases. |