Bluebook Rule 18.2.1(a), as noted in yesterday's post, allows for
citation to sources available online “as if to the original print source” in
three cases: when there is an “authenticated, official, or exact copy of a
source available online.” I based my argument on the third option, an “exact
copy,” on an assumption that the PDFs of the U.S. Code were neither
authenticated nor official. This assumption, like many to have come before it,
is flat-out wrong.
Read More... (Citing the U.S. Code in the New Year: Part 2)
Posted by Aaron S. Kirschenfeld on Tue. January 7, 2020 4:31 PM
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