Overview

No law says a legal citation guide has to be boring or hard to use. (We know—we checked.) Noted by the Bluebook as a source of Pennsylvania-specific legal citation, PAstyle: A Pennsylvania Stylebook and Citation Guide for Legal Writing is a practical guide to legal writing and citation. Written in an approachable and fun-to-read style and designed to be the Swiss Army knife of desk references in a lawyer’s arsenal, PAstyle covers all aspects of writing from grammar, spelling, and citation to how to make document production faster and easier.

Included are:

• citation formats: cases, rules, and statutes, both federal and state
• listing of Pennsylvania county legal journals and their citation formats
• abbreviations and terms in citations
• general style guidelines for clear writing
• grammar and usage guides
• typography: court requirements, typographical symbols, and tips for more efficient document production
• quick-reference word list with hundreds of words noting case, spelling, and style
• names of acts often mis-cited and citations for common Pennsylvania codes
• Internet sources for further information on citation and style
  
  

Included with the book is a PDF file with commenting capabilities enabled for users to be able to add their own notes to the book.

Summary of Contents

Part One: Citations

• Citation Format
• Citation Rules
• Abbreviations and Terms in Citations
  
  

Part Two: Text

• General Style Guidelines
• Grammar and Usage
• Typography
  
  

Part Three: Appendices

• Quick-Reference Word List
• Popular Name Acts
• Handy Internet Sources for Citation and Style

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