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Guides to Legal Style

Manuals

It is recommended that students of the Faculty of Law refer to the following books for the citation of primary and secondary legal sources:
  • Association of Legal Writing Directors and Darby Dickerson, ALWD Citation Manual: a Professional System of Citation, 3rd ed. (New York, NY: Aspen Law & Business, 2006).
    KB280.2 Alw 2006 (LW RBR)
  • The Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation, 18th ed. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Law Review Association, 2005).
    KB280.2 Blu 2005 (LW RBR, LW Reference 1)
  • *Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 6th ed. (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2006).
    KB280.2 Can 2006 (LW Holdshelf, LW RBR, LW Reference 1)
  • Singapore Law Review House Style (Singapore: Singapore Law Review, 1995).
    KE5270 Cit.S (LW RBR)
  • Tan Keng Feng, A.J. Harding, W.J.M. Ricquier, eds., Malaya Law Review House Style: Guide for Editors and Authors for Preparation and Printing of Contributions (Singapore: Faculty of Law, 1986).
    KE5270 Cit. M (LW Books, LW RBR, LW Singapore-Malaysia Collection)

*NUS Faculty of Law's preferred citation manual.

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Legal Abbreviations

In order to determine the complete title of a law report or journal with an unfamiliar citation, students may refer to the following indexes to legal abbreviations:

  • Donald Raistrick, Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations, 2nd ed. (London: Bowker-Saur, 1993).
    KB280 Rai (LW RBR, LW Reference 1)

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