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Judge Posner's Bluebook Blues

Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner's review of the 19th edition of the Bluebook appears in the latest issue of the Yale Law Journal. The review, titled "The Bluebook Blues," is not favorable. Judge Posner writes that the Bluebook is "remote from the functional need for legal citation forms" and "serves obscure needs of the legal culture and its student subculture." An appendix to the article sets forth Posner's alternative citation scheme. See also the commentary from the Volokh Conspiracy.