Topic: Loving and Hating the Bluebook

Thread: Over the course of the past few weeks (and hopefully during your other courses) you have been introduced to the legal citation method known as The Bluebook. If you are anything like most of us in the legal world you love and hate it! Providing a source not just to give credit, but to also lend authority to your argument is essential. However, there are some arguments for a different, more streamlined method. This module/week, you will be reading an article written by Judge Richard A. Posner. Judge Posner is a vocal critic of The Bluebook. Read Judge Posner's article, and respond to the following questions: 1. What are Posner's strongest arguments? What are his weakest? 2. If presented with the opportunity to draft your own legal citation method, what aspects of The Bluebook method should be eliminated and what aspects should be incorporated? 3. What aspects of The Bluebook fit with the Christian worldview?