Law Books For Beginners In Chicago - The Sports Law Handbook
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The most practical starting textbook is ``laying down the law'' (lexis) - gives an overview of the basics of law, how statutes and the common law work etc.
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Formatting the Chicago Style Bibliography Include a 1-inch top and left margin. Center the title at the top of the page. Leave two blank lines between the title and first entry. Use a 1/2 inch hanging indent if the citation entry is more than one line. Single space the entries. Leave one blank line between entries.
Author first name last name, Book Title: Subtitle (Publisher, Year), Page number(s). 1. Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin, 1997), 34. Author last name, Shortened Book Title, Page number(s).
Country, Institution that passed the law, Law Title, Law type Law number, adopted date adopted, number of article / paragraph / etc., URL. Short note: Law Title, number of article.
Here are some tips for formatting a title page in Chicago style: The title should be centered one-third of the way down the page. Your name and class information should follow several lines later. For subtitles, end the title line with a colon and place the subtitle on the line below the title.
Until the 17th edition, Chicago style was to spell out the noun in running text, but abbreviate the adjective as US. Now, we allow US as a noun, but only if the meaning is clear from context—that is, the usage is subject to editorial discretion.
Cover page Center the title of your paper in the middle of the page, halfway down. Center your name directly under the title. Your teacher's name, course title and block, and date should be written in three lines and centered at the bottom of the page. Use Times or Times New Roman 12 pt font for the title page.
In general, Chicago-style citations use either an author-date format or numbered notes and a bibliography. Here is an example of an author-date citation, as it would appear in the text of an essay citing a book: The primary cheeses used in Chicago-style pizza are mozzarella, Parmesan, and Romano (Bruno 1983, 4).