hlr-sources-and-bluebook — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
HLR is one of the four student journals that publish The Bluebook (with the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal). Citations are not an afterthought here — they are the connective tissue of the argument, and they will be checked line by line. This skill governs which authority you cite, how much it counts, and how it is formatted to Bluebook standard. HLR instructs authors that footnotes conform to The Bluebook, 22nd edition (the current edition; confirm on the submissions page before filing, since editions are periodically revised).
| Tier | Authority | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Primary, binding | Constitution, statutes, controlling precedent (the relevant court) | Strongest — cite first |
| Primary, persuasive | Out-of-jurisdiction cases, lower courts, legislative history | Use to fill gaps; flag as persuasive |
| Secondary, authoritative | Treatises, Restatements, leading law-review articles | Support and framing, not a substitute for primary |
| Secondary, general | Student notes, blogs, news | Last resort; sparingly and transparently |
Rule of thumb: never let a secondary source stand in for available primary authority. If a proposition of law rests only on a treatise, find and cite the case or statute behind it.
proposition comes from — not just the first page of the case or article.
See also = additional support; Cf. = analogous; But see = contradicts; Contra = directly contradicts. Misused signals are a classic cite-check correction.
per Bluebook for later short cites. Keep them unambiguous after edits move footnotes around.
by court and date, then secondary), not by the order you found them.
practitioner documents — HLR uses the academic conventions.
them for non-obvious support).
【Authority audit】each key proposition → strongest cite (primary? Y/N)
【Pincites】every cite + quote pinned? [Y/N]
【Signals】reviewed against relationship? [Y/N]
【Short forms】Id./supra consistent after reordering? [Y/N]
【Bluebook ordering】within-footnote order correct? [Y/N]
【Next】hlr-footnotes-and-cite-check (apparatus + source-pull readiness)../../resources/external_tools.md — Bluebook, citators (Shepard's/KeyCite), reference managers../../resources/official-source-map.md — HLR's role as a Bluebook co-publisher~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.