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Bluebook Rule (21st): 15.1
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Personal Authors
Author names should be included in full just as they appear in the original publication. Include such designations as "Jr." or "III" but not titles such as "Dr.," even if included in the original work. Offset "Jr." or "III" with a comma only if that is how it appears in the original.
Philip D. O'Neill, Jr. , Verification in an Age of Insecurity: The Future of Arms Control Compliance (2010).
If a cited work has two authors, include both names in the same order as they appear in the original separated by an ampersand.
Neal Feigenson & Christina Spiesel , Law on Display: The Digital Transformation of Legal Persuasion and Judgment (2010).
For more than two authors, provide the first name followed by "et al."
Russell L. Weaver, et al. , Inside Constitutional Law: What Matters and Why (2009).
NOTE: If there is particular relevance in listing all author names, list them in them in the order they appear in the original source, separated by commas except for the final name, which is separated only by an ampersand without a comma.
Institutional Authors
If the author of a work is an institution, provide the complete name.
4 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation , The American Law of Mining 98 (2d ed. 1984).
NOTE: In some circumstances, a particular individual within an institution will be given authorial credit. If this is the case, provide the individual's name, followed by the institutional name separated by a comma.
Consult rule 15.1(d) for guidance on the proper abbreviation of institutional author names.
NOTE: Use the abbreviation "U.S." when "United States" is part of an institutional name. This differs from the rule prohibiting the abbreviation of United States as part of a case name, discussed here in this guide.
Editors and Translators
The full name of any editors and translators is included in a parenthetical. Consult rule 15.2 for further guidance.
