法學文獻引註格式之分析──以Bluebook為例

An Essay on Legal Citation Form: Hello to the Bluebook

法學文獻（裁判或論文）必須有正確而充實之引註，而對於引註之格式上要求，則在確保引註內容能達成標示來源資料等功能，使讀者能深入了解、檢證作者之立論基礎，法學辯論因之更加細緻。美國法學文獻主流上以Bluebook一書之內容來統一引註格式，本文介紹其以美國法為核心之引註方法，從中探究引註格式之功能，並藉由討論將Bluebook引註格式導入中文文獻之課題，釐清引註格式之核心命題，進一步回顧我國法學文獻之引註現況，分析其來源資料之特點，提出引註格式之建議。

Aside from developing analyses and arguments, it is fundamentally important that the cited authorities should be provided in law literature. With proper legal citations, the author of a legal writing can refer to resources precisely and readers can locate and find the reference systematically. The significance of citations and citation form is relative. An elaborate system of citation form will contribute to the substance of citations by abbreviating, standardizing and uniformizing the information of cited materials. The Bluebook is a well-established convention of the legal citation form. It is used at a majority of the U.S. law schools and the U.S. courts. This article introduces the rules of citation form according to the Bluebook and introspects the functions of legal citation, with a special focus on the pros and cons of the scrutinized citation form. Drawing the core standards of legal citation is a necessary step. While it may be a possible way to adopt the Bluebook, one of the essential tasks is to examine the difference between English resources in the U.S. and Chinese resources in Taiwan. To avoid confusion, a feasible guidance of citation form should be suggested based on the characteristics and peculiarities of law data in Taiwan.