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The name of the periodical the article appears in. Per the Bluebook style, abbreviations should be used for common words such as journal (J.), American (Am.), Law (L.), Policy (Pol.), et altera. For a list of abbreviations, see this site .
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This article follows the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Legal. It uses the Bluebook legal referencing style. This citation style uses standardized abbreviations, such as "N.Y. Times" for The New York Times. Please review those standards before making style or formatting changes.
The predominant legal style guide is the Bluebook. Wikipedia articles generally follow Bluebook format for case names and case citations. Leave off given names and only include the first plaintiff/petitioner and the first defendant/respondent. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, not Bell Atlantic Corp., et al. v. William Twombly and Lawrence Marcus
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The Bluebook prescribes rules for the citation of non-legal secondary sources. this Guideline permits the use of the Bluebook's citation style in articles with a U.S. legal subject-matter, but permits other citation styles to be used for secondary-sources even if the Bluebook is used for other sources;
This template creates citations to websites in a modified Bluebook citation style. If you are citing a periodical (like a newspaper or magazine) that is also published online you should use {{ Bluebook journal }} .
In English law, the defence of necessity recognises that there may be situations of such overwhelming urgency that a person must be allowed to respond by breaking the law. There have been very few cases in which the defence of necessity has succeeded, and in general terms there are very few situations where such a defence could even be applicable.