Research Guides: Business and Management Resource Guide: Business Law

Welcome to Business Law

This page is designed to help researchers find materials dealing with Business Law available through MSU Libraries. Business Law is defined as:

"Business law, the body of rules, whether by convention, agreement, or national or international legislation, governing the dealings between persons in commercial matters" -Britannica Money

This guide provides information on:

Introduction to Legal Citation
Databases and Other Resources

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Legal Citation

The following links are resources that may be useful to properly cite legal documents.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Peter W. Martin

This resource provides general information, video likes, and examples on how to cite legal documents.

Indigo Book, second edition

This edition of the Indigo Book was published in September, 2021 and is an open manual of legal citation.

MSU Books

The following citation reference book is available at MSU libraries and can help with legal citations:

The Bluebook by Harvard Law Review Association (Compiled by); Columbia Law Review (Compiled by); University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Compiled by); The Yake Law Journal (Compiled by)
Call Number: KF245 .B58 2020

ISBN: 9780578666150

A Uniform System of Citation: The Bluebook is the definitive style guide for legal citation in the United States. For generations, law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied on The Bluebook's uniform system of citation in their writing. In a diverse and rapidly changing legal profession, The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information to one another about the sources and legal authorities upon which they rely in their work.