These changes to the Manual reflect the fact that more Florida specific sources have become available online and that increasingly these online sources are certified as either official in their own right or as alternate official versions of their print counterparts. The editors of this Eighth Edition have updated the citation rules throughout the Manual to address advances in information technology and, consequently, online legal research. This Florida Style Manual provides meaningful citation forms for Florida-specific materials. Other Florida sources were not addressed at all by the Bluebook. From the conception of that project, the editors realized that citation to many Florida-specific sources-particularly those generated by the Florida Legislature-would lead to confusion if conventional Bluebook citation forms were followed. The Manual is an outgrowth of the Florida State University Law Review’s annual Review of Florida Legislation. The Manual supplements the uniform citation system for Florida legal documents contained in Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.800 and the standard citation authority for American legal journals, the 20th Edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. The Florida Style Manual is designed to aid practitioners and scholars to identify the proper citation form for legal documents and scholarly articles.

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