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74 Sask. L. Rev. 275 (2011)
Book Review

handle is hein.journals/sasklr74 and id is 275 raw text is: SASKATCHEWAN I LAW REVIEW How Does a Uniform Citation Guide Fail to be Uniform? A Review of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 7th ed.* Joanne V Colledge** and La M. Lapointe*** I. INTRODUCTION A new edition of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (the Guide)l is published every four years by McGill Law Journal's editorial and management boards.2 The seventh edition of the Guide arrived in bookstores and libraries across Canada in August 2010. It seemed fitting to review the Guide in 2011, a year that marks its twenty-fifth anniversary.3 Since the Guide's inception, its goal has been to allow authors to accurately communicate their intended message4 and allow for the efficient and reliable recognition of legal sources, an important requirement for the advancement of legal scholarship.s Normally, a new edition of the Guide causes little consternation, aside from some law students grumbling about the cost of the newest edition. This edition is different and support for it appears mixed.6 Toronto: Carswell, 2010. xxxii + 514pp., $50.00 pb. J.D., Law Clerk at the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, and member of the Editorial Board for the Saskatchewan Law Review, 2010-11. B.A., J.D. Candidate, member of the Saskatchewan Law Review's Editorial Board, 2010-11, and Managing Editor, 2011-12. Both authors thank everyone who took the time to answer questions and share comments, including Professors John Kleefeld and Madisun Browne. All research is current as of May 17, 2011; any errors or omissions remain the responsibility of the authors. 1 Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 7th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2010). This is colloquially referred to as the McGill Guide [Guide]. 2 Ibid. at E-vii. See also McGill Law Journal, online: <http://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/ citeguide.php> [Guide webpagel. 3 Guide, supra note 1 at E-vii. 4 Ibid. 5 Guide webpage, supra note 2. 6 See e.g. Ted Tjaden, McGill Guide-New 7th Edition-What's Different (20 August 2010), online: Slaw <http://www.slaw.ca/2010/08/20/mcgill-guide-new-7th-edition- whats-different>; Mark Lewis, My Name is Earl (3 September 2010), online: Slaw <http://www.slaw.ca/2010/09/03/my-name-is-earl>; Shaunna Mireau, Citation Clarified? (14 September 2010), online: Slaw <http://www.slaw.ca/2010/09/14/

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