I’d note that most U.S. law journals work very differently from what you describe. Strict Bluebook compliance is their raison d'être, much more than legal schol

I’d note that most U.S. law journals work very differently from what you describe. Strict Bluebook compliance is their raison d'être, much more than legal scholarship. I am not exaggerating that. (And authors are not generally expected to get it right themselves, fleets of law student editors do the checking and correcting.)