Scholarship can dispense with footnotes and remain rigorous through allusion and bibliography

Evidence

This is a text, accordingly, free of footnotes or explicitly referenced intra-textual citations. Which is different than saying there are no references, or better yet reference points, allusions, conversational interjections. The book is conceived in conversation, with many texts, multiple voices, various expressions of opinion. A bibliography of works consulted, conspired with or against, critically taken up or cast aside, follows each chapter. Where I suggest in passing within the flow of a chapter’s argument that so-and-so says such-and-such the general reference will be included in the chapter’s bibliography. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 30 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Footnotes are traditionally the mark of a scholar. They establish the foundation on which the writer has built new ideas and qualified or replaced old ones. A dearth of footnotes may suggest that a writer is unfamiliar with the literature on the subject, is afraid that readers will be repelled by too many footnotes, or is withholding due credit, perhaps to make the work seem more original. A spate of footnotes may suggest the folly of pedantry, the inability to leave items on the cutting-room floor—or perhaps something as simple as a desultory organization. — Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson, The Redbook, 247 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Footnote presence signals scholarly credibility to readers. — Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson, The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style,…, 247; A scholarly book can sustain argument through allusion without inline citations; Scholars violating citation norms while demanding textual rigor expose rhetorical inconsistency (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• A scholarly book can sustain argument through allusion without inline citations #corroborates (0.95)
• Scholarly citation conventions can be replaced by conversational allusion #corroborates (0.93) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 30
• Footnote presence signals scholarly credibility to readers. #complicates (0.82) — Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, Tiger Jackson, The Redbook, 247
• Scholars violating citation norms while demanding textual rigor expose rhetorical inconsistency #complicates (0.78)
• Discursive formations can be unified by a citation system that elevates specific authorial authorities #complicates (0.76) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 92