Update bluebook-inline.csl

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Problem

In bluebook-inline.csl, short cites with 3 or more authors render with
an Oxford comma before the ampersand:

Smith, Jones, & Brown, supra note 7

Bluebook author-list convention is "A, B & C" — no comma before the
ampersand. Expected:

Smith, Jones & Brown, supra note 7

Cause

The two short-cite <name> elements (lines 40, 47) omit
delimiter-precedes-last="never", so they fall back to CSL's
contextual default — inserting a comma before the connector when
there are 3+ names.

The other four <name> elements in this file (lines 73, 104, 118, 135)
already specify delimiter-precedes-last="never". The two short-cite
elements are the only ones missing the attribute.

Why this is uncontroversial

This brings the two short-cite <name> elements into alignment with the
file's own convention used everywhere else.

Companion to PR #8160, which fixes the same defect (plus an
and="text" → and="symbol" correction that doesn't apply here) in
bluebook-law-review.csl.

Scope

• Only affects rendering of short cites with 3 or more names. 1- and
  2-name cites are unchanged.
• No schema impact; delimiter-precedes-last is a standard CSL attribute.
• No new variables consumed; no item-type behavior changes.

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Below are some sample citations generated based on your proposed changes:

bluebook-inline.csl (modified style; unchanged output for sample items)

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Firms and the welfare state: when, why, and how does social policy matter to employers?, in Varieties of capitalism: the institutional foundations of comparative advantage 184–212; , https://academic.oup.com/book/301/chapter/134896619 (last visited Jan 7, 2026)