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AGLC (Australian Guide to Legal Citation) Style

Special Features

There are two versions of the style: Footnotes Only - Use this version for writing short documents, e.g. journal articles

Footnotes plus Bibliography - Use this version for writing longer works which require a

bibliography at the end, e.g. theses and books. Citations to sources referred to or quoted in the text are provided in footnote entries. The first citation to a source should be given in full. The terms ibid and above n are used to

refer to sources previously cited.

o Ibid- Ibid is used when the source and pinpoint reference in the immediately preceding

footnote is the same source and pinpoint being cited in the current footnote. (The

pinpoint is the particular page/s, paragraph/s, etc. that we refer to.)

- If the source is the same but the pinpoint reference differs, the term ibid is followed

by the relevant new pinpoint reference.

o Above n- If the source being cited has been previously cited, but not in the immediately

preceding footnote, above n should be used to refer to that previous citation.- Above n should not be used for cases and legislation.

- Citations using above n should appear as follows: Authors Surname, above n

Footnote Number, Pinpoint.

- A full stop is added at the end of every footnote.

Examples of ibid and above n:3 Eric Barendt, Freedom of Speech (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2005) 163.4 Ibid.5 Ibid 174-5.6 Defamation Act 2005 (Vic) s 37.7 Ibid s 38.8

Barendt, above n 3, 69. Below here we found some example of AGLC Style:

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Type of entry Reference Style

Case Law: Reported Decisions

1. Case Law:

Reported

Decisions

The citation details that must be included for reported decisions, in order are:

Case Name cite only the first plaintiff and defendant, in italics.Year (Round) brackets are used when the volumes of a law report

series are organised by volume number. [Square] brackets are used

when the volumes are organised by year (i.e., where the report series

does not have volume numbers, or where the volume numbering

recommences at the start of each year). Volume Report Series use the abbreviation for the report series. Page cite the number of the first page of the case report. Pinpoint a comma and a space should precede specific page

references.

Examples:

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La Trobe University v Robinson and Pola [1972] VR 883.

R v Kenny [1983] 2 VR 470.

Trobridge v Hardy (1955) 94 CLR 147, 148.

Case Law: Unreported Decisions

2. Unreported

Decisions

with a

Medium

Neutral

Citation

Unreported decisions with a medium neutral citation should be cited as

follows:

Name of case [Year] Unique court identifier Judgment number (Date of

judgment) [Pinpoint].

Example:

R v Swaffield [1998] HCA 1 (20 January 1998) [8]-[9].

3. Unreported

Decisions

without a

Medium

Neutral

Citation

Unreported decisions without a medium neutral citation should be cited as

follows:

Name of case (Unreported, Court, Judge(s), Date of judgment) Pinpoint.

Example:

Smith v Jones (Unreported, Supreme Court of Victoria, Nathan J, 18 March

1994) 56.

Legislation

4. Legislation:

Acts

Citations for Acts should include:

Title Acts should be referred to by their short title, in italics. Year Jurisdiction use the abbreviation for the jurisdiction, in parentheses. Pinpoint abbreviate the section, paragraph etc of the Act.

Example:

Trustee Act 1928 (Vic) s 10.

5. Legislation:

Bills

Example:

Evidence Bill 1994 (Cth).

6. Legislation:

Australian

Constitutions

Examples:

Australian Constitution s 51(xxix).

Constitution Act 1867(Qld) s 2.

Printed Materials

7. Book The citation for a book should consist of:

Author include the full name (first name first and surname second)followed by a comma. List the full names of up to three (3) authors oreditors. Where there are more than three authors, the name of the

first author should be included, followed by et al. In a bibliography,

the surname of the first author appears first.

Title main title should be in italics and written in full. Publication Details includes publisher, edition, year of publication, in

parentheses.

Pinpoint the reference is preceded by a space.

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Examples:

Footnote: Malcolm N Shaw, International Law (Cambridge University Press, 6th

ed, 2008) 578.Bibliography: Shaw, Malcolm N, International Law (Cambridge University

Press, 6th

ed, 2008)

8. Edited Books Chapters in edited books should be cited in the following format:

Author/s Chapter Title in Editor (ed/s) Book Title (Publication Details) Starting Page Pinpoint.

Example:

Angus Francis and Neil Andrews, Insolvency Law in Taiwan in Roman Tomasic

(ed), Insolvency Law in East Asia (Ashgate, 2006) 125, 130.

9. Journal

Articles

Print journal articles should include, in the following order:

Author include the full name of the author followed by a comma.List the full name of up to three (3) authors.

Title place the full title in single quotation marks. Year if a volume number identifies the journal, place the year in ( ) ;

if the journal is identified by year, place the year in [ ].

Volume and issue issue numbers should appear in parentheses afterthe volume.

Journal use italics for the full name of the journal. Page cite the number of the first page of the article. Pinpoint the pinpoint reference is preceded by a comma and space.

When the pinpoint reference is in the first page of the article, the pagenumber of the article should be repeated.

Example:

Sir Anthony Mason, A Bill of Rights for Australia? (1989) 5(2) Australian Bar

Review 79, 81.

Electronic document

10. Electronic

Journal

Articles

Electronic journal articles should only be cited as electronic materials when a

printed edition of the journal does not exist. Electronic articles should be

cited in the same manner as articles in printed journals (using whatever details

are available), followed by the websites URL.

Example:

Lyndon Griggs, Torrens Title in a Digital World (2001) 8(3) Murdoch University

Electronic Journal of Law [16]

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11. Other

Internet

Citations for Internet materials should include:

Author a personal author or name of organization responsible for

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Materials the website, followed by a comma.

Document Title this should be in italics. Date this should be included where available, in parentheses.

Website Name when author and website name are identical,website name should not be included.

Uniform Resource Locator - Where the full URL of a document appearscumbersome and the document can be located easily from a general

website, the URL of the general website may be included instead.

Examples:

John Corcaran, Timor,Tampa and Technology (2001) Law Institute of Victoria

.

Oxfam International, Flooding in the Philippines Highlights Urgency of Climate

Leadership (28 September 2009)

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12. Legal

Encyclopedias

Online

Citations to legal encyclopedias viewed online should be in the following

format:

Publisher, Encyclopedia Title (at Date of retrieval) Title number Name of Title,

'Chapter number Name of Chapter' [Paragraph number].

Example:

LexisNexis, Halsburys Laws of Australia (at 25 May 2009) 235 Insurance, 2

General Principles *235-270].

[This example is taken from the Melbourne University Law Review Association, Australian Guide to

Legal Citation (3rd

ed, 2010)]

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