LAW / Referencing for Law Students / AGLC 3rd ed

Rule

Examples

The title of a book should appear italicised as it appears on the title page of the book. It should appear in accordance with chapter 1. In particular:

•punctuation should adhere to rule 1.6.1 (so full stops should not be used after initials or in abbreviations); and

•capitalisation should adhere to rule 1.7.

Where there is no punctuation on the title page separating the title from a subtitle, a colon or an em-dash should be inserted.

Alistair Pound and Kylie Evans, An Annotated Guide to the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities (Lawbook, 2008).

Prue Vines, Law and Justice in Australia — Foundations of the Legal System (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed, 2009).

5.3Publication Details

5.3.1Publisher

Rule A brief version of the publisher’s name should be included in parentheses after the title. It should be followed by a comma.

Sufficient information to identify the publisher (and no more) should be included. The publisher’s name should appear as on the title page (or in the publication information), except that:

•‘the’ at the start of the name should be omitted;

•abbreviations related to the publisher’s corporate status (‘Pty’, ‘Ltd’, ‘Co’, etc) should be omitted;

•geographical designations (‘Australia’, ‘A/Asia’, etc) in company names should be omitted, unless they are an important part of the name; and

•subdivisions within companies should be omitted.

A publisher’s name should only be included if it appears in the book. A publisher’s name should not be included where the publisher’s and the author’s names are the same.

Examples Ngaire Naffine, Law’s Meaning of Life: Philosophy, Religion, Darwin and the Legal Person (Hart Publishing, 2009).

David Brown and Meredith Wilkie (eds), Prisoners as Citizens: Human Rights in Australian Prisons (Federation Press, 2002). [Not:

… The Federation Press …]

Clive Turner, Australian Commercial Law (Lawbook, 29th ed, 2009). [Not: … Lawbook Co … nor … Lawbook Company …]

Martin Davies and Ian Malkin, Torts (LexisNexis Butterworths, 5th ed, 2008). [Not: … LexisNexis Butterworths Australia …]

McGill Law Journal, Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation

(Carswell Thomson, 4th ed, 1998). [Not: … Carswell Thomson Professional Publishing …]

Books

Notes

Elizabeth Ellis, Principles and Practice of Australian Law (Thomson Reuters, 2nd ed, 2009). [Not: … Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd …]

Martin Vranken, Death of Labour Law? Comparative Perspectives

(Melbourne University Press, 2009).

Law Institute of Victoria, Legal Directory 2006 (2005). [Not: … Legal Directory 2006 (Law Institute of Victoria, 2005).]

Usually, it is sufficient to include only the first two or three words of a publisher’s name, especially where the publisher is readily identifiable.

The name of a printer of a book (that is not also its publisher) should not be included, even if no publisher appears on the book.

A publisher’s name is often unnecessary for documents where a government or government department is the author, as these are usually self-published.

Examples Patricia Birnie, Alan Boyle and Catherine Redgwell, International Law & the Environment (Oxford University Press, 3rd ed, 2009).

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (Clarendon Press, first published 1651, 1909 ed).

Sir Matthew Hale, Historia Placitorum Coronae (London Professional Books, first published 1736, 1971 ed) vol 1, 635.

George Orwell, Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Secker and Warburg, first published 1945, 1998 ed) 23.

Note Where the book does not contain an edition number but has been republished in multiple years, the year of first publication and year of the publication being cited should generally replace an edition number. This is typically the case for books published prior to the 20th century or popular books republished by several publishers.

5.3.3Revised Editions

•if there is an edition number, after the edition number and preceded by a space; or

•if there is no edition number, after the publisher’s name and preceded by a comma.

Examples E J Cohn and W Zdzieblo, Manual of German Law (Oceana Publications, 2nd revised ed, 1968) vol 1.

Peter Birks, An Introduction to the Law of Restitution (Clarendon Press, revised ed, 1989) 18.

Note An unnumbered revised edition is generally a revision of the first edition of a work. ‘1st revised ed’ should be used only where the edition number appears in the book.

Books

Examples Margaret C Jasper, Home Mortgage Law Primer (Oceana Publications, 3rd ed, 2009) 70–7. [Not: … (Oceana Publications, 3rd ed, 2009), 70–7.]

Charles Mitchell and Stephen Watterson, Subrogation: Law and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2007) 9 [2.02].

James Edelman and Elise Bant, Unjust Enrichment in Australia

(Oxford University Press, 2006) ch 4.

5.4.2Multi-Volume Books

Books

Rule

Examples

Chapters in edited books should be cited as shown above.

The chapter title should be enclosed in single inverted commas. There should be no other punctuation between the chapter title and ‘in’. The starting page is that on which the chapter cited begins.

Where multiple chapters from an edited collection are cited, the details of the edited collection should be included in full in the first reference to each chapter.

Subsequent (‘above n’) references to a chapter from an edited collection should use the names of the authors of the particular chapter and refer to the footnote in which the chapter is first cited.

22 Meg Russell, ‘Reform of the House of Lords: Lessons for Bicameralism’ in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and J R Nethercote (eds), Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (University of Western Australia Press, 2008) 119.

…

43Janet Ransley, ‘Illusions of Reform: Queensland’s Legislative Assembly since Fitzgerald’ in Nicholas Aroney, Scott Prasser and J R Nethercote (eds), Restraining Elective Dictatorship: The Upper House Solution? (University of Western Australia Press, 2008) 248, 252. [Not: … in Aroney, Prasser and Nethercote (eds), above n 22, 248, 252.]

…

45Russell, above n 22, 122.

46Ransley, above n 43, 255. [Not: Ransley, above n 22, 255.]

5.6Translations

The original title may be included in square brackets after any pinpoint. However, if the translation title appears in the original language, it is not necessary to include the original title.

The year in which the original work (used by the translator) was first published, or its edition number and year of publication, may also be included in square brackets after any pinpoint. If the original title is included, the year (or year and edition number) should appear in parentheses after the original title. If the original title is not included, the year (or year and edition number) should appear in square brackets (without parentheses).

In accordance with rule 1.7, titles in a foreign language should be capitalised in accordance with convention in that language.

Examples The Qur’an (Tarif Khalisi trans, Harvard University Press, 1972).

Books

6.1.1Parliamentary Debates

Jurisdiction , Parliamentary Debates, Chamber ,

Full Date of Debate , Pinpoint ( Name of Speaker ).

Names of speakers should adhere to rule 1.14. If a speaker’s name is included, their first and last names should appear. ‘MP’, ‘MLC’, ‘MLA’, ‘Senator’ and other designations indicating membership of Parliament should not be included in the speaker’s name. If it is relevant, the position of the speaker within a ministry or shadow ministry (or any part of their position which is relevant) may be included after their name, preceded by a comma.

Examples Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, 18 June 2008, 2642–4 (Bob Brown).

Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 4 May 2006, 1289–95 (Rob Hulls, Attorney-General).

The second reading speech for the Migration Amendment Bill 1983 (Cth) was incorporated by reference in the Senate.23

__________

23Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, 7 September 1983, 373–4 (John Button). [Not: … 373–4 (John Button, Minister for Industry and Commerce).]

6.1.2Parliamentary Papers

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