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Referencing and citing Law resources

Introduction

  • The Law Faculty at the University of Wollongong follows the method of citation outlined in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002). A full copy of this publication is available for Download only.
  • The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002) is published by the University of Melbourne Law Review Association and is available in hard copy at a number of our campuses. The focus of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation is footnote construction.
  • Citation systems are not necessarily complete. If you need to cite material not specifically discussed in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002), find an example of something similar and use that as a model.

Abbreviations

Citing within the body of an assignment

"Citation is the means by which a writer refers a reader to other material".[1] The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002) uses footnotes as a method to acknowledge sources that appear within the body of an assignment or work or further information supplementing the text. See Pages 1-3 or thumbnail/epage 13-15.

Footnotes

Citation is also "the quotation of an authority in legal argument"[2] or the reference to primary sources. See pages 1-3 or thumbnail 13-15 for full details of how footnotes should appear.

1. Catriona Cook et al. Laying Down the Law (5th ed, 2001).15.1
2. CCH, CCH Macquarie Dictionary of Law (2nd ed, 1993) 30.

  • Ibid
  • Above n
  • Above and below

For a full explanation and examples please refer to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002) 3-6 or thumbnail/epage 15-18

Bibliography

  • List all sources that were used in completing your assignment into sections:
    • Articles/Books/Reports
    • Case Law
    • Legislation
    • Treaties
    • Other Sources
  • Include sources referred to in the text and footnotes but also include any other sources used
  • Cite as set out in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002) rules, with the following exceptions:
  • Author's name is listed alphabetically by author's surname OR
  • Institution as author - the first word of the name of the institution OR
  • No author - first word of title

For a full explanation and examples please refer to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd ed, 2002) 24-25 or thumbnail/epages 36-37


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Last reviewed: 4 July, 2007 

 
   
 
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