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ACU Library guide to referencing using AGLC4

Commentaries

Footnotes

Note Number Publisher, Title of Commentary, (online at Date of Retrieval) Pinpoint.
1 CCH Australia, Australian Intellectual Property Commentary (online at 17 July 2024) ¶7-000.

Example

2    JW Carter, LexisNexis, Carter on Contract (online at 20 February 2024) [04-001].

Bibliography

Publisher, Title of Commentary, (online at Date of Retrieval)
CCH Australia, Australian Intellectual Property Commentary (online at 17 July 2024)

Example

JW Carter, LexisNexis, Carter on Contract (online at 20 February 2024)

Notes

  • The full rule for commentaries (known as looseleaf services) can be found at Rule 7.8 on p 120.
  • Where an author of a service is clearly identified, the author's name should be included before the publisher, followed by a comma.
  • Pinpoints should refer to paragraphs and be placed in square brackets. Do not use the abbreviation 'para'.
  • If the publisher eg. CCH uses a paragraph symbol ¶ this should precede paragraph numbers.
  • Online looseleaf services – include the date at which the entry was retrieved.

Legal encyclopaedias

Footnotes

Note Number Publisher, Title of Encyclopaedia (online at Date of retrieval) Title Number Title Name 'Chapter Number Name of Chapter' Pinpoint
1 Westlaw AU, Laws of Australia (online at 17 July 2024) 33 Torts '33.2 Negligence' [33.2.210].

Example

2    LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of Australia (online at 17 August 2024) 235 Insurance, '235-2 General Principles of Insurance' [235-295].

Bibliography

Publisher, Title of Encyclopaedia (online at Date of retrieval) Title Number Title Name
Westlaw AU, Laws of Australia (online at 17 July 2024) 33 Torts

Example

LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of Australia (online at 17 August 2024) 235 Insurance

Notes

  • The full rule for encyclopaedias can be found at Rule 7.7 on p 119.
  • When citing a print version of a legal encyclopedia, a volume number should be included after the title along with the date of the last update to a chapter (rather than the date of retrieval).
  • Bibliography entries do not end with a full stop. They also don't have a pinpoint.

 

Legal dictionaries

Footnotes

Note Number Title of Dictionary (online at Date of retrieval) 'Entry Title' (def Definition Number).
1 Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary  (online at 17 July 2024) 'academic misconduct' (def 2).

Hard copy example

8   Australian Law Dictionary (3rd ed, 2017) 'academic misconduct'.

Bibliography

Title of Dictionary (online at Date of retrieval)
Encyclopaedic Australian Legal Dictionary  (online at 17 July 2024)

Hard copy example

Australian Law Dictionary (3rd ed, 2017) 

Notes

  • The full rule for legal dictionaries can be found at Rule 7.6 on p 118.
  • Bibliography entries do not end with a full stop. They also don't have a pinpoint.

 

Law reform commission reports

Footnotes

 

Note Number Commission Name Title (Document Type/Series Document Number Year and month) Pinpoint
1 Australian Law Reform Commission, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (Report No 108, May 2018) vol 1, 339 [7.7].

Example

2    Victorian Law Reform Commission, Civil Justice Review (Report No 14, March 2018) 91.

Bibliography

Commission Name Title (Document Type/Series Document Number Year and month)
Australian Law Reform Commission, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (Report No 108, May 2018)

Example

Victorian Law Reform Commission, Civil Justice Review (Report No 14, March 2018)

Notes

  • The full rule for law reform commission publications can be found at Rule 7.1.4 on p 108.
  • The type of publication ("Report", "Discussion paper", 'Issue Paper", etc) should be included as the document type.
  • Bibliography entries do not end with a full stop. They also don't have a pinpoint.