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HOW TO REFERENCE
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE STYLE OF
CITATION
IDENTIFY THE STYLE OF CITATION
USED IN THIS SUBJECT AND USE IT!
Australian Guide to Legal
rd
Citation 3 ed
uts.edu.au
CASE CITATION USING
edition AGLC
rd
3
Case name/Year/Volume/Report
Series/Page/Pinpoint
R v Hughes (2000) 202 CLR 353, 548
Case citation – Exercise 1
Which case citation is correct?
Example A:
Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions
(NSW) (1977) 189 CLR 51; 138 ALR 577
Example B:
Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions
(NSW) (1977) 189 CLR 51; 138 ALR 577
LEGISLATION CITATION
rd
USING 3 edition AGLC
Title/Year /Jurisdiction/Pinpoint
Trustees Act 1962 (WA) s 90
Legislation citation – Exercise 2
Which citation is correct?
Example A:
Telecommunications Act 1997 (No 47 of
1997)
Example B:
Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) (No 47
of 1997)
JOURNAL ARTICLE CITAION –
rd
USING 3 edition AGLC
Author/Title/Year/Volume and
issue/Journal/Page/ Pinpoint
Friendrich Juenger, ‘Tort Choice of Law in a
Federal System’ (1997) 19(3) Sydney Law
Review 529, 540
Journal Article citation –
Exercise 3
Is this citation correct?
Friendrich Juenger, ‘Tort Choice of Law in a
Federal System’ (1997) Sydney Law
Review 529, 540
Journal Article citation –
Exercise 4
• Is this citation correct?
Friendrich Juenger, ‘Tort Choice of Law in
a Federal System’ (1997) 19(3) Syd LR
529, 540
BOOK CITATION – USING
edition AGLC
rd
3
Author/Title/Publication Details /Pinpoint
Ian Brownlie, Principles of Public
International Law (Oxford University Press,
7th ed, 2008) 135
Book Citation – Exercise 5
How would you cite the following:
Author: Larry B Hill
Title:
The Model Ombudsman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date:
1976
Edition: 1st
Page:
249
Is this the ANSWER?
Hill Larry, The Model Ombudsman,
(Princeton University Press, 1976) 249
Was that answer correct?
Why? Or Why Not?
Book Citation – Exercise 6
Identify the descriptor for each of the
following pieces of information from a book
citation:
Anita Stuhmcke, Legal Referencing
(LexisNexis, 4th ed, 2011) 114
Sources covered:
Primary legal materials:
(a)Cases
(b)Statutes
Secondary legal materials:
(a)Books
(b)Journal articles
EXERCISE
• Putting it all together
• Pre- test exercise
Tricky question: What is this
reference for?
• A bibliography cites:
J.M. Bennett and N.J. Haxton 'Law
Reporting and Legal Authoring' in Geoff
Lindsay and Carol Webster (eds), No Mere
Mouthpiece: Servants of All, Yet of None
(2002) 145.
Answers: (1)a book (2)a journal article
(3)a chapter in an edited book (4) a website
Tricky question: What is this
reference for?
Kate Gibbs, ‘Funding Hit for Online Legal
Research’ (2007) 339 Lawyers Weekly 14.
Answer: (1) a website (2) a journal article
(3) a chapter in an edited book (4) a book
Tricky Question…
• Which of the following elements is
required for constructing a journal article
citation?
Answer: (1)the author's affiliation (2) the
volume number (3) the date you accessed
the article (4) the place of publication
Cite these:
• Legal referencing text
• Article
• Case
• Statute
Legal Referencing Text
Anita Stuhmcke, Legal Referencing
(LexisNexis, 4th Ed, 2012)
• Article
Lillian Corbin and Justin Carter, ‘Is
Plagiarism Indicative of Prospective Legal
Practice?’ (2007) 17 (1 & 2) Legal Education
Review 53
Case
• The Commonwealth of Australia v
Tasmania. The Tasmanian Dam Case
[1983] HCA 21
Statute
• Surrogacy Act 2010 (NSW)