Legal materials
Legal materials
The AMA Manual of Style refers readers to other established legal referencing styles. To reference Australian legal materials see, Bond's Library Guide for the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC): https://bond.libguides.com/aglc.
EndNote is not well-suited to the complexities of various legal styles and you will mainly need to construct your citations manually. Use the 'Case' or 'Statute' reference types.
Legislation - Australia
General format
- Title Year (Jurisdiction abbreviation) Pinpoint.
Example with pinpoint
- Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) s 19.
Use one of the following abbreviations for the jurisdiction:
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Cth |
Commonwealth |
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Qld |
Queensland |
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NT |
Northern Territory |
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ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
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SA |
South Australia |
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WA |
Western Australia |
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NSW |
New South Wales |
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Tas |
Tasmania |
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Vic |
Victoria |
Reported case where the report series is organised by volume – Australian
General format
- Case Name (Year) Volume Law Report Starting Point Pinpoint.
Some law reports do not have volume numbers, or the volume restarts at 1 every year; in this case use square brackets instead of rounded brackets.
Example with pinpoint
- Macpherson v Kevin J Prunty & Associates [1983] 1 VR 573, 574.
Unreported case with medium neutral citation
General format
- Case name [Year] Unique court identifier Judgment number, [Pinpoint].
Example with pinpoint
- Blundell v Queensland Building and Construction Commission [2018] QSC 58, [20].