AGLC4 Rules
Every rule of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th edition), in the Guide's own order. 359 rules have a page of their own with the format, the Guide's examples and the forms it refuses; the rest introduce the rules beneath them.
Part I: General Rules
Chapter 1: General Rules
Chapter 1 sets the rules that apply to every citation and to the prose around it: how footnotes are built and punctuated, pinpoints and their spans, introductory signals, subsequent references such as ibid and short titles, and quotations. It also fixes house style for punctuation, capitalisation, italics, spelling, numbers, dates and times, headings and bibliographies.
- 1.1 General Format of Footnotes
- 1.1.1 When to Footnote
- 1.1.2 The Position of Footnote Numbers
- 1.1.3 Multiple Sources in Footnotes
- 1.1.4 Closing Punctuation in Footnotes
- 1.1.5 Discursive Text in Footnotes
- 1.1.6 General Format of Footnotes: Pinpoint References
- 1.1.7 Spans of Pinpoint References
- 1.2 Introductory Signals for Citations
- 1.3 Sources Referring to Other Sources
- 1.4 Subsequent References
- 1.4.1 Subsequent References: General Rule
- 1.4.2 References within a Text
- 1.4.3 Ibid
- 1.4.4 Short Titles
- 1.4.5 Abbreviations and Defined Terms
- 1.4.6 Subsequent References within the Same Footnote
- 1.5 Quotations
- 1.5.1 Quotations: General Rule
- 1.5.2 Introducing Quotations
- 1.5.3 Ellipses
- 1.5.4 Editing Quotations
- 1.5.5 [sic]
- 1.5.6 Closing Punctuation
- 1.5.7 Omitting Citations and Adding Emphasis
- 1.6 Punctuation
- 1.6.1 Full Stops
- 1.6.2 Commas
- 1.6.3 Em-Dashes, En-Dashes, Hyphens and Slashes
- 1.6.4 Parentheses
- 1.6.5 Square Brackets
- 1.7 Capitalisation
- 1.8 Italicisation
- 1.8.1 Italicisation for Emphasis
- 1.8.2 Italicisation of Source Titles
- 1.8.3 Italicisation of Foreign Words
- 1.9 Spelling and Grammar
- 1.9.1 Official Dictionary
- 1.9.2 Official Grammar Guide
- 1.9.3 Inclusive Language
- 1.10 Numbers, Currency and Units
- 1.10.1 Numbers
- 1.10.2 Currency
- 1.10.3 Units
- 1.11 Dates and Time
- 1.11.1 Dates and Time: Full Date
- 1.11.2 Time
- 1.11.3 Point in Time or a Period of Time
- 1.11.4 Spans of Dates and Times
- 1.11.5 Decades and Centuries
- 1.12 Headings and Titles
- 1.12.1 Title and Author
- 1.12.2 Heading Levels
- 1.13 Bibliographies
Part II: Domestic Sources
Chapter 2: Cases
This chapter covers Australian cases and related court material: how case names are written, how reported and unreported decisions are cited, how judges and counsel are identified, and how case history, tribunal and arbitral decisions, transcripts and submissions are cited.
- 2.1 Case Names
- 2.1.1 Parties’ Names: General Rule
- 2.1.2 Business Corporations and Firms
- 2.1.3 The Commonwealth and the States and Territories
- 2.1.4 The Crown
- 2.1.5 Government Entities, Foreign Governments and International Organisations
- 2.1.6 Ministers and Officers of the Commonwealth, States and Territories, and Government Departments
- 2.1.7 Attorneys-General and Directors of Public Prosecutions
- 2.1.8 Re
- 2.1.9 Ex parte
- 2.1.10 ex rel
- 2.1.11 v
- 2.1.12 Admiralty Cases
- 2.1.13 Multiple Proceedings between the Same Parties
- 2.1.14 Shortened and Popular Case Names and Subsequent References
- 2.1.15 Omitting the Case Name
- 2.2 Cases: Reported Decisions
- 2.2.1 Year and Volume
- 2.2.2 Law Report Series
- 2.2.3 Abbreviations for Report Series
- 2.2.4 Reported Decisions: Starting Page
- 2.2.5 Reported Decisions: Pinpoint References
- 2.2.6 Identifying the Court
- 2.2.7 Parallel Citations
- 2.3 Cases: Unreported Decisions
- 2.3.1 Decisions with a Medium Neutral Citation
- 2.3.2 Decisions without a Medium Neutral Citation
- 2.3.3 Proceedings
- 2.3.4 Court Orders
- 2.4 Identifying Judicial Officers and Counsel
- 2.4.1 Identifying Judicial Officers and Counsel: Identifying Judicial Officers
- 2.4.2 Agreement or Dissent
- 2.4.3 Joint and Separate Judgments
- 2.4.4 Statements Made during Argument
- 2.4.5 References to Two or More Judicial Officers
- 2.5 Case History
- 2.6 Quasi-Judicial Decisions
- 2.6.1 Administrative Decisions
- 2.6.2 Arbitration
- 2.7 Transcripts of Proceedings
- 2.7.1 Transcripts of Proceedings: General Rule
- 2.7.2 High Court of Australia from July 2003
- 2.8 Submissions in Cases
Chapter 3: Legislative Materials
This chapter explains how to cite Australian legislation and the material around it: Acts, Bills, delegated legislation, constitutions, explanatory memoranda and legislative history, together with gazettes, government orders and rulings, rules made by private bodies, and court practice notes.
- 3.1 Statutes (Acts of Parliament)
- 3.1.1 Statutes (Acts of Parliament): Title
- 3.1.2 Statutes (Acts of Parliament): Year
- 3.1.3 Statutes (Acts of Parliament): Jurisdiction
- 3.1.4 Statutes (Acts of Parliament): Pinpoint References
- 3.1.5 Multiple Pinpoint References
- 3.1.6 Definitions
- 3.1.7 Individual Parts of Legislative Materials
- 3.2 Bills
- 3.3 Order of Parallel Australian Statutes and Bills
- 3.4 Legislative Materials: Delegated Legislation
- 3.5 Legislative Materials: Short Title and Subsequent References
- 3.6 Australian Constitutions
- 3.7 Explanatory Memoranda, Statements and Notes
- 3.8 Legislative History: Enactments, Amendments, Repeals and Insertions
- 3.9 Quasi-Legislative Materials
- 3.9.1 Gazettes
- 3.9.2 Orders and Rulings of Government Instrumentalities and Officers (ASIC Class Orders, Taxation Rulings, etc)
- 3.9.3 Legislation Delegated to Non-Government Entities (ASX Listing Rules, Professional Conduct Rules, etc)
- 3.9.4 Court Practice Directions and Practice Notes
Part III: Secondary Sources
Chapter 4: General Rules for Citing Secondary Sources
This chapter sets out rules shared by every kind of secondary source: how authors, editors, bodies and judges are named, how titles are presented, how short titles and later references work, and how web addresses and archived links are added.
- 4.1 General Rules for Citing Secondary Sources: Author
- 4.1.1 Author: General Rule
- 4.1.2 Multiple Authors
- 4.1.3 Editors
- 4.1.4 Publications Authored by a Body
- 4.1.5 Judicial Officers
- 4.2 General Rules for Citing Secondary Sources: Title
- 4.3 General Rules for Citing Secondary Sources: Short Title and Subsequent References
- 4.4 Uniform Resource Locator (‘URL’)
- 4.5 Archived Sources
Chapter 5: Journal Articles
This chapter explains how to cite journal articles, element by element from author to pinpoint, and how to handle articles published in parts, symposia, online-only journals, and forthcoming or advance articles.
- 5.1 Journal Articles: Author
- 5.2 Journal Articles: Title
- 5.3 Journal Articles: Year
- 5.4 Volume and Issue
- 5.5 Journal
- 5.6 Journal Articles: Starting Page
- 5.7 Journal Articles: Pinpoint References
- 5.8 Articles Published in Parts
- 5.9 Symposia
- 5.10 Articles Published in Online Journals
- 5.11 Forthcoming and Advance Journal Articles
Chapter 6: Books
This chapter explains how to cite books, element by element from author to pinpoint, including publisher, edition and year, multi-volume works, edited books and their chapters, books with both author and editor, translations, forthcoming books and audiobooks.
- 6.1 Books: Author
- 6.2 Books: Title
- 6.3 Publication Details
- 6.3.1 Publisher
- 6.3.2 Edition Number
- 6.3.3 Revised Editions
- 6.3.4 Publication Year
- 6.4 Books: Pinpoint References
- 6.5 Multi-Volume Books
- 6.6 Edited Books
- 6.6.1 Chapters in Edited Books
- 6.6.2 Books with an Author and Editor
- 6.7 Translated Books
- 6.8 Forthcoming Books
- 6.9 Audiobooks
Chapter 7: Other Sources
This chapter covers secondary sources that are neither journal articles nor books: reports, research papers and theses, speeches and media releases, parliamentary debates and submissions, reference works, intellectual property records, company documents, newspapers, correspondence, interviews, broadcast media, websites and social media.
- 7.1 Reports and Similar Documents
- 7.1.1 Reports and Similar Documents: General Rule
- 7.1.2 Parliamentary Papers, Committee Reports, Bills Digests and Alert Digests
- 7.1.3 Royal Commission Reports
- 7.1.4 Law Reform Commission Publications
- 7.1.5 Australian Bureau of Statistics (‘ABS’) Materials
- 7.2 Research Papers, Theses and Similar Documents
- 7.2.1 Research Papers, Theses and Similar Documents: General Rule
- 7.2.2 Research Papers and Working Papers
- 7.2.3 Parliamentary Research Papers, Notes and Briefs
- 7.2.4 Conference Papers and Similar Documents
- 7.2.5 Theses and Dissertations
- 7.3 Speeches
- 7.4 Press and Media Releases
- 7.5 Other Parliamentary Materials
- 7.5.1 Other Parliamentary Materials: Parliamentary Debates
- 7.5.2 Written Submissions to Government and Parliamentary Inquiries, Committees and Agencies
- 7.5.3 Evidence to Parliamentary Committee
- 7.5.4 Australian Constitutional Convention Debates
- 7.6 Dictionaries
- 7.7 Legal Encyclopedias
- 7.8 Looseleaf Services
- 7.9 Intellectual Property (‘IP’) Materials
- 7.10 Constitutive Documents of a Corporation
- 7.11 Newspaper Articles
- 7.11.1 Printed Newspapers
- 7.11.2 Electronic Newspapers
- 7.11.3 Periodicals, Newsletters and Magazines
- 7.11.4 Unsigned and Untitled Articles and Editorials
- 7.12 Written Correspondence
- 7.13 Interviews and Similar Formats
- 7.14 Film, Television and Other Media
- 7.14.1 Film, Television and Other Media: General Rule
- 7.14.2 Films and Audiovisual Recordings
- 7.14.3 Television Series
- 7.14.4 Radio Segments and Podcasts
- 7.15 Internet Materials
- 7.16 Social Media Posts
Part IV: International Materials
Chapter 8: Treaties
This chapter explains how to cite treaties: the title, the parties where needed, the dates of signature and entry into force, the treaty series, reservations and declarations, memoranda of understanding, pinpoints and later references.
- 8.1 Treaty Title
- 8.2 Treaties: Parties’ Names
- 8.3 Date Opened for Signature or Signed and Date of Entry into Force
- 8.3.1 Opened for Signature (Open Multilateral Treaties)
- 8.3.2 Signed by All Parties (Closed Multilateral or Bilateral Treaties)
- 8.3.3 Treaties Not Yet in Force
- 8.4 Treaty Series
- 8.5 Reservations or Declarations to Articles of a Treaty
- 8.6 Memoranda of Understanding
- 8.7 Pinpoint Reference
- 8.8 Treaties: Short Title and Subsequent References
Chapter 9: United Nations Materials
This chapter covers the UN Charter, official UN documents such as resolutions, reports and meeting records, communications to UN treaty committees, UN yearbooks, and later references to them, ending with model citations for common document types.
- 9.1 Constitutive Document
- 9.2 Official Documents of the United Nations
- 9.2.1 Official Documents of the United Nations: Author
- 9.2.2 Official Documents of the United Nations: Title
- 9.2.3 Resolution and Decision Number
- 9.2.4 Official Records
- 9.2.5 Committee Number
- 9.2.6 Session (and Part) Number
- 9.2.7 Meeting Number
- 9.2.8 Agenda Item
- 9.2.9 Supplement
- 9.2.10 UN Document Number
- 9.2.11 Official Documents of the United Nations: Full Date
- 9.2.12 Annex
- 9.2.13 Official Documents of the United Nations: Pinpoint References
- 9.2.14 Documents of Multiple Organs
- 9.3 Individual Communications to UN Treaty Committees
- 9.3.1 Decisions of UN Treaty Committees
- 9.3.2 Parties’ Communications and Submissions
- 9.4 United Nations Yearbooks
- 9.5 United Nations Materials: Short Title and Subsequent References
- 9.6 Commonly Cited Documents
Chapter 10: International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice
This chapter covers the constitutive documents, reported and unreported decisions, and pleadings of the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of International Justice, and later references to them.
- 10.1 International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice: Constitutive and Basic Documents
- 10.2 International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice: Reported Decisions
- 10.2.1 Case Name
- 10.2.2 Parties’ Names or Advisory Opinion
- 10.2.3 Reported Decisions: Phase
- 10.2.4 Reported Decisions: Year
- 10.2.5 Report Series and Series Letter
- 10.2.6 Starting Page and Case Number
- 10.2.7 Reported Decisions: Pinpoint References
- 10.2.8 Reported Decisions: Identifying Judges
- 10.3 Reported Pleadings or Other Documents Originating in ICJ or PCIJ Proceedings
- 10.4 Unreported Materials
- 10.4.1 Unreported Materials: Decisions
- 10.4.2 Unreported Materials: Pleadings and Other Documents
- 10.5 International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of International Justice: Short Title and Subsequent References
Chapter 11: International Arbitral and Tribunal Decisions
This chapter covers decisions of international arbitral bodies and tribunals, both between states and between individuals and states, whether reported or unreported, and later references to them.
- 11.1 State-State Decisions
- 11.1.1 State-State Decisions: Reported Decisions
- 11.1.2 State-State Decisions: Unreported Decisions
- 11.2 Individual-State Decisions
- 11.2.1 Individual-State Decisions: Reported Decisions
- 11.2.2 Individual-State Decisions: Unreported Decisions
- 11.3 International Arbitral and Tribunal Decisions: Short Title and Subsequent References
Chapter 12: International Criminal Tribunals and Courts
This chapter covers international criminal tribunals and courts such as the International Criminal Court, the tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. It deals with their founding instruments and rules, their unreported and reported decisions, and short titles and later references to them.
- 12.1 Basic Documents
- 12.1.1 Basic Documents: Constitutive Documents
- 12.1.2 Rules
- 12.2 International Criminal Tribunals and Courts: Cases
- 12.2.1 Cases: Parties’ Names
- 12.2.2 Cases: Phase
- 12.2.3 Court
- 12.2.4 Chamber
- 12.2.5 Case Number
- 12.2.6 Cases: Full Date
- 12.2.7 Cases: Pinpoint References
- 12.2.8 Cases: Identifying Judges
- 12.3 Reports of Cases
- 12.4 International Criminal Tribunals and Courts: Short Title and Subsequent References
Chapter 13: International Economic Materials
This chapter covers international economic law: WTO agreements, documents and dispute reports, GATT documents and panel reports, and investment and trade treaties and investor to state arbitration. It closes with the short title and subsequent reference forms for this material.
- 13.1 World Trade Organization
- 13.1.1 World Trade Organization: Constitutive and Basic Documents
- 13.1.2 Official WTO Documents
- 13.1.3 WTO Panel, Appellate Body and Arbitration Decisions
- 13.2 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- 13.2.1 Official GATT Documents
- 13.2.2 GATT Panel Reports
- 13.3 Investment and Trade Treaties and Investor-State Arbitration
- 13.4 International Economic Materials: Short Title and Subsequent References
Chapter 14: Supranational Materials
This chapter covers the founding documents of supranational organisations, European Union material (the Official Journal, the EU treaties and the EU courts), Council of Europe material including the European Court of Human Rights, other supranational courts and bodies, and short titles and later references.
- 14.1 Supranational Materials: Constitutive Documents
- 14.2 European Union Materials
- 14.2.1 Official Journal of the European Union
- 14.2.2 Constitutive Treaties of the European Union
- 14.2.3 Courts of the European Union
- 14.3 Council of Europe
- 14.3.1 Basic Documents of the Council of Europe
- 14.3.2 European Court of Human Rights
- 14.3.3 European Commission of Human Rights
- 14.4 Other Supranational Courts and Tribunals
- 14.4.1 Other Supranational Courts and Tribunals: Decisions
- 14.4.2 Advisory Opinions
- 14.4.3 Rules of Procedure
- 14.4.4 Other Supranational Courts and Tribunals: Pleadings and Other Documents
- 14.5 Documents of Other Supranational Parliaments, Councils, Bodies, etc
- 14.6 Supranational Materials: Short Title and Subsequent References
Part V: Foreign Domestic Sources
Chapter 15: Canada
This chapter covers Canadian cases, statutes, constitutional instruments and regulations, adapting the Australian rules to Canadian report series and to the Canadian way of citing statute volumes, chapters and regulation numbers.
- 15.1 Canada: Cases
- 15.1.1 Cases: General Rule
- 15.1.2 Cases: Official and Unofficial Report Series
- 15.2 Canada: Legislation
- 15.2.1 Legislation: Title
- 15.2.2 Statute Volume and Jurisdiction
- 15.2.3 Legislation: Year
- 15.2.4 Chapter
- 15.2.5 Legislation: Pinpoint References
- 15.3 Canada: Constitutions
- 15.3.1 Constitutions: Federal
- 15.3.2 Provincial and Territorial
- 15.4 Delegated Legislation (Regulations)
- 15.4.1 Revised Federal Regulations
- 15.4.2 Unrevised Federal Regulations
- 15.4.3 Provincial and Territorial Regulations
- 15.5 Canada: Other
Chapter 16: China
This chapter covers Chinese language cases, legislation, constitutions and secondary sources from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China and Macau, with rules on translations, guillemets in place of italics, and author names.
- 16.1 Specific Rules for Chinese Language Materials
- 16.2 China: Cases
- 16.2.1 Cases: General Rule
- 16.2.2 Cases: Report Series
- 16.2.3 Unreported Judgments
- 16.3 China: Legislative Materials
- 16.3.1 Chinese Legislative Acts
- 16.3.2 Legislative Materials: Constitutions
- 16.4 Chinese Language Secondary Sources
- 16.4.1 General Rules
- 16.4.2 Author Names and Subsequent References
Chapter 17: France
This chapter covers French language primary materials: decisions of the French courts and French laws, decrees, codes and the Constitution, with translations in square brackets.
- 17.1 France: Cases
- 17.2 France: Legislative Materials
- 17.2.1 Individual Materials
- 17.2.2 Legislative Materials: Codes
- 17.2.3 Legislative Materials: Constitution
Chapter 18: Germany
This chapter covers German language primary materials: decisions of German courts, individual laws, codes and the Basic Law, with translations in square brackets.
- 18.1 Germany: Cases
- 18.2 Germany: Legislative Materials
- 18.2.1 Individual Laws
- 18.2.2 Legislative Materials: Codes
- 18.2.3 Legislative Materials: Constitution
Chapter 19: Hong Kong
This chapter covers Hong Kong cases, legislation and the Basic Law, cited in English.
- 19.1 Hong Kong: Cases
- 19.2 Hong Kong: Legislative Materials
- 19.2.1 Principal and Delegated Legislation
- 19.2.2 Legislative Materials: Constitution
Chapter 20: Malaysia
This chapter covers Malaysian cases, report series, unreported decisions, legislation and the Federal Constitution.
Chapter 21: New Zealand
This chapter covers New Zealand cases, including neutral citations, Māori Land Court and Waitangi Tribunal materials, and New Zealand statutes and delegated legislation.
- 21.1 New Zealand: Cases
- 21.1.1 Cases: General Rule
- 21.1.2 Cases: Official and Unofficial Report Series
- 21.1.3 Cases: Unreported Cases
- 21.1.4 Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court
- 21.1.5 Waitangi Tribunal
- 21.2 New Zealand: Legislative Materials
- 21.2.1 Statutes
- 21.2.2 Legislative Materials: Delegated Legislation
- 21.3 New Zealand: Other
Chapter 22: Singapore
This chapter covers Singapore cases, report series and neutral citations, and Singapore statutes, subsidiary legislation and constitutional documents.
- 22.1 Singapore: Cases
- 22.1.1 Cases: General Rule
- 22.1.2 Cases: Report Series
- 22.1.3 Cases: Unreported Cases
- 22.2 Singapore: Legislative Materials
- 22.2.1 Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation
- 22.2.2 Constitutional Documents
- 22.3 Singapore: Other
Chapter 23: South Africa
This chapter covers South African cases, court names, the South African Law Reports, statutes and constitutions, and reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
- 23.1 South Africa: Cases
- 23.1.1 Cases: General Rule
- 23.1.2 Cases: Report Series
- 23.2 South Africa: Legislative Materials
- 23.2.1 Legislative Materials: Statutes and Delegated Legislation
- 23.2.2 Legislative Materials: Constitutions
- 23.3 Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Chapter 24: United Kingdom
This chapter covers United Kingdom and Scottish cases, including the Law Reports, nominate reports, neutral citations and judicial titles, United Kingdom statutes and delegated legislation, and government publications such as debates and command papers.
- 24.1 United Kingdom: Cases
- 24.1.1 Cases: General Rule
- 24.1.2 Modern English Reports
- 24.1.3 Nominate Reports
- 24.1.4 Scottish Reports
- 24.1.5 Cases: Unreported Cases
- 24.1.6 Cases: Identifying Judicial Officers
- 24.2 United Kingdom: Legislation
- 24.2.1 Title and Year
- 24.2.2 Legislation: Jurisdiction
- 24.2.3 Regnal Year and Chapter
- 24.2.4 Legislation: Pinpoint References
- 24.3 United Kingdom: Delegated Legislation
- 24.4 Government Publications
- 24.4.1 Government Publications: Parliamentary Debates
- 24.4.2 Command Papers
- 24.4.3 Parliamentary Papers
- 24.5 United Kingdom: Other
Chapter 25: United States of America
This chapter sets out how to cite United States materials: reported and unreported cases, statutes in codes and session laws, constitutions, federal and state regulations, congressional debates, bills and resolutions, and restatements.
- 25.1 United States of America: Cases
- 25.1.1 Cases: Parties’ Names
- 25.1.2 Volume
- 25.1.3 Report Series and Series Number
- 25.1.4 Cases: Starting Page and Pinpoint References
- 25.1.5 Jurisdiction and Court Name
- 25.1.5.1 Federal Courts
- 25.1.5.2 State Courts
- 25.1.6 Cases: Year
- 25.1.7 Cases: Unreported Cases
- 25.1.8 Cases: Identifying Judges
- 25.2 Legislation: Code
- 25.2.1 Statute Title and Original Pinpoint
- 25.2.2 Title, Chapter or Volume Number in Code
- 25.2.3 Abbreviated Code Name
- 25.2.4 Legislation: Code: Pinpoint References
- 25.2.5 Publisher’s Name
- 25.2.6 Year of Code and Supplement
- 25.3 Legislation: Session Laws
- 25.3.1 Statute Title
- 25.3.2 Public Law, Private Law or Chapter Number
- 25.3.3 Original Pinpoint References
- 25.3.4 Volume or Year
- 25.3.5 Abbreviated Session Laws Name
- 25.3.6 Legislation: Session Laws: Starting Page and Pinpoint References
- 25.3.7 Legislation: Session Laws: Year
- 25.3.8 Legislative History: Amendments, Repeals and Insertions
- 25.4 United States of America: Constitutions
- 25.5 United States of America: Delegated Legislation
- 25.5.1 Delegated Legislation: Federal
- 25.5.2 State
- 25.6 Federal Congressional Materials
- 25.6.1 Debates
- 25.6.2 Bills and Resolutions
- 25.7 Restatements
- 25.8 United States of America: Other
Chapter 26: Other Foreign Domestic Materials
This chapter is the fallback for foreign legal materials, including non-English materials, from jurisdictions without a chapter of their own. It sets out how to handle translations, foreign decisions, foreign legislation and other non-English sources, and where a jurisdiction resembles one already covered, that jurisdiction's rules should be adapted.
- 26.1 Translations of Legislation and Decisions
- 26.1.1 Non-English Primary Materials Translated by Author
- 26.1.2 Foreign Primary Materials Consulted in English (Published Translations)
- 26.2 Judicial and Administrative Decisions
- 26.3 Other Foreign Domestic Materials: Legislative Materials
- 26.4 Other Non-English Language Materials
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