AGLC4 Rule 1.13: Bibliographies
A bibliography lists every source relied on, optionally divided into sections that may be dropped, added or subdivided. Entries use the normal citation forms except that the first author is inverted and there is no closing full stop. Entries are ordered alphabetically by author, then by title, following the tie breaking steps set out in the rule.
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Formatting
- Default sections, lettered in roman with italic headings: A Articles/Books/Reports, B Cases, C Legislation, D Treaties, E Other; renumber if sections are removed or added.
- First author inverted as surname, comma, given names, with any middle initial after the given name: Hathaway, James C.
- Only the first author is inverted; later authors stay in natural order.
- No full stop at the end of an entry.
- No pinpoints: entries give the starting page only.
- Sort by the first author's surname, then that author's first name.
- With the same first author, a sole authored work comes first, then co authored works ordered by the second author's first name, then surname, and so on.
- With identical authors, order by the first word of the title ignoring "the", then the next word.
- Institutional authors sort by the first word of the institution's name ignoring "the"; works without an author sort by the first word of the title ignoring "the".
- Authors are the same only if their names are printed identically; a name with and without a middle initial counts as two authors.
- Case names, Act titles, the Australian Constitution, treaty titles and journal names remain italic as in footnotes.
In the text
Foster, Michelle, ‘The Implications of the Failed “Malaysia Solution”: The Australian High Court and Refugee Responsibility Sharing at International Law’ (2012) 13(1) Melbourne Journal of International Law 395
Foster, Michelle, International Refugee Law and Socio-Economic Rights: Refuge from Deprivation (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
Hathaway, James C, The Rights of Refugees under International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Hathaway, James C and Audrey Macklin, ‘Should We Presume State Protection?’ (2016) 32(3) Refuge 49
Hathaway, James C and Michelle Foster, The Law of Refugee Status (Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed, 2014)
Hathaway, Oona A, Sabrina McElroy and Sara Aronchick Solow, ‘International Law at a Crossroads’ (2012) 7(1) Yale Journal of International Affairs 54
Ramsay, Ian and Cameron Sim, ‘The Role and Use of Debt Agreements in Australian Personal Insolvency Law’ (2011) 19(3) Insolvency Law Journal 168
Ramsay, Ian M, ‘Corporate Theory and Corporate Law Reform in Australia’ (1994) 1(2) Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform 179
Ramsay, Ian M and Nicholas Lew, ‘Corporate Law Reform and Delisting in Australia’ (2007) 2(2) Virginia Law & Business Review 265
Lane v Morrison (2009) 239 CLR 230
Maritime Dispute (Peru v Chile) (Judgment) [2014] ICJ Rep 4
Access to Medicinal Cannabis Act 2016 (Vic)
Australian Constitution
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, opened for signature 10 December 1984, 1465 UNTS 85 (entered into force 26 June 1987)
New South Wales, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 15 December 1909
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 35- Foster, Michelle
- Hathaway, James C and Michelle Foster
- Australian Constitution
Default bibliography sections
Quoted from the Guide, page 35| A Articles/Books/Reports |
| B Cases |
| C Legislation |
| D Treaties |
| E Other |
See also
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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.