AGLC4 Rule 10.2.1: Case Name

Take the case name from the first page of the report and set it in italics, but drop an opening The or Case concerning (the) and a closing Case or Cases, and for advisory opinions an opening Question of the or The Question of the. The general rules on abbreviations and capitalisation apply.

AGLC4 page 160

Formatting

  • The case name is italic, in title case under rule 1.7.
  • Opening words The, Case concerning and Case concerning the are removed.
  • Closing words Case and Cases are removed.
  • For advisory opinions, opening words Question of the or The Question of the are removed.
  • Abbreviations carry no full stops (rule 1.6.1).
  • The case name is followed by a space and the italic bracketed parties or advisory opinion designation.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 160
  1. 3
    Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v Australia) (Preliminary Objections) [1992] ICJ Rep 240. [Not: Case concerning Certain Phosphate Lands …]
  2. 4
    Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v Canada) (Jurisdiction) [1998] ICJ Rep 432. [Not: Fisheries Jurisdiction Case …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 160
  • [Not: Case concerning Certain Phosphate Lands …]
    the opening words Case concerning are dropped
  • [Not: Fisheries Jurisdiction Case …]
    the closing word Case is dropped and the name must be italic

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 160
  • ‘The’
  • ‘Case concerning’
  • ‘Case concerning the’
  • ‘Case’
  • ‘Cases’
  • ‘Question of the’
  • ‘The Question of the’

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.