AGLC4 Rule 10.2.7: Reported Decisions: Pinpoint References

Pinpoints follow rules 1.1.6, 1.1.7 and 2.2.5. A pinpoint to the first page repeats that page, several pinpoints are separated by commas, paginated reports are pinpointed to pages, and where pages and paragraphs both exist the page is always given with the paragraph optional.

AGLC4 page 164

Formatting

  • A comma and space separate the starting page (or PCIJ case number) from the pinpoint.
  • A pinpoint to the starting page repeats the page number.
  • Several pinpoints are separated by commas, never by and.
  • Page ranges use an unspaced en dash with the second number shortened.
  • A paragraph pinpoint in square brackets may follow the page after a single space.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 164
  1. 20
    Railway Traffic between Lithuania and Poland (Advisory Opinion) [1931] PCIJ (ser A/B) No 42, 109.
  2. 21
    Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company Ltd (Belgium v Spain) (Judgment) [1970] ICJ Rep 3, 5, 9, 10–11.
  3. 22
    Certain Property (Liechtenstein v Germany) (Preliminary Objections) [2005] ICJ Rep 6, 19 [26], 20 [31]–[32], 21–5 [34]–[45].

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 164
  • ‘and’

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.