AGLC4 Rule 10.4.2: Unreported Materials: Pleadings and Other Documents

An unreported pleading or other document is cited by its title in quotation marks, the case name and parties, and a bracket giving the court, the general list number and the full date of the document, then a pinpoint. Pinpoints are to paragraphs where they run through the document, otherwise to pages, and transcripts are always pinpointed to pages. A speaker's name may be added.

AGLC4 page 168

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 168
‘Document Title’, Case Name (Parties’ Names) (International Court of Justice, General List No Number, Full Date) Pinpoint.

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The document title is roman in curly single quotation marks, followed by a comma.
  • The case name and parties are italic, with the parties in italic round brackets.
  • The court bracket is roman: International Court of Justice, General List No and the number, and the full date of the document, separated by commas.
  • The date is the date of the document itself, not of any judgment.
  • The pinpoint follows the bracket after a single space: paragraphs in square brackets where continuous paragraph numbering exists, otherwise pages; verbatim records and transcripts always by page.
  • A speaker's name may follow the pinpoint in round brackets; judges follow rule 10.2.8 and counsel follow rule 2.4.4.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 168
  1. 33
    ‘Application Instituting Proceedings’, Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v Colombia) (International Court of Justice, General List No 138, 31 March 2008) 28 [41].
  2. 34
    ‘Memorial Submitted by Romania’, Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v Ukraine) (International Court of Justice, General List No 132, 19 August 2005) [6.21]–[6.22].
  3. 35
    ‘Verbatim Record’, Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v Nicaragua) (International Court of Justice, General List No 133, 2 March 2009) 12 (Edgar Ugalde-Alvarez).

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.