AGLC4 Rule 11.1.1: State-State Decisions: Reported Decisions

Reported decisions between states are cited much as ICJ decisions under rule 10.2, but the parties are always given in their conventional short form, a date in the phase is kept only where needed to identify the decision, and the year, volume, series and starting page follow the rules for reported cases. Arbitrators are named only after pinpoints to separate or dissenting opinions or declarations. Modern awards are widely available, so a report need be cited only where the decision is hard to find or there is good reason.

AGLC4 page 170

Formatting

  • The case name follows rule 10.2.1 and is italic.
  • The parties are italic, in italic round brackets, separated by an italic v, always in the conventional short form.
  • Parallel or joined proceedings name only the first listed parties.
  • The phase is italic in italic round brackets, as stated on the decision, and may be long and descriptive; a date in it is dropped unless needed to identify the decision.
  • Year, volume and report series follow rules 2.2.1 to 2.2.3: a volume organised series takes the year in round brackets, then the volume and the series abbreviation, all roman.
  • The starting page follows after a single space (rule 2.2.4), then a comma and the pinpoint (rule 10.2.7).
  • Issue numbers are not given.
  • An arbitrator's name follows the pinpoint in round brackets only for a separate or dissenting opinion or declaration, and titles other than Mr or Ms, such as Dr or Prof, may be used.
  • An otherwise unreported decision that appears in ILM is cited to ILM.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 170
  1. 1
    Cordillera of the Andes Boundary (Argentina v Chile) (Report of the Tribunal Appointed by the Arbitrator) (1902) 9 RIAA 29.
  2. 2
    Southern Bluefin Tuna (Australia v Japan) (Jurisdiction and Admissibility) (2000) 23 RIAA 1. [Not: … (Australia and New Zealand v Japan) …]
  3. 3
    Responsibility for the Deaths of Letelier and Moffitt (United States of America v Chile) (Decision) (1992) 25 RIAA 1, 12–13 (Prof Orrego Vicuña).

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 170
  • [Not: … (Australia and New Zealand v Japan) …]
    only the first listed parties are given

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 170
  • ‘Mr’
  • ‘Ms’
  • ‘Dr’
  • ‘Prof’
  • ‘ILM’

The elements of a reported decision between states, as set out in the diagram

Quoted from the Guide, page 170
ElementExample
Case NameExpropriated Religious Properties
Parties’ Names(France v Portugal)
Phase(Awards)
Year, Volume and Report Series(1920) 2 Hag Crt Rep 2d (Scott)
Starting Page1
Pinpoint, 4

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.