AGLC4 Rule 11.3: International Arbitral and Tribunal Decisions: Short Title and Subsequent References

Short titles follow rule 2.1.14, which may require the phase to be included in the short title to tell one decision from another between the same parties. Subsequent references follow rule 1.4.1 and Ibid follows rule 1.4.3.

AGLC4 page 175

Formatting

  • The short title is italic, in curly single quotation marks, inside round brackets, after the pinpoint.
  • A phase included in a short title keeps its round brackets inside the italics.
  • A subsequent reference is the italic short title, n and the footnote number in round brackets, and the pinpoint.
  • Ibid is followed by the pinpoint after a space.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 175
  1. 16
    Boundary Disputes between India and Pakistan Relating to the Interpretation of the Report of the Bengal Boundary Commission, 12 and 13 August 1947 (India v Pakistan) (Decisions) (1948) 21 RIAA 3, 13 (‘Boundary Disputes (Decisions)’).
  2. 17
    Ibid 16.
  3. 19
    Boundary Disputes (Decisions) (n 16) 15.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 175
  • ‘Ibid’
  • ‘Boundary Disputes (Decisions)’

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.