AGLC4 Rule 12.2.7: Cases: Pinpoint References

Pinpoints follow rules 1.1.6 to 1.1.7 and are to paragraph numbers where the decision has them. No page number is added in front of a paragraph pinpoint.

AGLC4 page 181

Formatting

  • Paragraph pinpoints go in square brackets.
  • The pinpoint follows the closing round bracket after one space, with no comma.
  • A range of paragraphs is two bracketed numbers joined by an en dash.
  • No page number is given alongside a paragraph pinpoint.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 181
  1. 20
    Prosecutor v Jokić (Judgement on Sentencing Appeal) (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Appeals Chamber, Case No IT-01-42/1-A, 30 August 2005) [24]. [Not: … 9 [24].]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 181
  • … 9 [24].
    a page number must not be put in front of the paragraph pinpoint

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.