AGLC4 Rule 16.2.3: Unreported Judgments

Cite an unreported Chinese judgment by case name, court, case number and full date, each separated by a comma. The case name follows rule 16.2.1, and People's Republic of China, Republic of China or Macau is added to the translated court name where it is not otherwise clear that the court is Chinese.

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Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 223
Case Name, Court Name, Case 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

  • Chinese characters are never italicised; wherever the ordinary rule would italicise an element, its Chinese characters are placed between guillemets « » in roman type instead.
  • A comma separates every element: case name, court, case number, date and pinpoint.
  • The court name is given in characters followed by its English translation in square brackets.
  • The case number is given in characters followed by its English translation in square brackets.
  • The date is written in full as day, month and year.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 223
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    «焦其铸与重庆市信心农牧科技有限公司租赁合同纠纷案» [Jiao Qizhu v Confidence Farming Technology Co Ltd of Chongqing Municipality — Lease Contract Dispute Case], 重庆市第五中级人民法院 [Fifth Intermediate People’s Court of Chongqing Municipality, People’s Republic of China], 渝五中民终字第93号 [Economic Appeal No 93], 24 April 2008.

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.