AGLC4 Rule 16.4.2: Author Names and Subsequent References

Reproduce author names exactly as the source gives them, in characters or pinyin, without changing capitals or the order of surname and given name. A name in characters is followed by its pinyin in square brackets. Subsequent references follow rule 1.4.1 but always repeat the full name, including both characters and pinyin, and Ibid applies to all materials in this chapter. In characters the surname always comes first; in pinyin it may come first or last, and the source's order is kept.

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Formatting

  • An author name in characters is followed by a space and its pinyin in square brackets, roman.
  • The surname is not moved: characters keep surname first, and pinyin keeps the order printed in the source.
  • A subsequent reference repeats the whole name (characters and pinyin), then the footnote cross-reference in round brackets and the pinpoint.
  • A journal organised by year takes a square-bracket year.
  • A defined short title for legislation goes in round brackets at the end, inside curly single quotation marks, in italics.
  • Ibid is used in the ordinary way under rule 1.4.3.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 226
  1. 17
    方建伟 [Fang Jianwei], «试论入世后中国法律服务业的开放» [Examining the Opening Up of China’s Legal Services Sector after WTO Accession] [2004] 行政与法 Public Administration and Law 21, 122.
  2. 18
    Ibid 123.
  3. 19
    «中华人民共和国商标法» [Trademark Law of the People’s Republic of China] (People’s Republic of China) National People’s Congress, Order No 6, 30 August 2013 (‘Trademark Law’).
  4. 21
    方建伟 [Fang Jianwei] (n 17) 124.
  5. 22
    Trademark Law (n 19) art 12.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 226
  • 卫铄 [Wei Shuo] … [Original: 卫铄]
  • Cai Yuanpei … [Original: Cai Yuanpei]

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.