AGLC4 Rule 17.2.2: Legislative Materials: Codes

Cite a French code by its italic title, (France) and a pinpoint.

AGLC4 page 230

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 230
Title of Code (France) Pinpoint.

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The code title is italic and in French.
  • Each French element that is translated is followed by its English translation in square brackets, roman (rule 26.1.1).
  • (France) follows in round brackets, and the pinpoint follows after a space with no comma.
  • Article is abbreviated art with no full stop.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 230
  1. 7
    Code civil [Civil Code] (France) art 147.
  2. 8
    Code de procédure pénale [Code of Criminal Procedure] (France) art 689.

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.