AGLC4 Rule 18.2.2: Legislative Materials: Codes

Cite a German code by its italic title, (Germany) and a pinpoint. A well-known abbreviation of the code may be defined as a short title in the first citation and used afterwards.

AGLC4 page 233

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 233
Title of Code (Germany) 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 is followed by its translation in square brackets.
  • (Germany) follows in round brackets, and the pinpoint follows after a space with no comma.
  • The section symbol § is followed by a space and the section number.
  • A short title goes after the pinpoint in round brackets, inside curly single quotation marks, in italics.
  • Later references use the italic short title, the footnote cross-reference in round brackets and the pinpoint.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 233
  1. 6
    Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch [Civil Code] (Germany) § 823(1) (‘BGB’).
  2. 8
    BGB (n 6) § 826.

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.