AGLC4 Rule 18.2.3: Legislative Materials: Constitution

The German Basic Law is cited in a fixed form followed by a pinpoint.

AGLC4 page 233

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 233
Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany] Pinpoint.

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

Formatting

  • The German title is italic and is followed by its English translation in square brackets, roman.
  • No jurisdiction bracket is used, and the pinpoint follows after a space.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 233
  1. 9
    Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany] art 8(1).

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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.