AGLC4 Rule 2.1.15: Omitting the Case Name

If the sentence carrying the footnote already gives the case name in full, leave the name out of the footnote and begin with the year and report details. A later reference always includes the name, which may be the short title.

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Formatting

  • The footnote begins directly with the year in its bracket; nothing stands in place of the omitted name.
  • A short title being set still follows the report details in round brackets and curly single quotes, italic inside.
  • Later references restore the name, usually as the italic short title followed by the cross reference and pinpoint.
  • Paragraph pinpoints follow a page pinpoint after a single space and are enclosed in square brackets.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 48
  1. 47
    (2007) 233 CLR 307.
  2. 49
    (1983) 158 CLR 1 (‘Tasmanian Dam Case’).
  3. 51
    Tasmanian Dam Case (n 49) 260.
  4. 53
    (2004) 219 CLR 562 (‘Al-Kateb’).
  5. 55
    Al-Kateb (n 53) 622 [167]–[168].

In the text

In Thomas v Mowbray,47 the control order regime established under the schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) survived a constitutional challenge.

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The external affairs power was discussed in Commonwealth v Tasmania (‘Tasmanian Dam Case’).49

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The focus for Deane J in Tasmanian Dam Case was ‘reasonable proportionality’.51

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In Al-Kateb v Godwin (‘Al-Kateb’), several High Court Justices discussed the role of international law in Australian constitutional interpretation.53

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The importance of this was highlighted by Kirby J in Al-Kateb.55

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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.