AGLC4 Rule 5.1: Journal Articles: Author
Authors of journal articles are named under rule 4.1. An unsigned article uses its type, such as Comment or Note, where the author's name would go.
AGLC4 page 91
Formatting
- The elements run in the order author, title, year, volume and issue, journal, starting page, pinpoint.
- The author's name follows rule 4.1, is roman and is followed by a comma.
- Post-nominals are omitted.
- An unsigned article takes its type, such as Comment or Note, in place of the author.
Example
Quoted from the Guide, page 91- 1RJ Ellicott, ‘The Autochthonous Expedient and the Federal Court’ (2008) 82(10) Australian Law Journal 700. [Not: RJ Ellicott QC …]
Not
Quoted from the Guide, page 91- [Not: RJ Ellicott QC …]the post-nominal is not part of the cited name
How the parts of a journal article citation map to the rules that govern them
Quoted from the Guide, page 91| Element | Author | Title | Year | Volume and Issue | Journal | Starting Page | Pin-Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examples | Harold Luntz, | ‘A Personal Journey through the Law of Torts’ | (2005) | 27(3) | Sydney Law Review | 393 | , 400 |
| Examples | Lord Woolf, | ‘Droit Public: English Style’ | [1995] | (Spring) | Public Law | 57 | , 60 |
| Rule | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
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.