AGLC4 Rule 6.1: Books: Author

Book authors are named under rule 4.1.

AGLC4 page 98

Formatting

  • The elements run in the order author, title, publication details, pinpoint.
  • The author's name follows rule 4.1, is roman and is followed by a comma.
  • Initials take no full stops and no spaces between them.
  • More than three authors are given as the first author followed by et al.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 98
  1. 1
    Ralph H Folsom, Principles of European Union Law (Thomson West, 2005). [Not: Ralph H. Folsom …]
  2. 2
    St John Ambulance Australia, Australian First Aid, ed Shirley Dyson (4th ed, 2006).
  3. 3
    Paul Rishworth et al, The New Zealand Bill of Rights (Oxford University Press, 2003).

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 98
  • [Not: Ralph H. Folsom …]
    an initial takes no full stop

How the parts of a book citation map to the rules that govern them

Quoted from the Guide, page 98
ElementAuthorTitlePublication DetailsPinpoint
ExamplesMalcolm N Shaw,International Law(Cambridge University Press, 7th ed, 2014)578
ExamplesGeorge Orwell,Nineteen Eighty-Four(Penguin Books, 2011)pt 1 ch 2
Rule6.16.26.36.4

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.