AGLC4 Rule 6.4: Books: Pinpoint References

Pinpoints follow rules 1.1.6 and 1.1.7 and come after the publication details with no comma, except that a comma separates a volume number from the pinpoint. Pinpoints are usually to pages, may add paragraphs, and use ch or pt instead of a page range when a whole chapter or part is meant.

AGLC4 page 102

Formatting

  • The pinpoint follows the closing bracket of the publication details after a space, with no comma.
  • When one volume of a multi-volume book is cited, a comma and a space separate the volume number from the pinpoint.
  • Page spans follow rules 1.1.6 and 1.1.7.
  • A paragraph pinpoint in square brackets may follow the page number after a space.
  • A whole chapter or part is cited as ch or pt with its number, or chs or pts for several, instead of the page range.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 102
  1. 23
    PS Atiyah, Essays on Contract (Clarendon Press, 1986) 247–8. [Not: … (Clarendon Press, 1986), 247–8.]
  2. 24
    Charles Mitchell and Stephen Watterson, Subrogation: Law and Practice (Oxford University Press, 2007) 9 [2.02].
  3. 25
    Cheryl Saunders, The Constitution of Australia: A Contextual Analysis (Hart Publishing, 2011) ch 5 [Not: … (Hart Publishing, 2011) 147–183.]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 102
  • [Not: … (Clarendon Press, 1986), 247–8.]
    no comma comes between the publication details and the pinpoint
  • [Not: … (Hart Publishing, 2011) 147–183.]
    a whole chapter is cited as ch and its number, not by its page range

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 102
  • ‘ch’
  • ‘pt’
  • ‘chs’
  • ‘pts’

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.