AGLC4 Rule 7.2.4: Conference Papers and Similar Documents

Conference and seminar papers follow the general rule, but any ordinal number of the conference is dropped and the location is added only if it forms part of the conference name.

AGLC4 page 112

Formatting

  • The document type is written as the source puts it, for example Conference Paper or Seminar Paper.
  • The conference or host name follows after a comma, roman, with any ordinal numbering removed.
  • No city or place is added unless it is part of the forum name.
  • A paper later published in a journal or book is cited under chapters 5 and 6.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 112
  1. 37
    Ian Mutton, ‘Extra-Territoriality: A Case Study’ (Conference Paper, International Trade Law Conference, 29 May 1997). [Not: … 23rd International Trade Law Conference …]
  2. 38
    Jacqueline Campbell, ‘When Family Law Meets Bankruptcy’ (Seminar Paper, Law Institute of Victoria, 17 February 2015). [Not: … Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 112
  • [Not: … 23rd International Trade Law Conference …]
    the ordinal number of the conference is omitted
  • [Not: … Law Institute of Victoria, Melbourne …]
    the location is not added because it is not part of the forum name

See also

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