AGLC4 Rule 7.7: Legal Encyclopedias

A legal encyclopedia is cited by publisher, italic title, volume and the date of the last update, the title number and name, the chapter number and name in quotation marks, and the paragraph. Online versions drop the volume and give the retrieval date instead of the update date.

AGLC4 page 119

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 119
Publisher, Title of Encyclopedia, vol Volume Number (at Full Date) Title Number Name of Title, ‘Chapter Number Name of Chapter’ [Paragraph].
Publisher, Title of Encyclopedia (online at Date of Retrieval) Title Number Name of Title, ‘Chapter Number Name of Chapter’ [Paragraph].

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The publisher is roman, named as rule 6.3.1 directs, followed by a comma.
  • The encyclopedia title is italic.
  • For print, a comma, vol and the volume number follow the title, then a space and the update date in round brackets introduced by at.
  • For online, the title is followed by a space and a round bracket containing online at and the retrieval date; no volume is given.
  • The title number and title name follow the bracket after a space, separated from each other by a single space with no punctuation, then a comma.
  • Where the title has no number, the title name follows the bracket directly.
  • The chapter number and chapter name, separated by a space, are enclosed together in single curly quotation marks.
  • The paragraph pinpoint follows after a space in square brackets, reproduced exactly as numbered in the work.
  • The citation ends with a full stop.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 119
  1. 64
    LexisNexis, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, vol 15 (at 25 May 2009) 235 Insurance, ‘2 General Principles’ [235-270].
  2. 65
    Westlaw AU, The Laws of Australia (online at 15 February 2018) 2 Administrative Law, ‘2.3 Access to Information’ [2.3.10].
  3. 66
    LexisNexis, Halsbury’s Law of England (online at 20 February 2018) Equitable Jurisdiction, ‘4 Principles of Equitable Jurisdiction’ [101].

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.