Legal Citation at Murdoch
What is 'legal citation'?
It is a standardardized set of guidelines that allows the writer of legal discourse to refer to legal authorities and sources with enough clarity to enable the reader to find or follow those references. This referencing of statements and sources of law must be done clearly, concisely and consistently to ensure efficient and accurate location of these sources.
The Murdoch legal citation variation to AGLC is a 2 page short guide for regular use. Also see Legal Citation for a brief guide to primary material citation.
Consult AGLC (PDF File) for elaboration of citation issues not covered in the guide.
There are some differences between Australian Guide to Legal Citation 2nd ed, (AGLC) and the Legal Citation Guide previously used. Authors names are now given first name (in full) and then last name, and for books, publisher and publication place are not required.
Murdoch also allows the inclusion of the publisher and place of publication.
Examples of citations in AGLC format, with Murdoch variation.
Books- Gabriël Moens and Peter Gillies, International Trade and Business : Law, Policy and Ethics (2nd ed, Milton Park: Routledge-Cavendish, 2006)
- Bruce Bott, Jill Cowley and Lynette Falconer, Nemes and Coss' Effective Legal Research (3rd ed, Chatswood: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2007)\
- Geoffry Monahan and Lisa Young (eds), Children and the Law in Australia (Chatswood: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2008
- Thomas Crofts, 'West Australian Wilful Murderers Soon to Get Away with Murder?' (2006) 31 Alternative Law Review 203
- Vernon Nase, 'The Questionable Legality of the Space Elevator Concept' (2006) 1 German Journal of Air and Space Law - Zeitschrift Für Luft – Und Weltraumrecht (ZLW) 118
- Kate Lewins, 'What’s the Trade Practices Act Got To Do With It? Section 74 and Towage Contracts In Australia' (2006) 1 eLaw Journal 58 < https://elaw.murdoch.edu.au/issues/2006/1/ eLaw_Lewins_13_2006_05.pdf > at 23 January 2008
- Reference materials are not generally cited because
they are used as tools for starting or clarifying research. These
include dictionaries, encyclopaedia, directories, and digests. If you
are required to cite one of the legal encyclopaedia we have online you
will need to follow the format specified in AGLC except
you will not have the volume number required. Do not try to include
volume details if you are citing an encyclopaedia you used online. Examples:
- LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of Australia (at 21 February 2008) 395 Succession and Estate Planning, 'D Legacies to Debtors and Creditors', [395-4650]
- Lawbook Company, Laws of Australia (as at 14 February 2008) 36 Wills and Estate Administration, '36.1 Wills', [36.1.80]
Legal Abbreviations & Citation Links
See Also...
A Short Guide to Citing the Law
(La Trobe University, 2007)
This guide does NOT include the Murdoch variations, but is a REALLY GOOD overview of Legal Citation.
EndNote
EndNote is a...
bibliographic management software tool which allows you to:
- Organise references in a database
- Create bibliographies automatically using your word processor
- Search some bibliographic databases on the Internet
See Here for more information.
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