Note:
Tertiary materials, such as legal encyclopaedia, should not be quoted in legal writing at university level.
Therefore, legal encyclopaedia should not appear in footnotes.
Legal encyclopaedia can be included in a Bibliography as a source used to inform on a topic.
• Include date of last update of a chapter
• Include retrieval date for online services
• Do not include volume number if sourced online
Standard format for footnote
Encyclopaedia - online:
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Encyclopaedia - print:
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Publisher , Title of Encyclopaedia , vol Volume Number (at Full Date ) Title Number Name of Title , ' Chapter Number Name of Chapter ' [Paragraph]. |
Standard format for bibliography
Encyclopaedia - online:
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Publisher , Title of Encyclopaedia (online at Date of Retrieval ) |
Encyclopaedia - print:
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Publisher , Title of Encyclopaedia , vol Volume Number (at Full Date ) |
Legal Encyclopaedia - online
1 Westlaw Australia, The Laws of Australia (online at 15 February 2018) 2 Administrative Law, '2.3 Access to Information' [2.3.10].
2 Westlaw Australia, The Laws of Australia (online at 16 November 2018) 34 Transport, '2 Aviation' [34.2.1080].
3 LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of Australia (online at 16 November 2018) 35 Aviation, 'V Carriage by Air' [35-2025].
4 LexisNexis, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia (online at 20 February 2019) 250 Legal Practitioners, ‘1 Admission and Practice Requirements for Legal Practitioners’ [55].
5 LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of England (online at 20 February 2018) Equitable Jurisdiction, '4 Principles of Equitable Jurisdiction' [101].
Legal Encyclopaedia - print
6 LexisNexis, Halsbury's Laws of Australia, vol 15 (at 25 May 2009) 235 Insurance, '2 General Principles' [235-270].