LAWS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World Trade Organization, Op. Cit., John And Evelyn Billings
LAWS 104 - LEGAL READING, WRITING & READING
Wk. 4 – The AGLC
General provisions
Rule 1.1.1: When to footnote:
To provide authority for a proposition
Acknowledgement of source
To enable retrieval of information
To avoid plagiarism
When in doubt.
Rule 1.1.3: Multiple sources in a footnote should be separated by a semicolon
E.g. George Bermann, ‘Taking Subsidiarity Seriously: Federalism in the
European Community and the United States’ (1994) 94(2) Columbia Law
Review 331; Michel Huysseune, ‘Landscapes as a symbol of nationhood: the
Alps in the rhetoric of the LegaNord’ (2010) 16(2) Nations and Nationalism
354.
Rule 1.1.4: Footnotes should end with a full stop.
As aboveNations and Nationalism 354.
First name of author comes first in footnotes (but the last name of the first
author comes first in Bibliography)
Use full name of journals and other secondary sources in footnotes except
when citing Law Reports. Then use abbreviations (eg CLR)
Example - Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) 153 CLR 168.
Omit case name from footnote if case name appears in full in text.
First name of author comes first in footnotes (but the last name of the first
author comes first in Bibliography)
Use full name of journals and other secondary sources in footnotes except
when citing Law Reports. Then use abbreviations (eg CLR)
Example - Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen (1982) 153 CLR 168.
Omit case name from footnote if case name appears in full in text.
Rule 1.1.5 Pinpoint References
Pinpoint reference is a reference to a specific page, paragraph, footnote or
other section of a source.
Pinpoint reference to a page appears as a number. It is not preceded by ‘at’, ‘p’
or ‘pg’.
Daniel Khoury and Yvonne Yamouni, Understanding Contract Law
(LexisNexis, 8th ed, 2009) 56.
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Pinpoint reference to paragraph appears as a number in square brackets. It is
not preceded by ‘para’.
Davies v Grtig [No 2] (2002) 83 SASR 521, 528 [57]
If page and paragraph are referred to, include the page number followed by
number in square brackets.
528 [57]
Multiple pinpoint references to same source are separated by a comma.
375, 383, 394.
See 1.1.6 on Spans of Pinpoint References.
Rule 1.2 Introductory signals for citation
An introductory signal may be used before a citation in a footnote to indicate the
relationship between the source footnoted and a proposition in the text.
‘See’ or ‘See, eg’ – source cited provides qualified support for proposition or
is one of several sources supporting proposition in text
‘See also’ – source cited provides additional or general support for proposition
in text
‘See especially’ – source cited is the strongest of several sources which
support the proposition in text
‘See generally’ – source cited provides background information on topic
discussed in text
‘Cf’ – compare – source cited provides a useful contrast to illustrate
proposition in text.
‘But see’ – source cited partially disagrees with proposition stated in text
‘Contra’ – source cited directly contradicts proposition in text. Only contra is
italicised.
These signals are very useful when you are using the footnotes to add extra
information, but don’t want to detract from the flow of the main text.
Rule 1.3 states that the original of any source referred to should be consulted and
cited.
Where it is important to show that one source is referred to in another source
the following clauses should be used to join the citation: 'quoting'; 'quoted in';
'citing’; and 'cited in'.
Circumstances determine which clause is appropriate. (Refer to rule 1.3 for
further information and examples.)
Rule 1.4.1- Ibid:
(latin, contraction of ibidem, meaning the same place) Used to refer to a
source in the immediately preceding footnote. Not to be used when multiple
sources are in the preceding footnote. Do not use op cit, supra or id.
Ibid may be used for books, articles, cases and legislation.
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Document Summary
Laws 104 - legal reading, writing & reading. Rule 1. 1. 3: multiple sources in a footnote should be separated by a semicolon. George bermann, taking subsidiarity seriously: federalism in the. European community and the united states" (1994) 94(2) columbia law. Review 331; michel huysseune, landscapes as a symbol of nationhood: the. Alps in the rhetoric of the leganord" (2010) 16(2) nations and nationalism. Rule 1. 1. 4: footnotes should end with a full stop. First name of author comes first in footnotes (but the last name of the first author comes first in bibliography) Use full name of journals and other secondary sources in footnotes except when citing law reports. Example - koowarta v bjelke-petersen (1982) 153 clr 168. Omit case name from footnote if case name appears in full in text. Pinpoint reference is a reference to a specific page, paragraph, footnote or other section of a source. Pinpoint reference to a page appears as a number.
