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Legal Referencing

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QUT Legal QUT Law School uses the

Australian Guide to Legal Citation 3 (AGLC3).

Written Assessment in the Law School (WALS) is QUT Law School’s extraction of AGLC3 rules.

Examples of what WALS citation looks like for various source types can be found on QUT cite|write under the QUT Legal tab.

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Referencing is Like a Map that shows where you have been.

Correct use of referencing will allow you and your marker to find the same articles, books and other items that you have used for your assignment.

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Commonwealth Law Courts

Brisbane Magistrates Court

QUT Law Library

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Referencing ensures that you avoid plagiarism. What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is using someone else’s work, whether that be words, images or ideas; and not telling people where you found the information.

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Referencing

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Each reference has two parts

Footnote Citation

Located at the bottom of the page on which the source is cited Must not contain any detailed argument or answer Includes citations such as ‘ibid’ Includes ‘pinpoint’ (reference to specific page number or

paragraph number) For example

As the law of torts is concerned with the protection of civil rights, there is some overlap with other common law areas.1 For example, parties to a contract have contractual rights and concurrent liability exists in torts law.2 __________________________________ 1 Amanda Stickley, Australian Torts Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 3rd ed, 2013) 6. 2 Ibid 7.

Bibliography Entry

Located at the end of your essay Under the sub heading for the type of material Contains no pinpoint reference; no full stop at end of citation For example

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A Articles/Books/Reports

Davies, Martin and Ian Malkin, Torts (LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 6th ed, 2012) Stickley, Amanda, Australian Torts Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 3rd ed, 2013)

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Providing a reference is like putting together a puzzle

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You need all the right pieces... Page

Numbers

(if required)

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In the right order.

Author / Creator

Title

Year of Publication

Location (where it can be

obtained)

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Different resources need different details.

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The Footnote Citation and Bibliography Entry for an Item Might be Different

Author

Last name, Given Name.

Title Title of book

(edition number).

Year Published

(year).

Location

Place of publication: Publisher.

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A Book

Author(s)

Publication

details

Title Pinpoint

Amanda Stickley, Australian Torts Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 3rd ed, 2013) 6. Book reference in bibliography Stickley, Amanda, Australian Torts Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 3rd ed, 2013) The two are similar, but in the bibliography the author name is inverted; no pinpoint; no full stop at end of citation.

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Book reference in footnote

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A Journal Article

Author(s)

Volume and issue details Starting page

Article title Journal title

Pinpoint

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Article Reference in bibliography Hutchinson, Andrew, ‘Heydon’ Seek: Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places’ (2003) 29 Monash University Law Review 85 The same as in footnotes, BUT, author name is inverted; no pinpoint, no full stop at end of citation.

Article Reference in footnote: Allan C Hutchinson, ‘Heydon’ Seek: Looking for Law in All the Wrong Places’ (2003) 29 Monash University Law Review 85, 86.

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A Case

Parties’ names

Report series abbreviation Starting page

Year and volume

Pinpoint

Case reference in footnote Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327, 333-4. Case Reference in Bibliography Van Gervan v Fenton (1992) 175 CLR 327 The same as in footnotes, BUT, no pinpoint; no full stop at end of citation.

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An Act of Parliament

Short Title.

Jurisdiction

Year

Pinpoint

Act reference in footnote Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) s 2. Short title pinpoint. In bibliography Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) Short title The same as in footnotes, BUT, no pinpoint; no full stop at end of citation.

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Remember Punctuation and other citation rules are important in referencing.

Make sure you follow the rules exactly.

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Referencing

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Check out the Library website

http://www.library.qut.edu.au/

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That leads you to cite|write

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http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/

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Follow the QUT Legal examples done for you in cite|write. Find links to WALS and the AGLC3 at the bottom of the cite|write Legal page.

Sometimes, you just have to work it out. If there is no exact example, follow the rules for each part of the reference. Refer to AGLC3.

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There are people to help Face-to-face at the Law Library help desk Over the phone 3138 2842

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Image references (in order of appearance) PAGES 4-15 R Levy and S Levy, 'Macrofern', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/339464069/in/set-72157594449650560/, ed,

2006. R Levy and S Levy, 'Smushrooms', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/339470904/in/set-72157594449650560/, ed,

2006. J Lindie, 'Great Ocean Road Forest', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiros2004/2621009001/, ed, 2008. Talkev, 'Forest', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tallkev/270039018/, ed, 2006, path through a forest Google, In: http://maps.google.com.au/maps Brisbane National Parks, ed, Brisbane/Redlands. Idiolector, 'old notes, new purpose', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/idiolector/474617321/, ed, 2007, Pen on hand-written notes. L. Daly, 'Puzzle', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizadaly/2944362379/, ed, 2008. D. Norman, 'surplus journals - 1', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnorman/2197474415/, ed, 2008. Samad Jee, 'The new W7 - Windows 7 ; Good or Bad?' In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samadjee/3183738090/, ed, 2009. S. McGlenchy, 'book from above', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephmcg/1592886057/in/photostream/, ed, 2007. S. Taki, 'Music 02', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13519089@N03/1396525210/in/set-72157602144159926/, ed, 2007. Leo Reynolds, 'comma', 2006, comma yellow on green with link pattern

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Image references (in order of appearance) PAGES 20-24 lesleyhyphenanne, 'punctuation hankies', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleyhyphenanne/3108873217/, ed, 2008, inverted commas

embroidered onto a hanky Tom Magliery, 'semi', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/2601376306/, ed, 2008, semicolon carved in stone Ian Langworth, 'exclamation', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/statico/84048914/, ed, 2006, cactus in the shape of an exclamation mark Leo Reynolds, 'ampersand', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/97592552/, ed, 2006, ampersand etched into a metal disc. urbanmkrs, In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmkr/2429870360/, ed, 2008, red dot screwed to a cement surface. A. Muya, 'My Roommate Studying', In: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aldrin_muya/3114768397/, ed, 2008.