AGLC Referencing Generator
Produce AGLC 4 footnotes and a bibliography divided into the parts Australian law schools ask for. For help writing the essay, see our law assignment help for students in Australia.
What are you referencing?
Used when the case is unreported.
Copy it exactly as printed, with the year in its brackets.
A page number, or a paragraph number in square brackets.
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Making AGLC footnotes and a bibliography
- Pick Case, Legislation, Book, Journal article, Book chapter, Web page or Report.
- For a reported case, copy the report citation exactly, such as (1992) 175 CLR 1. For an unreported one, use its medium neutral citation.
- For legislation, type the short title and year, then choose the jurisdiction.
- Give a pinpoint if you need one (a page number, or a paragraph number in square brackets), then copy the footnote.
- Press Copy all for a bibliography in AGLC order: secondary sources, then cases, then legislation.
About AGLC
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) is the citation style of Australian law schools, courts and law journals. It's published by the Melbourne University Law Review Association together with the Melbourne Journal of International Law. The 4th edition (2018) is current; a 5th edition is in preparation but not yet out.
Citations go in footnotes. Each footnote ends with a full stop, abbreviations carry no full stops, and ordinals like "2nd" use superscript letters.
Cases and legislation
A reported case is cited by its name in italics, then the year, volume, report series and first page: Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1. Round brackets mean the year isn't needed to find the volume; square brackets mean it is. An unreported judgment takes its medium neutral citation, such as Quarmby v Keating [2009] TASSC 80. Pinpoints come after a comma: 1, 15 or [2009] TASSC 80, [11].
Legislation takes its short title and year in italics, the jurisdiction in brackets and then any pinpoint: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 28.
Laying out the bibliography
An AGLC bibliography is split into parts: A Articles/Books/Reports, B Cases, C Legislation, D Treaties and E Other, each in alphabetical order. The first author's name is reversed (Jackson, Lynne M) and pinpoints are removed.
The generator builds parts A to C from your sources; treaties and other materials are not supported yet. Our academic writing tips include advice on organising longer legal research.
AGLC 4 examples
Footnotes and bibliography entries made with the generator, using case and statute examples from the AGLC guide.
Reported case
Bibliography entry
Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1
Footnote
Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1, 15.
Unreported case (medium neutral citation)
Bibliography entry
Quarmby v Keating [2009] TASSC 80
Footnote
Quarmby v Keating [2009] TASSC 80, [11].
Commonwealth Act
Bibliography entry
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
Footnote
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 28.
Book
Bibliography entry
Jackson, Lynne M, The Psychology of Prejudice: From Attitudes to Social Action (American Psychological Association, 2nd ed, 2019)
Footnote
Lynne M Jackson, The Psychology of Prejudice: From Attitudes to Social Action (American Psychological Association, 2nd ed, 2019).
Journal article
Bibliography entry
Grady, Jessica Stoltzfus et al, ‘Emotions in Storybooks: A Comparison of Storybooks That Represent Ethnic and Racial Groups in the United States’ (2019) 8(3) Psychology of Popular Media Culture 207
Footnote
Jessica Stoltzfus Grady et al, ‘Emotions in Storybooks: A Comparison of Storybooks That Represent Ethnic and Racial Groups in the United States’ (2019) 8(3) Psychology of Popular Media Culture 207, 210.
Web page
Bibliography entry
Bologna, Caroline, ‘Why Some People with Anxiety Love Watching Horror Movies’, HuffPost (Web Page, 31 October 2019) <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e>
Footnote
Caroline Bologna, ‘Why Some People with Anxiety Love Watching Horror Movies’, HuffPost (Web Page, 31 October 2019) <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anxiety-love-watching-horror-movies_l_5d277587e4b02a5a5d57b59e>.
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