Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th edition

This referencing style guide provides a set of rules on how to acknowledge the thoughts, ideas and works of others when you use them in your own work.

Many types of publication examples have been provided in this guide. If you cannot find the example you need, you can:

• consult the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed)
• type the title of the item into Library Search to see if it has a suggested citation
• view articles, published after 2018, in publications that use the AGLC4 such as Melbourne University Law Review or Melbourne Journal of International Law
• adapt the rules of a similar publication type to the item
• consult other institutions’ style guides
• consult the Instructions to authors, if writing for a journal
• consult with your tutor or course coordinator.

Further resources

Watch the video to find out more about the basics of legal referencing.