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What is the AGLC?

The Australian Guide to Legal Citation ('AGLC') is a legal referencing style. 

The AGLC style uses footnotes in the text of your work and may include a bibliography at the end as a list of all the sources you have used. 

How can I get a copy of the AGLC?

Download a free online copy of the AGLC here:

  • You can access borrowable hard copies from the Library. 
  • You can also purchase a personal hard copy.  

Test Yourself

How would I begin to use the AGLC?

  • Get a copy of the AGLC (online or in hardcopy).
  • Watch the AGLC Workshop for an overview.
  • Read through the General Rules of the AGLC. 
  • Refer to the rule you need when you cite. 

Quick Resources

  • Templates
  • Sample Essay
  • Checklist
  • Recorded Workshop

A downloadable guide with examples from this page. 

Use these Word template to help you with formatting; the template includes heading levels and formatted bibliography headings.

See the sample essay for an example of what footnoting the bibliography should look like in the AGLC Style. 

Use the AGLC Checklist to help you check your referencing before you submit.

Quick Examples

Source Type  Rule & Example
Case

Rule 2, page 39  

R v Tang (2008) 237 CLR 1
Legislation

Rule 3, page 67

Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT)
Journal Article 

Rule 5, page 91

Footnote example: 

Alex Steel, 'Contact Cheating: Will Students Pay for Serious Criminal Consequences?' (2007) 42(2) Alternative Law Journal 123.

Bibliography example: 

 Steel, Alex, 'Contact Cheating: Will Students Pay for Serious Criminal Consequences?' (2007) 42(2) Alternative Law Journal 123
Book

Rule 6, page 106

Footnote example: 

George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Books, 2011). 

 

Bibliography example: 

Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Books, 2011). 
Report

Rule 7, page 206

Footnote example: 

Community Law Australia, Unaffordable and Out of Research: The Problem of Access of the Australian Legal System (Report, July 2012)

Bibliography example: 

Community Law Australia, Unaffordable and Out of Research: The Problem of Access of the Australian Legal System (Report, July 2012)
Internet Material 

Rule 7.15, page 130

Footnote example: 

Maria O'Sullivan, 'A Robot Breaks the Finder of a 7-Year-Old: A Lesson in the Need for Stronger Regulation of Artificial Intelligence', The Conversation (Web Page, 27 July 2022) <https://theconversation.com/a-robot-breaks-the-finger-of-a-7-year-old-a-lesson-in-the-need-for-stronger-regulation-of-artificial-intelligence-187612>.

Bibliography example: 

 

 O'Sullivan, Maria, 'A Robot Breaks the Finder of a 7-Year-Old: A Lesson in the Need for Stronger Regulation of Artificial Intelligence', The Conversation (Web Page, 27 July 2022) <https://theconversation.com/a-robot-breaks-the-finger-of-a-7-year-old-a-lesson-in-the-need-for-stronger-regulation-of-artificial-intelligence-187612>

General Rules

Find out how to quote, repeat a citation, make a short title, pinpoint inside a source, date, time and number formats, heading levels, and sources referring to other sources.

Footnoting

Quick Example

Kelly J explained, 'correct referencing is essential to the ability of the courts and academic institutions to test arguments and verify sources'.1

_____________________

1 Re Onyeledo [2015] NTSC 60, [39].

Legislation

Legislation

Quick Example 

Criminal Code Act 1983 (NT)

Rule 3, page 67 

Cases

Quick Example 

R v Tang (2008) 237 CLR 1

Rule 2, page 39  

General Rules for Secondary Sources

Learn about citing multiple authors, using URLs, what to do if your sources don't fit into a category, how to cite sources citing other sources. 

Secondary Sources

Secondary Sources

See examples of citing:

Books                                  Dictionaries
Internet materials            Journal articles
Legal Encyclopaedias    Looseleaf services
Newspaper articles          Reports
Written Correspondence & Generative AI 

Bibliographies

Learn about:

  • Heading levels and divided sections in the AGLC. 
  • Bibliography template
  • Quick check list
  • Examples 

Managing References

Learn about:

  • Citation Generators
  • Zotero
  • EndNote

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