Referencing Guides

When writing in an academic context, you are required to acknowledge the material which you have used in your assignments by citing or referencing the original source. Referencing your work:

• helps you to avoid unintentional plagiarism
• strengthens your academic argument
• enables the reader to locate the sources to which you have referred.

Legal Referencing

Legal citation is quite different from other disciplines involving citation of materials unique to law such as case citations or legislation.

To help you, the following guides are available:

• Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 3rd ed (AGLC3) - full text of the recommended legal referencing guide
• A Guide to Citation of Sources - T C Beirne School of Law's short guide to AGLC3
• Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 3rd ed (AGLC3) "How-to" Guide - UQ Library.

It is recommended that you read the above guides in conjunction with each other, but in cases where the guides disagree, the AGLC3 takes precedence.

Further information about referencing is available for LAWS1111 students via their LAWS1111 Blackboard page.

Other Referencing

The Library publishes a range of other referencing style guides.

Task: Try it Yourself!