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Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th Edition

Guidance on using the Australian Guide to Legal Citation referencing style

Full stops

Full stops

See AGLC Part I — General Rules > rule 1.6.1

 

The Australian Guide to Legal Citation ('AGLC ') states that all footnotes should end with a full stop. Full stops should not be used in abbreviations or after initials.

Em-dashes, en-dashes, hyphens and slashes

Em-dashes, en-dashes and hyphens

See AGLC Part I — General Rules > rule 1.6.3


The AGLC style uses em-dashes and en-dashes, eg spans of pinpoint references must be separated by an en-dash.

An em-dash is the longest form of dash, followed by an en-dash (half the length) and then a hyphen (half the length again).

Use Microsoft Word - Insert Symbol or shortcuts to insert em-dashes and en-dashes into documents. For example, on a device with a numeric keypad:

  • em-dash - simultaneously hold down [Ctrl]+[Alt]+minus sign on the numeric keypad or press [Alt] key and type 0151 on the numeric keypad
  • en-dash - simultaneously hold down [Ctrl]+minus sign on the numeric keypad.

Find alternative shortcuts via the web if you are using a different word processor program or you don't have a numeric keypad on your device.

Capitalisation

Capitalisation

See AGLC Part I — General Rules > rule 1.7


In citations, most words within a title are capitalised except articles, conjunctions and prepositions.

AGLC rule 1.7 outlines key words that should begin with a capital letter throughout the text of documents, eg Act of Parliament, Crown, Parliament.