Free AGLC Referencing Generator
Create AGLC 4 footnotes and a bibliography split into the parts Australian law schools expect. For help with the essay itself, 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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How to use the AGLC referencing generator
- Choose Case, Legislation, Book, Journal article, Book chapter, Web page or Report.
- For a reported case, copy the report citation exactly, for example (1992) 175 CLR 1. For an unreported case, use the medium neutral citation.
- For legislation, enter the short title with the year and choose the jurisdiction.
- Add a pinpoint (a page, or a paragraph in square brackets) and copy the footnote.
- Copy all to get your bibliography in AGLC order: secondary sources, cases, then legislation.
What is AGLC?
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) is the referencing style used by Australian law schools, courts and law journals. It is published by the Melbourne University Law Review Association and the Melbourne Journal of International Law. The 4th edition (2018) is current. A 5th edition is being prepared but hasn't been released.
AGLC uses footnotes. Each footnote ends with a full stop, abbreviations have no full stops, and ordinal numbers such as "2nd" are written with superscript letters.
Citing cases and legislation in AGLC
Cite a reported case by its name in italics, the year, volume, report series and starting page: Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1. Use round brackets when the year isn't needed to find the volume and square brackets when it is. For an unreported judgment, use its medium neutral citation, such as Quarmby v Keating [2009] TASSC 80. Pinpoints follow a comma: 1, 15 or [2009] TASSC 80, [11].
Legislation is cited by its short title and year in italics, then the jurisdiction in brackets and any pinpoint: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) s 28.
Setting out an AGLC bibliography
AGLC bibliographies are divided into parts: A Articles/Books/Reports, B Cases, C Legislation, D Treaties and E Other. Entries in each part are alphabetical. The first author's name is inverted (Jackson, Lynne M) and pinpoints are left out.
The generator creates parts A to C from your sources. Treaties and other materials aren't supported yet. Our article on academic writing tips has advice on structuring longer legal research.
AGLC 4 referencing examples
Footnotes and bibliography entries produced by 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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