Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...

1.0 Constitution
Cite the Australian Constitution as “Australian Constitution” (italicized), followed by the section
referenced:
Australian Constitution s 19.
2.0 Legislation
2.1 Statutes
Cite acts by short title or, if there is no short title, full title (italicized), year, abbreviated name of
the jurisdiction (in parentheses), and subdivision referenced:
Copyright Act 1970 (Cth) s 52.
For federal legislation, cite to the abbreviation for Commonwealth (Cth). For state legislation,
cite to the abbreviated name of the state.
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
New South Wales (NSW)
Northern Territories (NT)
Queensland (QLD)
2.2 Bills
South Australia (SA)
Tasmania (TAS)
Victoria (VIC)
Western Australia (WA)
Cite bills in the same way as acts. The name of a bill before parliament is not italicized:
CLERP Bill 1998 (Cth).
2.3 Treaties and Conventions
Cite treaties and conventions as described in Section 1.0 on Treaties and Conventions (on page
266), filling in the source information with the Australian Treaty Series by year, “Austl. T.S.”
and treaty number:
[Treaty information], 1950 Austl. T.S. No. 1, [date of entry into force, etc.].
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by parties’ name [first plaintiff and defendant (separated by “v” and italicized)], year
of decision, volume, reporter, first page of the case, and page referenced:
Croome v Tasmania (1997) 191 CLR 119, 125 (Brennan CJ, Dawson and Toohey JJ).
If appropriate, the author(s) of the judgment may be identified in parentheses after the page
referenced. The year is cited in square brackets if the case appears in a report which volumes are
organized by year.
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