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

Generally, court names are not included in a citation. However, if deemed necessary, they can
be added to the end of the citation (in parentheses):
3.1 Reports
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Mueller & Co v Commonwealth (2004) 109 FCR 156, 157 (Federal Court of Australia).
Major official reports series (and their abbreviations) include:
Commonwealth Law Reports (CLR)
Federal Court Reports (FCR)
Victorian Reports (VR)
New South Wales Law Reports (NSWL)
The unofficial reports series (and their abbreviations) include:
Australian Law Reports (ALR)
Australian Law Journal Reports (ALJR)
Federal Law Reports (FLR)
4.0 Books
Cite books by name of the author(s) [first name, family name], title (italicized), edition and
publication year (in parentheses), and the page referenced:
John Fleming, The Law of Torts (6 th ed, 1983).
5.0 Articles in Periodicals
Cite articles in periodicals by name of the author(s) [first name, family name], title of the article
(in single quotation marks), year (in parentheses), volume, title of the journal (italicized), first
page of the article, and page referenced:
Adrienne Stone, ‘The Limits of Constitutional Text and Structure: Standards of Review
and the Freedom of Political Communication’ (1999) 23 Melbourne University Law
Review 668, 670.
6.0 Newspapers and Weekly Journals
Cite articles in newspapers and weekly journals by name of author(s) [first name, family name],
title of the article (in single quotation marks), name of the newspaper (italicized), city of
publication and, if published overseas, country of publication (in parentheses), full date, and
page referenced:
Lenore Taylor, ‘Canada Fires Trade Salvo’, The Australian Financial Review (Sydney),
10-11 January 1988, 5.