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

Cite to editorials or opinions in newspapers and weekly journals by “Editor” or “Opinion”,
followed by the same source information as above:
Editorial, ‘“Urgent Need for Review’, The Australian Financial Review (Sydney), 17
January 2002, 46.
7.0 Official Publications
Cite Parliamentary Debates by jurisdiction, title (italicized), assembly name, date of debate, page
referenced, and full name of the speaker and, where applicable, his position in government or
opposition ministry (in parentheses):
Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 23 May 1992, 3121
(Paul Keating, Prime Minister).
Cite Parliamentary papers by jurisdiction, title (italicized), number (“Parl Paper No [ ]”), year
(in parentheses), and page referenced:
Commonwealth, Department of Foreign Affairs Annual Report 1975, Parl Paper No 142
(1976) 5.
Cite Law Reform Commission Reports by Name of the Law Reform Commission, title
(italicized), Report/Discussion Paper number (“Discussion Paper No [ ]”), year (in parentheses),
and page referenced:
Victorian Law Reform Commission, Homicide Report, Report No 40 (1991) 7.
8.0 Unpublished Materials
Cite working papers by author, title (in single quotation marks), working paper number, institute
or organization and year (in parentheses), and page referenced:
Jim Clark and Susan Miller, 'Topic of Working Paper?' (Working Paper No 112, School
of Law, Example University, 1996) 2.
Cite theses by author, title (italicized), and purpose of the thesis, University and year (in
parentheses):
Michael Smith, Topic of Thesis (PhD thesis, Sample University, 1978).
9.0 Citation of Electronic Material
9.1 On-Line Journal Articles
Cite journal articles available on the World Wide Web by name of author(s) [first name, family
name], title (in single quotation marks), year (in parentheses), volume, issue (in parentheses),
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