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Citing journal articles

AGLC4 Part III: Secondary Sources - 5 Journal Articles

The rules for citing journal articles are in Chapter 5 of the AGLC4.

Note when citing journal articles:

the authors name(s) should be cited in accordance with the rule 4.1 Author.
the title of the article should appear unitalicised within single quotation marks: rule 5.2 Title.
the full title of the journal is given and is italicised: rule 5.5. Journal.

Rule 5 Journal Articles

Element	Author	Title	Year	Volume & Issue	Journal	Page	Pinpoint	Full stop
Rule	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.7	1.1.4
Example	Jordan Fallow,	‘Copyright, Patents and Traditional Knowledge’	(2012)	25(3)	Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin	42	,44	.
Example	SM Clayton,	‘Void Mortgages?’	[1981]		Conveyancer and Property Lawyer	306		.

Other examples:

Citation (Organised by Volume Number): June Mc Gowan, 'No One Size Fits All Windows on the Solo World' (2012) 80(9) Law Society Journal 24.
Citation [Organised by Year]: Justine Whealing, 'Serving the Clients' [2010] (490) Lawyers Weekly 12.

Melbourne University Law Review Association, Australian Guide to Legal Citation (Melbourne University Law Review Association, 4th ed, 2018) 91.

Citing a journal article interactive

Move the slider to see an example of the relevant AGLC4 rules for citing a journal article:

Activity overview

This interactivity shows a reference in the AGLC4 style with a vertical slider bar that can be dragged left and right to reveal and hide the names for the different parts of the reference.

Reference

Daniel Goldsworthy, ‘The Future of Legal Education in the 21st Century’, (2020) 41(1) Adelaide Law Review 243.

Parts of the reference

Author(s) r 5.1

Daniel Goldsworthy

Title of the article r 5.2

The Future of Legal Education in the 21st Century

Year r 5.3

2020

Volume and Issue r 5.4

41(1)

Journal title r 5.5

Adelaide Law Review

Starting page r 5.6

243

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