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Researching Secondary Law Resources

Citing legal encyclopaedias

AGLC4 Part III: Secondary Sources - 7.7 Legal Encyclopaedias

Rule 6.3 Legal Encyclopedias: printed

Element Publisher Title of Encyclopedia volume number at full date Title Number and Name of Title Chapter Number and Name Paragraph Full stop
Rule 6.3 7.7 7.7 7.7 6.3 1.1.4
Example Lawbook, The Laws of Australia, vol 14 (at 11 February 2019) 14 Environment and Natural Resources, ’14.10 Forests’ [14.10.160] .
Example LexisNexis, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, vol 4 (at 11 February 2019) 75 Charities, ‘1 Charitable Purposes’ [75-1] .

 


Rule 7.7 Legal Encyclopedias: online

Element Publisher Title of Encyclopedia Date of Retrieval Title Number and Name of Title Chapter Number and Name Paragraph Full stop
Rule 6.3 7.7 7.7 7.7 6.3 1.1.4
Example Lawbook, The Laws of Australia, (online at 1 February 2019) 2 Administrative Law, ‘2.3 Access to Information’ [2.3.10] .
Example LexisNexis, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, (online at 1 February 2019) 90 Constitutional Law, ‘6 Limitations on Legislative Powers’ [90-2226] .

 

Melbourne University Law Review Association, Australian Guide to Legal Citation (Melbourne University Law Review Association, 4th ed, 2018) 119.


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Reference

LexisNexis, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia (online at 28 March 2018) 190 Estoppel, (5) Equitable Estoppel, ‘(C) Promissory Estoppel’ [190-305].

Parts of the reference

Publisher r 7.7

LexisNexis

Title of encyclopaedia r 7.7

Halsbury’s Laws of Australia

Date of retrieval r 7.7

(online at 28 March 2018)

Title number r 7.7

190 Estoppel

Name of title r 7.7

(5) Equitable Estoppel

Chapter number and name r 7.7

‘(C) Promissory Estoppel’

Pinpoint r 7.7

[190-305].