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Other Sources - Melbourne Manual for International Law Citation ( MMILC )

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From MMILC

Contents

Government Documents

Note that foreign government documents should be cited similarly to Australian government documents where possible.

Parliamentary Debates

Rule AGLC r 6.1.1 Parliamentary debates should be cited in the following form:

<Jurisdiction>, Parliamentary Debates, <Chamber>, <Full date of debate>, <Pinpoint reference> (Full name of speaker).

The position of the speaker within the ministry or shadow ministry should also be included where applicable.

Example Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 17 October 2001, 1143−5 (Richard Wynne).

UK, Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 18 March 2003, vol 401, column 760 (Tony Blair, Prime Minister).

Parliamentary Papers

Rule AGLC r 6.1.2 Parliamentary papers should be cited in the following form:

<Jurisdiction>, <Title>, Parl Paper No <no> (<Year>) <Pinpoint reference>.

Example Commonwealth of Australia, 2001 Review of Migration Legislation Regulation 4.31B: Joint Standing Committee on Migration, Parl Paper No 113 (2001) 35.

Parliamentary Committee Reports

Rule AGLC r 6.1.3 Parliamentary committee reports should be cited in the following form:

<Committee>, <Chamber>, <Legislature>, <Title> (<Year>) <Pinpoint reference>.

The Chamber can include, for example:

  • the House of Representatives;
  • the Senate;
  • the Legislative Assembly;
  • the Legislative Council, etc.
Example Law Reform Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Criminal Liability for Self-Induced Intoxication (1999) [6.91].

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Senate, Parliament of Australia, Perestroika: Implications for Australia–USSR Relations (1990).

Evidence to Parliamentary Committees

Rule Submissions to parliamentary committees should be cited using the following format:

<Author>, Submission No <no>, Submissions to <Title> (<Year>) vol <no>, <Pinpoint reference>.


Evidence in hearings should be cited using the following format:

<Name of Committee>, <Name of Inquiry and Hearing>, <Full date>, <Pinpoint reference> (<Name of Witness>, <Position>).

Examples Hilary Charlesworth et al, Submissions to Senate… (2000) vol 4, 35.

Commonwealth Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Public Hearing on the MAI, 12 June 1998, 6 (Janine Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Foreign Investment Review Branch, Treasury).

Royal Commission Reports

Rule AGLC r 6.1.5 Royal commission reports should be cited in the following form:

<Jurisdiction>, <Name of royal commission>, <Title> (<Year>) <Pinpoint reference>.

Example New South Wales, Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service, Final Report (1997) vol 2, 222.

Constitutions

Rule Constitutions should be cited in the following form:

Constitution of <Country> (<Year>).

NOTE: Where a Constitution has a specific and generally accepted name, this may be used instead.

Law Reform Commission Reports

Rule The jurisdiction should be included before the name of the Commission if the jurisdiction is foreign to Australia:

<Jurisdiction>, <Name of law reform commission>, <Title>, Report/Discussion Paper No <no> (<Year>) <Pinpoint reference>.

Australian Standards

Rule Standards Australia, <Title>, <Doc No> (<Date>).

Ministerial Statements

Rule Ministerial statements should be cited in the following form.

NOTE: The URL should be included if it would be useful for retrieving the document:

<Author>, <Position>, ‘<Title>’ (Ministerial Statement, <Full date>) [<Paragraph pinpoint>] <<URL>> at <Full date>.

Example Gareth Evans, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, ‘Australia’s Regional Security’ (Ministerial Statement, December 1989) [87] <http://www.dfat.gov.au/arf/89minst2.html> at 1 May 2003.

Newspaper Articles

Rule Newspaper articles should be cited in the following form:

<Author(s)>, ‘<Title>’, <Newspaper> (<City and Country of publication>) <Full date>, <Pinpoint reference>.

NOTE: The city and country in which the newspaper was published must always be included, each time the newspaper is cited. This includes Australia, even for The Australian.

Example Editorial, ‘Construction Unions Hoist True Colours’, The Australian (Sydney, Australia) 12 December 2001, 12.

Newsfeeds

Rule Newsfeeds should be cited in the following form:

<Author>, ‘<Title>’, <Newspaper> Newsfeed, <Full date>.

Example Barbara Adam, ‘Second Jehovah Witness Death after Refusing Transfusion’, Australian Associated Press Newsfeed, 22 December 1998.

Television and Radio Transcripts

Television Programs

Rule Television programs should be cited in the following form:

<Reporter’s Name> (Reporter) and <Producer’s Name> (Producer), ‘Title’, <Name of program>, <Place of production>, <Full date>.

Example Liz Jackson (Reporter) and Lisa McGregor (Producer), ‘The Country Doctors’, Four Corners, Sydney, Australia, 18 May 1998.

Internet Materials

Rule URLs should be cited in the following form:

<Author (if no named author, then name of institution)>, <Institution (if the author is speaking on behalf of the institution)>, <Country (if relevant)>, <Title> (<Year>) <Pinpoint reference> <<URL>> at <Full date>.

  • URLs always go after every other part of a citation, including the pinpoint
  • Do not put a comma before the URL
  • In some cases the homepage URL should be provided instead of the full URL, as URL addresses often change. Whether this is necessary will be a matter of personal discretion, taking into account the ease with which the page can be located from the homepage.


'Available from'

  • Direct links to URLs are often long and unstable, which can mean the link will either change or disappear
  • When you have a source where this is the case, 'available from' can be used to direct the reader to a webpage from which they can then find the specific source cited

Example

Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Commonwealth of Australia, Fact Sheet 86: Overstayers and People in Breach of Visa Conditions (2007), available from <http://www.immi.gov.au> at 18 May 2007.


'Available at' Not to be Used

  • Where the URL cited links directly to the source, 'available at' should not be used
  • Rather, the URL should follow directly the last citation in the footnote

Example

Paul Kelly, 'Australia Beyond 2001 — Towards a New National Project' (Speech delivered at the American Australian Association, New York City, US, 26 April 2002) [14] <http://www.americanaustralian.org/Corporate/pdf/speech_paul_kelly.pdf> at 18 May 2007.


Sources Published in both Hard Copy and Internet Form

  • Increasingly, sources published in hard copy form are also published on the internet.
  • As this can be an important means of locating documents, consider whether providing a URL in addition to the main citation would be useful.

In this case, the following format should be observed:

<Full citation> <URL> at <Full date>.

Examples Walden Bello, World Social Forum, Italy, WTO: What is it Good For? (2000) [35] <http://www.fddlos.org> at 13 August 2001.

Australian Red Cross, Humanitarian Aid (1997) [12] <http://www.fddlos.org> at 13 August 2001.

Online News Sources

Rule Where a news source appears only in online format and is not available anywhere in hardcopy, it should be cited in the following form:

<Author>, '<Title of article>', <Title of publication> (<Country of publication>) <Full date> <<URL>> at <Full date>.

NOTE:

  • No pinpoint is necessary.
  • Only the country of publication, not the city, should be included.
Example Niveen Wahish, 'The Unemployment Conundrum', Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Egypt) 24 January 2002 <http://weekly.ahram.org.en/2002/570/ec5.htm> at 22 May 2006.

Press Statements

Press Releases

Rule Press releases should be cited in the following form:

<Author/Speaker>, <Position>, '<Title>' (Press Release, <Full date>) <Pinpoint reference>.

  • A URL and date of retrieval may also be included at the end of the citation where this would aid in the retrieval of the press release.
Examples McLibel Support Campaign, 'McLibel Crisis as Defendant and Office Fight Eviction Threat' (Press Release, 17 May 2001).

Javier Solana, Secretary General of NATO, 'Press Statement on Decision to Initiate Air Operations over Federal Republic of Yugoslavia' (Press Release, 23 March 1999) <http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1999/p99-040e.htm> at 22 May 2006.

Press Briefings

Rule Press briefings should be cited in the following form:

<Author>, <Position>, '<Title>' (Press Briefing, <Full date>) <Pinpoint reference>.

  • A URL and date of retrieval may also be included at the end of the citation where this would aid in the retrieval of the press release.
Example Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman for the US Department of State (Press Briefing, 15 August 2002) <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2002/12725.htm> at 22 May 2006.

Speeches

Unpublished Speeches and Lectures

Rule Unpublished speeches and lectures should be cited in the following form:

<Speaker/Lecturer>, ‘<Title>’ (<Lecture/Address/Speech> delivered at <Conference Name/Institution/Lecture Series>, <City>, <Country>, <Full date>) [<Paragraph pinpoint>].

Looseleaf Services

Rule AGLC r 6.6 Looseleaf services should be cited in the following form:

<Publisher>, <Title>, vol <no> (at <most recent service number for pinpoint reference>) <Pinpoint reference>.

Example CCH, Australian Labour Law Reporter, vol 1 (at 275-2-99) ¶1-445.

Theses

Rule AGLC r 6.7 Theses should be cited in the following form:

<Author>, <Title> (Type of thesis, Institution, Year) <Pinpoint reference>.

Example Jeremy Kirk, 'Implied Rights' in Constitutional Adjudication by the High Court of Australia since 1983 (DPhil Thesis, Oxford University, 1998) 12.

Working Papers

Rule AGLC r 6.8 Working papers should be cited in the following form:

<Author>, '<Title>' (Working Paper No <no>, <Institution>, <Year>) <Pinpoint reference>.

Example Anthony Forsyth, 'Re-Regulatory Tendencies in Australian and New Zealand Labour Law' (Working Paper No 21, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, The University of Melbourne, 2001) 19.

Conference Papers

Rule AGLC r 6.9 Conference papers should be cited in the following form:

<Author>, '<Title>' (Paper presented at the <Name of conference>, <City, Country>, <Full date>) <Pinpoint reference>.

  • A URL and date of retrieval may also be included where this would aid in retrieval of the conference paper.
Example Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, 'Relationship Recognition: The Search for Equality' (Paper presented at the Discussion Forum on Relationships and the Law, Sydney, Australia, 7 July 2000).

Interviews

Interviews Conducted by the Author

Rule Interviews conducted by the author should be cited in the following form:

Interview with <Name of interviewee> (<City and country of location/ Form of interview>, <Full date>).

  • The position of the interviewee may also be included after his or her name.
Example Interview with Antoinette Norris, Humanitarian Entries Section, Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Telephone interview, 18 August 2000).

Interviews Not Conducted by the Author

Rule Interviews not conducted by the author should be cited in the following form:

<Name of interviewer>, Interview with <Name of interviewee> (<City and country of location/Form of interview>, <Full date>).

  • The position of the interviewee may also be included after his or her name.
Example Clive Robertson, Interview with John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia (Sydney, Australia, 21 December 2001).

Letters

Rule Letters should be cited in the following form:

Letter from <Author>, <Author’s Title (if relevant)>, <Institution (if relevant)>, to <Recipient(s)>, <Full date>.

  • Information on the location of the letter may also be included where this would aid retrieval of the letter.
Example Letter from Ellen Keen to George Rusden, 28 April 1867, in Rusden Papers (Leeper Library, Trinity College, The University of Melbourne) v 11.

Email

Rule Email should be cited in the following form:

Email from <Author>, <Author's title (if relevant)>, <Institution (if relevant)>, to <Recipient(s), <Full date>.

Reports of Various Bodies

Rule The following format should be used:

<Author/Institution Name>, <Title> (<Name of Institution> Report, <Full Date>) <pinpoint>.

Example International Crisis Group, Northern Uganda: Understanding and Solving the Conflicts (ICG Africa Report No 77, 14 April 2004).


International Bar Association, IBA Monitoring Report: International Criminal Court (International Bar Association Human Rights Institute Report, April 2006).

Legal Encyclopaedias: Halsbury's Laws of England

Rule Halsbury’s Laws of England should be cited in the following form:

<Editor> (ed), Halsbury’s Laws of England, vol <no> (<Edition no> ed, <Year>) <Name of Title>, ‘<Chapter no> <Name of Chapter>’ [<Paragraph no>].

Example Lord Hailsham (ed), Halsbury’s Laws of England, vol 44(1) (4th ed, 1995) Statutes, ‘1 Nature of Primary Legislation’ [1265].

Manuals, Leaflets, Papers etc

Rule Generally, manuals, leaflets, papers and the like should be cited as a book, giving the full date where the source is likely to be revised within a year:

<Full name of body>, <Country (if relevant)>, <Title> (<Year>) <Pinpoint reference>.

Examples Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Commonwealth of Australia, Fact Sheet 42: Assistance for Asylum Seekers (2000).

Australian Red Cross (Victoria), Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme (2000).

Affidavits

Rule Affidavits should be cited in the following form:

Affidavit of <Full name>, <Position (if relevant)>, <Full date sworn>.

Example Affidavit of Hanna Whitfield, 8 March 1994.


The Melbourne University Law Review Association and the Australian Guide to Legal Citation do not endorse these rules and the rules contained in the MMILC do not in any way modify or change the rules contained in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation

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