Create a spot-on reference in AGLC4 and AGLC3
What is AGLC Style?
AGLC is the common abbreviation given to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation, a referencing and style guide developed by the Melbourne University Law Review Association and the Melbourne Journal of International Law.
AGLC Style is used by Australian universities and scholarly journals in the legal domain. The AGLC Manual has detailed rules for referencing Australian legislation, namely court decisions, statutes, bills, and so on, but also describes the citation rules for some foreign legislation (Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, etc.) and secondary sources (books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, journal articles, and so on).
The most up-to-date edition of the Australian Guide to legal citation is the 4th ed. (AGLC4) originally published in 2018.
AGLC referencing generator by Grafiati
In order to simplify the work of Australian researchers and to ensure the highest quality of their AGLC references, we at Grafiati offer a dedicated AGLC referencing generator.
Here is why it is important. First, we support both latest editions of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation. You can use our AGLC3 reference generator to compile bibliographic references in accordance with the rules of the Manual’s third edition or our AGLC4 referencing generator to comply with the latest requirements of the AGLC.
Here are some of the key features of our Australian Guide to Legal Citation generator:
- Our legal references are adapted to the needs of Australian customers. You can cite conveniently Australian court decisions and legislation complying with the rules of the AGLC; for the rest of the jurisdictions, we have implemented a unified scheme that allows identifying a foreign legal source precisely in your bibliography.
- In addition to generating bibliographic references, our AGLC footnote generator creates correct footnotes; thus, you can cite your sources correctly both in the bibliography and in the text of your paper.
- With our special feature, you can insert pinpoints in your footnotes precisely where they should be for each particular type of source.
- We support both the 3rd and the 4th editions of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation, taking into account all the changes brought to the AGLC format: you can choose whichever you need for submitting your article or thesis. With our AGLC4 generator, you will be able to adhere to the most recent rules of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
- Our AGLC generator allows citing various types of secondary sources taking into consideration all the minor differences between them: you can reference correctly a book, a legal encyclopedia, a website, or even a social media post.
- Our feature for the creation of combined footnotes allows you referencing multiple sources at once in AGLC Style.
How to use the AGLC citation generator by Grafiati
The easiest way to use the AGLC referencing generator by Grafiati is to select the type of source you would like to cite from the widget at the top of this page. Otherwise, you can go to our homepage and select AGLC 4 or AGLC 3 from the list of available citation styles and then choose the required type of source.
Examples of AGLC references and footnotes
Below we present sample AGLC references for some of the most commonly cited types of sources. The references are compiled in accordance with the rules of AGLC4.
Legislation
Reference:
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth)
Footnote:
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 44.
Court Case
Reference:
AEF23 v Child Support Registrar [2023] FCA 758
Footnote:
AEF23 v Child Support Registrar [2023] FCA 758, 758.
Book
Reference:
Thornton, Margaret (ed), Sex Discrimination in Uncertain Times (ANU E Press, 2006)
Footnote:
Margaret Thornton (ed), Sex Discrimination in Uncertain Times (ANU E Press, 2006) 125–37.
Journal article
Reference:
Landau, Ingrid and John Howe, ‘Government Purchasing and the Implementation of Modern Slavery Legislation’ (2022) 44(3) Sydney Law Review 347
Footnote:
Ingrid Landau and John Howe, ‘Government Purchasing and the Implementation of Modern Slavery Legislation’ (2022) 44(3) Sydney Law Review 347, 355–8.
Website
Reference:
Cameronne, Cindy, ‘ABC Revives Public Interest Defence in Ex-Commando’s Defamation Case’, Lawyerly (Web Page, 14 July 2023) <https://www.lawyerly.com.au/abc-revives-public-interest-defence-in-ex-commandos-defamation-case/>
Footnote:
Cindy Cameronne, ‘ABC Revives Public Interest Defence in Ex-Commando’s Defamation Case’, Lawyerly (Web Page, 14 July 2023) <https://www.lawyerly.com.au/abc-revives-public-interest-defence-in-ex-commandos-defamation-case/>.
While the above AGLC format references give you a general idea of the requirements of AGLC Style, they only serve as examples, since the Manual’s rules are much more difficult than that. We recommend you to use the Australian Guide to Legal Citation referencing generator by Grafiati in order to avoid possible errors.
The subsequent development of our legal citation generators (AGLC, OSCOLA, Bluebook, etc.) will focus on precise referencing for different types of legal sources from different domestic and foreign jurisdictions, so you can expect an even higher quality and differentiation of your AGLC4 footnotes and references.