The Question
Would you happen to know the volume number for this citation:
Burrows, 'Reforming Privity of Contract: Law Commission Report No.242 [1996], Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quaterly 467, 468-71.
The Answer
The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) usually requires a volume number but not all journals have volume numbers - for some journals the year of publication is the volume number. If this happens use square brackets around the year.
Examples:
Charles Mitchell, ‘Tracing Trust Funds into Insurance Proceeds’ [1997] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 465.
William Swadling, ‘A Claim in Restitution?’ [1996] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 63.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Parallel Citations
The Problem
The case I'm reading is Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited (1998) 194 CLR 395. This was a High Court case. With some of the extra material I am reading, another citation is sometimes given as 155 ALR 614. Is it the same case?
The Answer
By checking in Casebase or FirstPoint you can discover where a case was reported. In this example, the case appears in the following places: 194 CLR 395, 72 ALJR 1243, 155 ALR 614, 23 Fam LR 575, [1998] NSW ConvR 56,675 (55-853), [1998] Q ConvR 60,142 (54-514), [1998] V ConvR 67,050 (54-590), [1999] ASAL 57,481 (55-018), [1998] HCA 48.
The Commonwealth Law Reports are the "authorised" reports for the High Court of Australia, so you should always use this version. But journal articles written before the CLR version appeared would cite one of the other versions.
The case I'm reading is Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited (1998) 194 CLR 395. This was a High Court case. With some of the extra material I am reading, another citation is sometimes given as 155 ALR 614. Is it the same case?
The Answer
By checking in Casebase or FirstPoint you can discover where a case was reported. In this example, the case appears in the following places: 194 CLR 395, 72 ALJR 1243, 155 ALR 614, 23 Fam LR 575, [1998] NSW ConvR 56,675 (55-853), [1998] Q ConvR 60,142 (54-514), [1998] V ConvR 67,050 (54-590), [1999] ASAL 57,481 (55-018), [1998] HCA 48.
The Commonwealth Law Reports are the "authorised" reports for the High Court of Australia, so you should always use this version. But journal articles written before the CLR version appeared would cite one of the other versions.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Do you prefer to do things by trial and error?
It seems most of us prefer to muddle through, and do things by trial and error rather than asking for help. At least that is the pattern that emerges when we ask people how they use library databases and library websites.
And we leave things to the last minute, so we need help NOW! We can't always wait for assistance.
As the law librarian I'm always trying to think of ways to overcome these entrenched behaviours!
Please ask for help (rather than muddling through), and don't leaves things to the last minute. I don't work 24/7 (do you?) so you need to leave time to ask the question and get a reply. The easiest way to contact me (or any of the other subject librarians) is via email (d.warren@latrobe.edu.au).
And we leave things to the last minute, so we need help NOW! We can't always wait for assistance.
As the law librarian I'm always trying to think of ways to overcome these entrenched behaviours!
Please ask for help (rather than muddling through), and don't leaves things to the last minute. I don't work 24/7 (do you?) so you need to leave time to ask the question and get a reply. The easiest way to contact me (or any of the other subject librarians) is via email (d.warren@latrobe.edu.au).
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