AGLC Examples - Getting started with AGLC - Footnotes

Footnote style/format

The Law School requires that citations be consecutively numbered footnotes at the bottom of each page.

Footnote numbers should be placed after the punctuation in the text:

• 'Like this'.¹ Not 'Like this'¹.
• After the full stop.¹ Not before the full stop like this¹.
• After the comma,¹ if applicable. Not before the comma¹, like this.

Separate multiple sources cited in a single footnote with a semicolon:

• Personal Injuries Proceeding Act 2002 (Qld); Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld).

Use a full stop at the end of every footnote.

Subsequent References

Short Titles

Significant change has been made to subsequent references AGLC4 rule 1.4.1:

• the style has changed to '(n [Footnote Number])'
• the rule now applies to all source types
• short titles are now used in the text and footnotes (AGLC4 rule 1.4.4).

When citing a source that has been previously cited, a shortened form of the citation may be provided with a cross reference in parenthesis to the footnote number in which the citation may be found in full.

Short titles can be used all for subsequent citations in footnotes other than the immediate preceding footnote. The first citation of a source in a footnote should always be given in full, but a short title may be used at the end of the initial citation.

See AGLC4 1.4.1.

For cases, legislation and books the ('Short Title') should be italicised according to AGLC4, see rule 1.4.4.

For most secondary sources the Author Surname can be used as the shorten form of the citation:

• Author Surname (n Footnote Number) Pinpoint.
  ⁹ Simester (n 6) 75.

For secondary sources authored by a body or where there is no author or editor it may be more helpful to use a short title instead of the author's surname.

• Short Title (n Footnote Number) Pinpoint.
  ⁶³ Traditional Rights and Freedoms (n 52) 209 [7.111].

'Ibid' should be used to refer to the source cited in the footnote immediately preceding. If there are multiple sources in the preceding footnote then 'ibid' should not be used. See AGLC4 rule 1.4.3.