Learn how the NZ Law Style Guide rules work.
Short, plain-English guides to the rules behind every kind of source — so you understand the citation, not just copy it.
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Foundations
5- Getting Started with the NZ Law Style GuideWhat the Style Guide is, how footnotes work, and the conventions that apply to every citation you write.
- Repeat References: Above n and AtHow to cite a source the second time. There is no ibid in New Zealand.
- Pinpoint ReferencesPointing at the page or paragraph you actually relied on, and why New Zealand never shortens a range.
- QuotationsShort quotes and long ones, the 30 word line between them, and how to mark what you changed.
- BibliographiesWhat goes in one, how it differs from a footnote, and why cases and legislation are split by country.
Cases
2Legislation and government
2Secondary sources
3- Books, Chapters and LooseleafsThe publication parenthetical, why there is no comma after the author, and how a looseleaf differs.
- Journal ArticlesVolume numbers, the bracket they decide, and pinpointing a footnote inside an article.
- Encyclopaedias, Laws of New Zealand, Theses and Conference PapersReference works that update rather than being published once, and unpublished academic work.
Internet and media
1Foreign and international materials
3- Foreign MaterialsCases and legislation from Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the United States.
- Treaties and United Nations MaterialsTreaties, the Charter, resolutions, UN documents and the ILC Yearbook.
- International Courts, Tribunals and European MaterialsThe ICJ, criminal tribunals, arbitral decisions, the European Union, the ECtHR, and the WTO.