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Encyclopaedias, Laws of New Zealand, Theses and Conference Papers

Reference works that update rather than being published once, and unpublished academic work.

These are the chapter 6 sources that do not fit the book pattern, either because they are updated continuously or because they were never published.

Encyclopaedias

An encyclopaedia is cited by its title rather than an author, then the edition and any reissue, the year, the volume and the topic (r 6.5).

Title (edition, reissue, year) vol volume Topic at [paragraph].

14Halsbury’s Laws of England (4th ed, reissue, 1998) vol 9(1) Contract at [625].

Laws of New Zealand

Laws of New Zealand has its own rule (r 6.6) because it updates differently from other encyclopaedias. There is no edition, no publisher and no year.

Give the title, the topic, and the reissue if there is one.

16Laws of New Zealand Equity (Reissue 1) at [12].

Theses and research papers

The title takes quotation marks, not italics, because the work is unpublished. The bracket carries the kind of degree, the university and the year (r 6.7.1).

Author “Title” (kind, University, year) at pinpoint.

27Marcus Roberts “Reforming New Zealand’s Legislative Council” (LLB (Hons) Dissertation, University of Auckland, 2008) at 31.

Conference and seminar papers

A paper delivered at a conference is cited by the conference, its location and the date (r 6.7.2).

28Tracey Epps “Merchants in the Temple?” (paper presented to National Health Law Conference, Toronto, January 2004) at 6.

Last reviewed 6 August 2026