Journal article

What it is

An article published in a legal or academic journal.

How to cite it

Cited under r 6.4. A journal with its own volume numbers takes round brackets; one where the year is the volume takes square brackets and no volume number (r 6.4.4).

Example citation

Peter Watts “Birks’ Unjust Enrichment” (2005) 121 LQR 163 at 166.

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