Chicago follows guidelines outlined in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation for all legal materials. Examples outlined below are for Australian legislation and case law. Please consult The Bluebook for other jurisdictions.
The Bluebook: a uniform system of citation (20th ed.) by Number. Name of Act Year (Jurisdiction) s section (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL
7. Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), (Austl.) http://www.comlaw.gov.au/
19. Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) s 15 (Austl.).
Number. Name of Act Year.
15. Trade Practices Act 1974.
23. Anti-Discrimination Act 1991.
Name of Act Year (Jurisdiction) s section (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) s 15 (Austl.).
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (Austl.) http://www.comlaw.gov.au/
Number. Name v. Name (Year reported) Volume Reporter abbreviation Starting page (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL
Number. Name v. Name [Year of Volume] Reporter abbreviation Starting page (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL
13. Mace v. Murray (1955) 92 CLR 370 (Austl.).
16. GA v. Dep't of Educ & Training [2004] NSWADT 2 (Austl.).
Number. Name v. Name.
17. Mace v. Murray.
21. GA v. Dep't of Educ & Training.
Name v. Name (Year reported) Volume Reporter abbreviation Starting page (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL
Name v. Name [Year of Volume] Reporter abbreviation Starting page (Country abbreviation if not evident) URL
GA v. Dep't of Educ & Training [2004] NSWADT 2 (Austl.).
Mace v. Murray (1955) 92 CLR 370 (Austl.).
Number. Name v. Name [Year of decision] Court abbreviation Decision number (Day Month Year of decision) (Country abbreviation if not evident).
Number. Name v. Name (Unreported, Court Name, Name of Judge, Day Month Year of decision) (Country abbreviation, if not evident).
12. Glass v. Commonwealth of Australia [2003] ACTCA 8 (31 March 2003).
15. SZQM v. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 5 (15 January 2013) (Austl.).
21. Browne v Dunne (Unreported, Supreme Court of Queensland, Bland J, 22 July 1999) (Austl.).
Number. Name v. Name.
19. Glass v. Commonwealth of Australia.
23. SZQM v. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship.
24. Browne v Dunne.
Name v. Name [Year of decision] Court abbreviation Decision number (Day Month Year of decision) (Country abbreviation if not evident).
Name v. Name (Unreported, Court Name, Name of Judge, Day Month Year of decision) (Country abbreviation, if not evident).
Browne v Dunne (Unreported, Supreme Court of Queensland, Bland J, 22 July 1999) (Austl.)
Glass v. Commonwealth of Australia [2003] ACTCA 8 (31 March 2003).
SZQM v. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 5 (15 Janaury 2013) (Austl.).
If the author or editor is unknown, the note or bibliography entry should normally begin with the title. An initial article is ignored in alphabetising.
1. Title of Work (Location, Publisher, Year of publication), page, URL
3. Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities: Essays in Memory of Arthur M. Okun. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1983), 22.
2. Brief Title of Work, page.
4. Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities, 27.
Title of Work. Location: Publisher, Year of publication. URL
Macroeconomics, Prices and Quantities: Essays in Memory of Arthur M. Okun. Oxford: Blackwell, 1983.
If the location is unknown, the abbreviation n.p. takes the place of the location.
If the publisher is unknown, just enter the location and date.
If the year is unknown, the abbreviation n.d. or an estimated year in brackets takes the place of the year.
5. J. D. Browne, Forensic Science as a Career (London: Tower, n.d.).
9. V. Smythe, Ant Colonies: How They Communicate (Canberra: Emu, [2007?]).
Browne, J. D. Forensic Science as a Career. London: Tower, n.d.
Smythe, V. Ant Colonies: How They Communicate. Canberra: Emu, [2007?].
Cite all known details of the original source, then type 'quoted in' and cite details of the source you are viewing.
2. G. E. Schwartz, "Personality and Health: An Integrative Health Science Approach," in The G. Stanley Hall Lecture Series: Vol. 7, ed. V. P. Makosky (Washington: American Psychological Association, 1987), quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski, Psychology, 2nd ed. (Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009), 576.
6. J. C. Overholser, "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Phobia," Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 32 (2002): 125-144, quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski, Psychology, 2nd ed. (Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009).
4. Schwartz, "Personality and Health."
10. Overholser, "Treatment of Social Phobia."
Overholser, J. C. "Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Social Phobia." Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy 32 (2002): 125-144. Quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski. Psychology. 2nd ed. Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009.
Schwartz, G. E. "Personality and Health: An Integrative Health Science Approach." In The G Stanley Hall Lecture Series: Vol. 7. Edited by V. P. Makosky. Washington: American Psychologial Association, 1987. Quoted in Lorelle Burton, Drew Westen and Robin Kowalski. Psychology. 2nd ed. Milton, Australia: Wiley, 2009.
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