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Legal Research Skills Guide: Footnotes

Footnotes

AGLC4 is a footnote referencing style - this means that citations are inserted into a footnote at the bottom of page.  An advantage of using a footnote system is you can include additional information in the footnote that isn't appropriate to include in the body of the text.

How to use Footnotes

In AGLC4 footnotes should  

  • be numbered consecutively
  • have the footnote number placed at the end of the text to which the corresponding footnote refers
  • have the footnote number appear after any relevant punctuation (,/.)
  • have a semicolon (;) between multiple sources in the one footnote
  • have a full stop at the end of the footnote

You'll find instructions on how to insert a footnote in Word on the Microsoft Support pages

Footnote example

Some judges have argued that a presumption of advancement applies wherever there is a ‘greater prima facie probability of a beneficial interest being intended’.1

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This situation is likely to occur in the rarest of cases, since the court can always make a judgement about the relative credibility of evidence given by living parties.22

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1 Wirth v Wirth (1956) 98 CLR 228, 237 (Dixon CJ). See also Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242, 250 (Gibbs CJ).

22 In Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886, 907, Lord Diplock commented that presumptions are easily rebutted if both parties are still alive and capable of giving evidence.

AGLC4: Footnotes

Charles Sturt University acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which its campuses are located, paying respect to Elders, both past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples.Acknowledgement of Country

Charles Sturt University is an Australian University, TEQSA Provider Identification: PRV12018. CRICOS Provider: 00005F.