2 GENERAL RULES: FOOTNOTES AND THE CITATION OF SOURCES
2.1.1 General rules for citation
The guiding principle of the rules that follow is that, when a source is referred to, the reference provided should enable the reader to locate the source. For example, the reader should be able to find where a case was reported.
The rules in this guide address the citation of sources when footnotes are used. When endnotes or inline referencing systems are used, make such modifications to the rules that follow as may be necessary in the circumstances.
Accuracy and completeness, both in the main text and footnotes, are essential.
When a source is cited for the first time, full reference information is included. When a source is cited for a second or subsequent time, a short identifying tag (such as the author's name) is used, followed by a cross-reference to the footnote where the source was first cited. This avoids the repetition of reference information. For further information about cross-referencing see rule 2.3.
Where a bibliography is required, it should include all the sources used in the production of the piece, whether they are cited in the piece or not.
2.1.2 The location of citation information
Do not include the full citation of an authority in the main text.
Use only the name of the case or title of the work in the main text and then give the full citation in the footnote.
Repeat the case name or title in the footnote.
Eg In the main text:
In R v Wang the Court of Appeal demonstrated a lack of understanding of the impact of battered woman syndrome.1
In a footnote:
1 R v Wang [1990] 2 NZLR 529 (CA) at 540-541.
2.1.3 Punctuation only when grammatically necessary
Only use punctuation when grammatically necessary, and not to indicate abbreviation. For example, abbreviate the Auckland District Law Society to "ADLS", not "A.D.L.S."
When punctuation is removed from acronyms, initialisms or abbreviated names (the names of journals, for example), it may be necessary to leave a space where the full stop was. Generally a space will follow words that have been abbreviated to more than a single letter.