The general format for citing legal encyclopaedias (except Laws of New Zealand) is as follows:
|
Element |
Title |
Edition |
Reissue (if available) |
Year of publication |
Volume/binder no (if needed) |
Topic name |
Pinpoint |
|
Examples |
Halsbury’s Laws of England |
(4th ed, |
|
1998) |
vol 9(1) |
Contract |
at [859] |
|
|
Halsbury’s Laws of England |
(5th ed, |
2017) |
vol 9 |
Children and Young Persons |
at [651] |
Eg Halsbury’s Laws of England (4th ed, reissue, 1998) vol 9(1) Contract at [859].
Eg Halsbury’s Laws of England (5th ed, 2017) vol 9 Children and Young Persons at [651].
Where a reissue is being cited it is necessary to indicate that because reissues often have different ordering from the original volume. However, for the fifth edition onwards of Halsbury’s Laws of England it is unnecessary to provide any reissue information due to the way the publication is organised.
Cite online editions of legal encyclopaedias in the same way as hardcopy editions but add “online ed” after the year of publication:
|
Element |
Title |
Edition |
Year of publication |
Online ed |
Volume/binder no (if needed) |
Topic name |
Pinpoint |
Example |
Halsbury's Laws of England |
(5th ed, |
2012, |
online ed) |
vol 22 |
Contract |
at [231] |
Eg Halsbury’s Laws of England (5th ed, 2012, online ed) vol 22 Contract at [231].