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NWU Law House Style Referencing Guide

Based on the NWU Faculty of Law House Style.

Journal articles



Journal articles

 
EXAMPLE

Footnote
1 De la Harpe and Van der Walt 2005 AHRLJ 71.

Bibliography (under the heading "Literature")
De la Harpe S and Van der Walt T "The Right to Pre-trial Silence as Part of the Right to a Free and Fair Trial – An Overview" 2005 AHRLJ 70-90

(a) Since the journal title (African Human Rights Law Journal) is abbreviated (AHRLJ), the abbreviation must be included in the list of abbreviations.

(b) The reference to a journal article in the bibliography must include the first and last page numbers where the article appeared, for example 457-489.