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Chicago Referencing Guide: Legal Materials

Chicago Author-Date (17th ed.) for Legal Materials

This section is for referencing legal materials for non-law students, using the Chicago Author-Date (17th ed.) Referencing Style.

Students taking Legal papers use the Tohutoro | Referencing link on the Law Subject Guide.

Acts (Statutes)

Format

Title of the Act Year Enacted in Title Case. URL

Title of the Act Year Enacted in Title Case. (Country abbreviation if not NZ). URL

Reference List

Resource Management Act 1991. https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1991/0069/latest/DLM230265.html?src=qs

In-Text

... (Resource Management Act 1991)

OR

The Resource Management Act 1991 ...

Notes

  • The date is part of the title of the Act from the official NZ Legislation website.
    • If still not sure of year check Section 1(1) Short Title and commencement.

Bills

Format

Title of the Bill in Title Case Year of Introduction, Bill Number-Bar Number. URL

Reference List

Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, 23-1.  https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2024/0023/latest/LMS939334.html?search=qs_bill_gangs_resel_25_h&p=1

In-Text

... (Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, 23-1).

OR

The Gangs Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, 23-1 ...

Notes

  • The date is part of the title of the Bill, it is found under the Versions Tab on the official NZ Legislation website.
  • The Bill number and bar number are included in the in-text citation.

Regulations

Format

Name of the Regulation in Title Case Year. URL

Reference List

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008. https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2008/0204/latest/DLM1412501.html

 

In-Text

... (Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008).

OR

Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 ...

Notes

  • The date is part of the title of the Regulation.
  • Parts of Regulations can be refered to within the text, or abbreviated within the brackets of the in-text citation.

Treaties and International Conventions

Format

Full Name of Treaty or Convention in Title Case, Month Day, Year of Signing or Approval, URL

Reference List

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 20, 1989, https://www.ohchr.org/en

In-Text

... (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989).

OR

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) ...

Notes

  • The date is the full signing or approval date which ever is earliest followed by a comma and the URL.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi - The Treaty of Waitangi

If you are referencing te reo Māori treaty, then reference it as Te Tiriti o Waitangi, or if you are referencing the English version then reference it as such.  Use the URL to the source you used.

 

Reference list In-text

Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 1840. https://waitangitribunal.govt.nz/treaty-of-waitangi/te-reo-maori-version/

 

Treaty of Waitangi. 1840. https://waitangitribunal.govt.nz/treaty-of-waitangi/english-version/

... (Te Tiriti o Waitangi, 1840).

OR

Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840) ...

 

 

(Treaty of Waitangi, 1840). 

OR

Treaty of Waitangi (1840) ... 

Waitangi Tribunal Reports

Format

Waitangi Tribunal. Year. Title of the Report in Italic Title Case. Wai number. Place of Publication: Publisher. URL

Reference List

Waitangi Tribunal. 2010. The East Coast Settlement Report. Wai 2190. Wellington: Legislation Direct. https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_68581081/Wai2190.pdf

 

Waitangi Tribunal. 1991. The Ngai Tahu Report, 1991: Vol. 1. Summary of Grievances, Findings and Recommendations. Wai 27. Wellington: GP Publications. https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/Documents/WT/wt_DOC_68476209/Ngai%20Tahu%20Report%201991%20V1W.pdf 

In-Text

... (Waitangi Tribunal 2010).

... (Waitangi Tribunal 1991).

 

OR

 

Waitangi Tribunal (2010) ...

Waitangi Tribunal (1991) ...

 

Notes

  • If citing an individual volume of a multivolume report, put the volume number after the Wai number like so: Wai 27; Vol. 2. If it has a specific volume title add it as a subtitle, see the 2nd example above.
  • Through the years there have been different publishers for the Tribunal Reports, so use the publisher's name of the report you are citing.