Hello everyone, I just have some questions on the legal essay:
1. When referencing media articles in a legal essay do you have to refer to the specific title and date of the article or can you just say 'as shown in this Sydney Morning Herald article...' blah blah. Also, whenever I use media articles I always veer towards saying 'as this SMH article suggests, hung juries are bad' etc. Is it a bad idea to say something along the lines of 'there was a public outcry at the decision as shown in a SMH article' and leave it there?
2. When referencing BOCSAR stats or anything do you need the specific name and date of the report?
3. When referencing a case in the essay is it alright to simply say for example 'in the case of John Citizen (2014)' without the 'R v Citizen' part if you can't find the actual case name for it?
I'm just worried that the HSC markers might look at media/cases/stats without a date or title with it and think that the student just made it up on the spot, as without the date and name and stuff it looks reeeeaaallllly fishy
Thanks