From the Foreword by Justice Keith Mason:

"This excellent work should ensure consistency and accuracy in relation to legal citations. To authors of publishable works, it offers the additional prospect of saving many hours of frustrating corrections prompted by the strictures of the sub-editor.

"The work is much more than a style guide. It offers very useful information about the development, history and scope of a wide range of legal services in Australia and abroad. One is able to tell at a glance the currency of a particular series. And particular attention has been given to electronic sources, the essential working tools of the future, if not the present."