6.7 UNPUBLISHED PAPERS

This section contains guidance on the citation of unpublished papers. Unpublished papers are those that have not been published by a publisher as a text, essay in an edited book, journal or the like. They will nonetheless be available in some format.

6.7.1 Theses and research papers

Element	Author	Title	Type of paper	University	Year
Example	Marcus Roberts	“Reforming New Zealand’s Legislative Council: A Study of Constitutional Change, 1891 and 1912–1920”	(LLB (Hons) Dissertation,	University of Auckland,	2008)

6.7.2 Seminars and papers presented at conferences

Element	Speaker	Title	Conference and location	Date
Example	Tracey Epps	“Merchants in the Temple? The Implications of the GATS for Canada’s Health Care System”	(paper presented to National Health Law Conference, Toronto,	January 2004)

Prefix the description of the conference by an indication that the reference is to a speech such as “speech to” or “paper presented to”, unless it is clear from the title of the conference that the reference is to an unpublished paper delivered to a conference.

New Zealand Law Society conference papers, which are published by the Society following conferences, should be cited in accordance with this rule. Such papers are unpublished in the sense that they are not published as a formal text or book of edited essays. The starting page of the paper in question should be given after the date and before any pinpoint reference.

The New Zealand Law Society also publishes a range of papers that were not presented at conferences. These should be described in round brackets as “New Zealand Law Society seminar” or “New Zealand Law Society webinar”, as the case may be.