Obiter

by PLAN A DYNAMICS COMicrosoft 365Price not published

Formats legal references in Microsoft Word under AGLC4, with tools for footnotes, bibliographies, court filings, and overseas materials.

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What it does

Obiter formats references for legal materials such as cases, statutes, articles, books, reports, and treaties in Microsoft Word. It manages repeated references, cross-references, short forms, linking text, and explanatory notes within footnotes. The add-in can create categorized bibliographies, check documents against AGLC4 rules, apply citation-related formatting, and prepare authority lists for court submissions. Optional AI features can parse selected citation text, classify sources, and verify citation details using a supplied API key.

Key capabilities

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Legal reference formatting

Creates formatted references for cases, legislation, articles, books, reports, treaties, and other supported legal materials.

Footnote reference handling

Manages repeated citations, short forms, full forms, and cross-references when footnotes change order.

Bibliography creation

Builds grouped bibliographies using AGLC4 categories for different classes of legal sources.

Rule checking

Court filing tools

Includes jurisdiction presets, parallel reference formats, authority-list layouts, and an option to replace Ibid in filings.

International references

Includes formats for international materials and the foreign jurisdictions listed by the vendor.

Reference importing

Accepts citation data from Word Source Manager and BibTeX files.

Optional AI parsing

Uses a vendor-supported AI provider to extract citation fields, suggest source classifications, or check selected citation details.

Use cases

  • Preparing law-school papers, theses, or journal material that follows AGLC4, OSCOLA 5, or NZLSG 3.
  • Assembling Australian court documents with authority lists, court-specific settings, and parallel references.
  • Handling sources from international bodies or the foreign jurisdictions covered by the add-in.
  • Consulting Australian legal references without an internet connection through the included corpus.

Who it's for

Australian law students, legal academics, practitioners, thesis writers, journal editors, court practitioners, and legal researchers.

In the catalog

152 plugins in Word · Analytics

Price distribution: 2 free, 5 freemium, 37 paid, 108 price not published

Pricing & deployment

Platform
Microsoft 365
Product
Word
Deployment
Cloud
Pricing
Price not published

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What the vendor says

«Obiter is a free, open-source Microsoft Word add-in that implements the full Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 4th Edition (AGLC4). It covers 90+ source types across all 26 chapters — including international materials and foreign jurisdictions that no existing tool supports. CITATION ENGINE: - Automatic citation …»

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PLAN A DYNAMICS CO
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