OSCOLA
OSCOLA referencing style is used when submitting work for a module for the School of Law. Due to the complexity of particular sources, some entries are very detailed. Make sure to fully read each page.
If there is no author, cite the editor or translator as you would an author, adding in brackets after their names '(ed)' or '(tr)', or '(eds)' or '(trs)' if there is more than one.
If the work has an author, but an editor or translator is also acknowledged on the title page or front cover, cite the author in the usual way and attribute the editor or translator at the beginning of the publication information, within the brackets.
Footnote form
If there is no author:
Author (editor(s) or translator(s)), Title of Book (additional information, edition if later than first, Publisher publication year) page if required.
If there is an author, but an editor or translator is also acknowledged:
Author, Title of Book (Editor or Translator, additional information, edition if later than first, Publisher publication year) page if required.
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Footnote examples
1 HLA Hart, Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law (John Gardener ed, 2nd edn, OUP 2008) 5-10.
2 J Derrida, Who's Afraid of Philosophy (J Plug tr, first published 1990, Stanford University Press 2002).
3 Jeremy Horder (ed), Oxford Essays in Jurisprudence: Fourth Series (OUP 2000) 23.
4 K Zweigert and H Kotz, An Introduction to Comparative Law (Tony Weir tr, 3rd edn, OUP 1998).
5 Peter Birks and Grant McLeod (trs), The Institutes of Justinian (Duckworth 1987).
Bibliography
In the bibliography, the author's/editor's/translator's surname should precede their initial(s), with no comma separating them, but a comma after the first initial. Only initials should be used, not forenames.
Birks P and McLeod G (trs), The Institutes of Justinian (Duckworth 1987)
Derrida J, Who's Afraid of Philosophy (Plug J tr, first published 1990, Stanford University Press 2002)
Hart HLA, Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law (Gardener J ed, 2nd edn, OUP 2008)
Notes
- Information on arranging the bibliography.
- Where there are multiple authors or translators, follow the guidance for books with multiple authors or multiple editors.
- If a book has a title and a subtitle, use the existing punctuation. Where there is none, insert a colon.
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 35.