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.
Referencing a whole edited book is uncommon. You are more likely to be referencing individual chapters. Treat an introduction as a chapter. See the information for referencing chapters in an edited book.
Footnote form
Single editor
Editor (as with author) (ed), Title of Book (additional information, Edition if later than first, Publisher Publication year) pinpoint if required.
Footnote standard form
Multiple editors
Editors (up to three as for authors) (eds), Title of Book (additional information Edition if later than first, Publisher Publication year).
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Footnote examples
1 BA Maher (ed), Progress in Experimental Personality Research, vol 2 (Academic Press 1965) para 908.
2 D French (ed), Blackstone's Statutes on Company Law 2020-2021 (24th edn, Oxford University Press 2020).
[The above example shows that well established books continue to be known by their original titles long after their original authors have died and each new editor must be identified.]
3 Peniel E Joseph (ed), The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era (Routledge 2006).
4 VN Koutrakou (ed), Contemporary Issues and Debates in EUP Policy (MUP 2004) 6-10.
5 J Carroll and J Ryan (eds), Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All (Routledge 2005) 56-62.
6 S J Stedman, D Rothchild and E Cousens (eds), Ending Civil Wars: the Implementation of Peace Agreements (Lynne Rienner 2002) 24.
Bibliography
French D (ed), Blackstone's Statutes on Company Law 2020-2021 (24th edn, Oxford University Press 2020)
Joseph PE (ed), The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era (Routledge 2006)
Stedman JS, Rothchild D and Cousens E (eds), Ending Civil Wars: The Implementation of Peace Agreements (Lynne Rienner 2002)
Notes
- Information about the arrangement of the bibliography.
- If there are more than three editors, give the names of the first editor followed by 'and others'.
- If a book has a title and a subtitle, use the existing punctuation. Where there is none, insert a colon.
- If a book consists of more than one volume, the volume number follows the publication details, unless the publication details of the volumes vary, in which case it precedes them, and is separated from the title by a comma. Pinpoint to paragraphs rather than pages if the paragraphs are numbered.
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 35.