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 no personal author is given, check to see if any corporate body has acted as publisher or claimed editorial responsibility, and use that as an author e.g. Ministry of Justice, Department for Constitutional Affairs, etc. If you can find no person or body acting as author, and are convinced the source is an authoritative one for your purposes, begin the citation with the title. This style can be adapted for other materials where there is no author or editor.
Footnote form
Title (additional information, edition if later than first, Publisher year) page if required.
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Footnote examples
1 Encyclopedia of Psychology (Routledge 1979) 356-359.
2 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th edn, Merriam-Webster 2013) 54.
Bibliography
Encyclopedia of Psychology (Routledge 1979)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th edn, Merriam-Webster 2013)
Notes
- Information on arranging the bibliography.
- 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) 33-34.