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.
Where the contents page shows that the chapters (including an introduction or preface) have been written by several different people (including the editor(s)), use this format.
If necessary, additional information, including a description of the document, a series number and any other details which may help the reader to locate the source should be referred to in parenthesis after the title.
Footnote form
Author of chapter, 'Title of chapter' in Editor(s) (up to three as with authors) (ed/s), Title of Book (Additional information, edition if later than first, Publisher publication year).
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Footnote examples
1 Aldo Chircop and Desai Shan, 'Governance of International Shipping in the Era of Decarbonisation: New Challenges for the IMO?' in Proshanto K Mukherjee, Maximo Q Mejia, Jr and Jingjing Xu (eds), Maritime Law in Motion (Springer 2020).
2 Bernstein JM, 'Torture, Dignity, and the Rule of Law' in Steven J Barela and others (eds), Interrogation and Torture (OUP 2020), 396.
Bibliography
Chircop A and Shan D, 'Governance of International Shipping in the Era of Decarbonisation: New Challenges for the IMO?' in PK Mukherjee, MQ Mejia, Jr and Jingjing Xu (eds), Maritime Law in Motion (Springer 2020)
JM Bernstein, 'Torture, Dignity, and the Rule of Law' in SJ Barela and others (eds), Interrogation and Torture (OUP 2020)
Notes
- Information on the arrangement of the bibliography.
- If there are more than three chapter authors, give the names of the first author 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 you have used a several chapters and have referenced these chapters properly in the bibliography, there is no need for another reference to the whole book in the bibliography.
- It is not necessary to give the pages of the chapter.
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 35.