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 the item has an ISBN treat it as a book (check the copyright page or very last page for ISBNs). If it is identical to the print version, treat it as a print version. If the document has nothing to indicate that it has ever been published in a hardcopy print format, or is not in pdf format i.e. electronic facsimile of the print version, provide the web address and date of access as required for websites.
Follow the standard pattern below but if the item is part of a recognised series, include the series title and number in round brackets after the title. Some types of report may have a corporate author (the name of the organization responsible for the report) - this goes in the author position. If there is no identifiable author, use a double em dash if the author is not identified
Footnote standard form
Author, 'Title' (Additional information, edition if later than first, Publisher day Month year if available) page number if required.
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Report, paper, official publication footnote examples
1 W Anderson and P Weatherburn, 'Treatment Information Needs of People Living with HIV' (Research report Nam Publications 1996).
2 AJ Birney and MM Hall, 'Early Identification of Children with Written Language Difficulties' (Report No. 81-502 National Educational Association 1981) 25.
3 H Marvin, 'Information and Experience in Architectural Design: A Report on a Research Project Commissioned by the Building Research Establishment, and Supported by the Building Centre Trust' (Research paper 23 University of York, Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies 1985) 10.
4 P Strickland and S Almandras, 'Crime and Security Bill No 3 2009/10' (Research Paper 09/97 House of Commons Library 2009).
5 J Harris and S Grace, 'A Question of Evidence? Investigating and Prosecuting Rape in the 1990s' (Home Office Research Study 196 Home Office 1999) 5.
6 Land Registry, 'Adverse Possession of (1) Unregistered Land (2) Registered Land where a Right to be Registered was Acquired before 13 October 2003' (Practice Guide 5 2008) 6.
7 Point Carbon Advisory Services, 'EU ETS Phase III - The Potential and Scale of Windfall Profits in the Power Sector: A Report for WWF' (March 2008) 11.
8 K Rogge, J Schleich and R Betz, 'An Early Assessment of National Allocation Plans for Phase 2 of EU Emission Trading' (Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation on Nr. S 1/2006 Franhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research 2006).
9 Commission of the European Communities, 'Further Guidance on Allocation Plans for the 2008 to 2012 Trading Period of the EU Emission Trading Scheme' COM (2005) 703 final, 5.
10 Prime Minister's Office, 'Briefing on: Iraq, Musharraf, Georgia, Law and Order, Maternity Leave and Misc' (No 10 Press Briefing, 18 August 2008).
11 Amnesty International, 'Human Rights in Slovak Republic' (Report, 2009) <http://www.amnesty.org/region/slovak-republic/report-2009> accessed 23 February 2010.
Bibliography
Amnesty International, 'Human Rights in Slovak Republic' (Report, 2009) <http://www.amnesty.org/region/slovak-republic/report-2009> accessed 23 February 2010
Anderson W and Weatherburn P, 'Treatment Information Needs of People Living with HIV' (Research report Nam Publications 1996)
Harris J and Grace S, 'A Question of Evidence? Investigating and Prosecuting Rape in the 1990s' (Home Office Research Study 196 Home Office 1999)
Point Carbon Advisory Services, 'EU ETS Phase III - The Potential and Scale of Windfall Profits in the Power Sector: A Report for WWF' (March 2008)
Prime Minister's Office, 'Briefing on: Iraq, Musharraf, Georgia, Law and Order, Maternity Leave and Misc' (No 10 Press Briefing, 18 August 2008)
Rogge K, Schleich J and Betz R, 'An Early Assessment of National Allocation Plans for Phase 2 of EU Emission Trading' (Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation on Nr. S 1/2006 Franhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research 2006)
Notes
- Information on arrangement of the bibliography.
- For Parliamentary reports see entry for Hansard
- For company annual reports see entry for Company reports
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 39.