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.
Student dissertations are not the best sources to cite. If your lecturer agrees to their use, follow the format below.
Footnote standard form
Author (Initials or Forename unpunctuated followed by Surname), 'Title' (additional information year) page if required.
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Footnote examples
1 JP Hardman, ‘Rainer Werner Fassbinder's BRD trilogy: a manifesto for social and political reform’ (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation, University of Portsmouth 1999) 14.
Bibliography
Hardman JP, ‘Rainer Werner Fassbinder's BRD trilogy: a manifesto for social and political reform’ (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation, University of Portsmouth 1999)
Notes
- Information on arrangement of the bibliography.
- Dissertations are usually non-recoverable, except sometimes to staff and students of the institution to which they were submitted.
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 42.