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.
This source is not covered by the OSCOLA style manual. Suggestions on this page are modelled on FAQs on the OSCOLA website but have not yet been discussed and approved by the OSCOLA editorial board.
A blog a general web page and will probably have an author and a title for the blog post or comment. The assumption is that you will reference an individual blog post or comment, and that if using more than one, you will reference each one separately. Give a specific URL (web address) and date for the blog post or comment you are referencing. Use the author's name or pseudonym if known. If no name is given, start the citation with the title of the blog post. If there is no author identified BE SURE TO CONSIDER if it is appropriate to cite an anonymous source in an academic legal context.
Footnote standard form
Blog Post or Blog Comment in Bibliography
No full stop is required at the end of an entry in a Reference List as this is a list.
Author Initial 'Title of blog post' (source, date) <URL> accessed date.
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Footnote examples
1 Sarah Cole, ‘Virtual Friend Fires Employee’ (Naked Law, 1 May 2009) <http://www.nakedlaw.com/2009/05/virtual-friend-fires-employee.html> accessed 19 November 2009.
Bibliography
Cole S ‘Virtual Friend Fires Employee’ (Naked Law, 1 May 2009) <http://www.nakedlaw.com/2009/05/virtual-friend-fires-employee.html> accessed 19 November 2009
Notes
- Information on arrangement of the bibliography.
- To locate the web address of an individual post, click on the date and time stamp beneath (or next to) the post in question to be taken to the individual status update page with its own URL.
- If there is no date of publication, give only the date of access.