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 electronic version of an item looks exactly like the paper version, treat the item as if it was in paper format.
- If the item has an ISBN, treat it as a paper book. Check near the front of the item as well as the back cover for the ISBN.
- Chapters from edited books, books without authors, books with editors, etc. also follow the same rule.
- Ebooks from Law Trove, Ebook Central, Cambridge, and others where the text looks like the paper version, reference the book as a paper book.
- If no page numbers: reference as a paper book, but include the ebook type/edition before the publisher detail.
- How to pinpoint if no page numbers: Include chapter or section name/number, and sub-section/paragraph number (if given).
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Footnote examples
No page numbers
4 Williams on Wills (9th edn, Lexis Library edn, Lexis Nexis 2007) vol 1, part F, para 23.1.
5 James Glister and James Lee, Hanbury & Martin Modern Equity (21st edn, Kindle edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2018) ch 1, part 2E, 1-008, text above n 24.
6 William Lucy, Philosophy of Private Law (Kindle edn, OUP 2007) ch 1, text above n 16.
Bibliography
Lucy W, Philosophy of Private Law (Kindle edn, OUP 2007)
Glister J and Lee J, Hanbury & Martin Modern Equity (21st edn, Kindle edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2018)
Williams on Wills (9th edn, Lexis Library edn, Lexis Nexis 2007)
Notes
Reference: Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, OSCOLA: Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (4th edn Oxford University 2010) 33, 34. Additional guidance is for ebooks is found on the OSCOLA FAQ page.