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Webpages and blogs

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n Author name as it appears on the source, 'Title' (Website name, date of publication if available) <URL> accessed Day Month Year.

1 Mark Elliott, 'Does the Prime Minister Have to be an MP?' (Public Law for Everyone, 14 May 2026) <https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/05/14/does-the-prime-minister-have-to-be-an-mp/> accessed 30 September 2026.

 

Bibliography

Each reference should start with a bullet point. No full stop is needed at the end of the reference.

Author Initials, 'Title' (Website name, date of publication if available) <URL> accessed Day Month Year

Elliott M, 'Does the Prime Minister Have to be an MP?' (Public Law for Everyone, 14 May 2026) <https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/05/14/does-the-prime-minister-have-to-be-an-mp/> accessed 30 September 2026

 

  • If a source has no specific named author, but an institution or organisation claims responsibility for it, then they can be used as the author. 

 

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n 'Title' (Website name which is the same as the organisation, date of publication if available) <URL> accessed Day Month Year.

8 'Law Commission Proposes Clearer Rights for Kinship Families' (Law Commission, 8 July 2026) <https://lawcom.gov.uk/news/law-commission-proposes-clearer-rights-for-kinship-families/> accessed 30 September 2026.

 

Bibliography

Each reference should start with a bullet point. No full stop is needed at the end of the reference.

'Title' (Website name which is the same as the organisation, date of publication if available) <URL> accessed Day Month Year.

'Law Commission Proposes Clearer Rights for Kinship Families' (Law Commission, 8 July 2026) <https://lawcom.gov.uk/news/law-commission-proposes-clearer-rights-for-kinship-families/> accessed 30 September 2026

 

  • If the blog has a DOI or permalink (not a perma.cc link) there is no need to include the date of access.

 

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n Author name as it appears on the source, 'Title' (Title of Blog, Date of Publication) pinpoint if required DOI: number.

1 Georgios Bouchagiar, ‘Leave Us Alone, But Also Let Us be Opaque: The Right to Opacity as a Conceptual Response to Law Enforcement’s Emotional Surveillance Under EU Law’ (European Law Blog, 21 July 2026) para 21 DOI: 10.21428/9885764c.df439524.

2 Aoife O’Donoghue, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome or the Foolish Fear of Tyranyn’ (VerfBlog, 27 April 2026) para 19 DOI: 10.59704/6ed929c114251f82.

3 Maximilian Steinbeis, ‘A European Network of Constitutional Law Blogs’ (VerfBlog, 17 March 2015) DOI: 10.17176/20181005-145902-0.

 

Bibliography

Each reference should start with a bullet point. No full stop is needed at the end of the reference.

Author Initials, 'Title' (Title of Blog, Date of Publication) DOI: number

Bouchagiar G, ‘Leave Us Alone, But Also Let Us be Opaque: The Right to Opacity as a Conceptual Response to Law Enforcement’s Emotional Surveillance Under EU Law’ (European Law Blog, 21 July 2026) DOI: 10.21428/9885764c.df439524

O’Donoghue A, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome or the Foolish Fear of Tyranny’ (VerfBlog, 27 April 2026) DOI: 10.59704/6ed929c114251f82

Steinbeis M, ‘A European Network of Constitutional Law Blogs’ (VerfBlog, 17 March 2015) DOI: 10.17176/20181005-145902-0

 

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n Author name as it appears on the source, 'Title' (Website name, date of publication if available) <URL> accessed Day Month Year.

1 Cyclefree, ‘Is This Really Necessary, Minister?’ (Legal Feminist, 27 April 2023) <https://www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2023/04/27/is-this-really-necessary-minister?> accessed 30 April 2023.

2 Brian Jones, ‘Surrender as a Weapon: Operational Paralysis and the Law of War’ (Articles of War, 5 August 2026) <https://lieber.westpoint.edu/surrender-weapon-operational-paralysis-law-war/> accessed 2 September 2026, para 2.

3 Sarah Myatt, ‘From Conviction to Exoneration: What the Beast of Birkenhead Reveals About Miscarriages of Justice’ (Switalskis, 26 June 2026) <https://www.switalskis.com/blog/beast-of-birkenhead-bbc-podcast> accessed 10 November 2025.

 

Bibliography

Each reference should start with a bullet point. No full stop is needed at the end of the reference.

Author Initials, 'Title' (Website name, date of publication if available) <URL> accessed Day Month Year

Cyclefree, ‘Is This Really Necessary, Minister?’ (Legal Feminist, 27 April 2023) <https://www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2023/04/27/is-this-really-necessary-minister?> accessed 30 April 2023

Jones B, ‘Surrender as a Weapon: Operational Paralysis and the Law of War’ (Articles of War, 5 August 2026) <https://lieber.westpoint.edu/surrender-weapon-operational-paralysis-law-war/> accessed 2 September 2026

Myatt S, ‘From Conviction to Exoneration: What the Beast of Birkenhead Reveals About Miscarriages of Justice’ (Switalskis, 26 June 2026) <https://www.switalskis.com/blog/beast-of-birkenhead-bbc-podcast>  accessed 10 November 2025