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PDF OSCOLA REFERENCING Introduction to OSCOLA - Queen's University Belfast Put a comma after the first page of the article if there is a pinpoint. 2006). HL Deb OR HC Deb | date, | volume, | column. List Legislation and Cases separately in alphabetical order in the bibliography. You should use Re the Domestic Abuse Act 2017 rather than In the matter of the Domestic Abuse act 2017. The information to include depends on the types of source - see the examples. In this system, citations are put in footnotes at the bottom of the page. Cruft R, Title of Book Review (2011) Law & Philosophy 637, Ben McFarlane and Donal Nolan, Remedying Reliance: The Future Development of Promissory and Proprietary Estoppel in English Law (Obligations III conference, Brisbane, July 2006), 1. The format in which you present this information varies according to the type of source; examples are presented in the following section. An example of a typical case citation without a neutral citation is: When the year is used to identify the law report volume, you should always put it in square brackets. At the same time, OSCOLA allows citing sources not included in the manual while adhering to the general principles set out . twenty-four). If online journals lack some of the publication elements for OSCOLA, follow the citation advice of the online journal. See OSCOLA 4th edn 3.4.8 for more details. by Referencing - OSCOLA Secondary sources Primary sources are the law itself -- cases, legislation, regulations. A pinpoint is a precise reference to the part of a judgment or report through numbered paragraphs or page numbers. If the book has more than one volume, you should follow the volume number with the publication details. In a longer work, such as a thesis or dissertation, OSCOLA requires you to include tables listing any cases and legislation you cited, as well as a bibliography listing any secondary sources. Unless otherwise specified below, SCRIPTed follows the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). The Assistant Editor is responsible for sending the submission to at least two recognised experts for independent, external peer review. ), Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008), available at, Mike Morel, A Brief Chance for Better UK Data Protection Law (Open Rights Group, 8 May 2017), available at, Sarah Butler and Gwyn Topham, Uber Should Lost its Licence if it Doesnt Improve Workers Rights, Say Drivers (The Guardian, 9 May 2017), available at. For example, the following is a citation of volume 3, page 75 of Blackstones Commentaries on the Laws of England: OSCOLA provides a list of these abbreviations in their full guide, section 4.2.3. John Smith; Edinburgh; European Union; Scottish Enlightenment), but not for other terms. https://script-ed.org?p=15. Journal articles Start with the article author (first name/initial then surname, multiple authors to be treated as per books), then the article title in single quotes. (OSCOLA) is designed to help the author to achieve consistency and to make life easier for the reader . Section instead of s.. The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is designed to help the author to achieve consistency and to make life easier for the reader". You need to be very precise when using quotations. (2008) 71 MRL 413
accessed 15 Jan 2014. For example, this footnote refers to two cases: If one or more references are more relevant than the others put these first and then see also. This rule applies for all conjunctions (including IP, IT, ICT, etc). 39(4), pp.652-669. Footnotes: It is a guide to legal citation developed by the Oxford Law Faculty and is an authoritative way to prepare legal citation in the UK academic world. A case name should be given as it appears in the most authoritative report of the case. X argues that Y.1 NOT X argues that Y1.). Normann Witzleb and others No author Page references should use the abbreviations p. or pp., adopting the following style: Supran. 24, p. 3. Paul Craig, Theory, Pure Theory and Values in Public Law [2005] PL 440. Bill title HC Bill (Session) [Bill number]. For subsequent citation of legislation, abbreviations are acceptable. Authors will be sent anonymised copies of Referee comments. OSCOLA is a footnote referencing style. Law Commission, 'Housing: Encouraging Responsponsible Letting' (Law Com No 312 Cm 7458, TSO, 2008) [1.5]. To cite a print journaluse the following, The bibliography is the same format as the footnote except that. (accessed 25 January 2018). Pinpointing a page Example You can also use the OSCOLA Quick Reference Guide for ease when referencing. 1 1. endstream
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If there is a separate volume number, put the year in round brackets(). If only youd done it in the first place! Author Guidelines - SCRIPTed The authors name should be centred under the title and in lower case italics (e.g. You should abbreviate common words and phrases, for example: When you want to refer to something, use Re instead of, for example, In re or in the matter of. See3.4.11 OSCOLA 4th edn for more details. Author,Title in Italics(edition, publisher date) page. In round brackets, the city of publication, followed by a colon, the publisher, followed by a comma, and the year of publication (e.g. Full citation (including footnote number for illustration) 3 John Knowles, Effective Legal Research (4 th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2016) 33.. Authors' surname and cross-citation to footnote number 3. If known, give the number of the page on which the article was published, after the brackets. Cite as a book but exclude author or editor and publisher. When asked about the role of a newspapers proprietor Rupert Murdoch said: Section 4(2) of the Human Rights Act 1998 states in s 4(2) of the Human Rights Act 1998 and in ss 6-9 of that Act Clarkson CMV and Keating HM and Cunningham SR. 1. The President of the Supreme Court should be abbreviated as, for example, Lord Brown P; the Deputy President as Lord Brown DP. Mike Molan, Duncan Bloy and Denis Lanser. An example of the bibliography for an online article: GobertJ, 'The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007: Thirteen Years in the Making but was it Worth the Wait?' Dont put a comma before the year. analyse, not analyze; criticise, not criticize; characterise, not characterize). If the relevant law report series was also issued in more than one volume in that particular year, give it a volume number. OSCOLA was first devised in 2000 by Regius Professor Peter Birks, with the aim of reducing the "woeful waste of scholarly time caused by the absence of a national standard for citation . Books - OSCOLA - LibGuides at Coventry University How to reference books One author Multiple authors Chapter in an edited book Books Author, Title of the Book (Edition, Publisher Year) Footnote Example 1 Steve Foster, How to Write Better Law Essays (4th edn, Pearson 2016). If you find you have to use secondary referencing, in the footnote cite the source you have read, followed by citing For example: In the bibliography insert only the source you have read. Cross citation is when you are referring to discussion in another part of your writing, for example on an earlier page or in a previous chapter. In most cases journal titles have both a volume number and a year so round brackets will normally be used. Conference Reports and Book Reviews are not externally peer reviewed; they are reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief and/or Managing Editor only. You should then follow the title with publication information in brackets. A guide to reference management software (EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and Paperpile). For example, here you would list Hansard, any books and journal articles cited, and other sources such as blogs, social media and newspapers. For example: Use an indented paragraph, no quotation marks and a line space above and below. For example, Johnston v Ireland (1986) Series A no 122. In footnotes write the first author's name followed by "and others". If the next citation is to the same source, simply put ibid, with a new pinpoint if necessary. For example: Another alternative, particularly if the podcast is quite long, would be to provide the minutes and seconds of the excerpt: Author, 'Title' (additional information, publisher year), Footnote: Alan Wright and Nicholas Hastie (eds. Paul Craig, Theory, "Pure Theory" and Values in Public Law [2005] PL 440. 44(12), pp.2512-2518. Acronyms and short titles should only be used after the full title has appeared once in the text (e.g. The Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is a referencing style used by students and academics in law. You should cite working papers the same way as electronic journal articles. PCMLP University of Oxford, An introduction to Legal Citation Using OSCOLA accessed 04 November 2015, https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/referencing-style-guides, A House of Lords judge should be referred to as, A Supreme Court judge should be referred to as, The Lord Chief Justice can be abbreviated to. When citing an unpublished thesis, give the author, the title and then in brackets the type of thesis, university and year of completion. Running numbers for House of Commons Bills are put in square brackets; those for House of Lords Bills are not. Dual-band photodetectors (DBPDs) have played an essential role in multispectral information monitoring, including civil and military areas. For judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, you should cite either the offical reports, the Reports of Judgements and Decisions (ECHR) or the European Human Rights Reports (EHRR). 25. If you wish to refer to someone speaking during the programme, follow this format: Cite the name of the speaker (if a direct quote), the title of the programme, the radio station and the date of the programme.