Referencing

OSCOLA Referencing, A Quick Guide for UK Law Students

OSCOLA 4th edition referencing made simple for UK law students.

Footnotes, not in-text

OSCOLA uses footnotes for citations. Each footnote ends with a full stop.

Cases

Format: Case name | [Year] | Court | Report. Example: R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212. Italicise the case name.

Statutes

Format: Short title | year | section. Example: Human Rights Act 1998, s 6.

Books

Format: Author, Title (edition, publisher, year). Example: H L A Hart, The Concept of Law (3rd edn, OUP 2012).

Subsequent references

Use 'ibid' for an immediately repeated source; short-form ('Hart (n 5)') for non-consecutive repeats.

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