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An introduction to the OSCOLA referencing style, which is used for citing legal authorities. It covers various aspects of OSCOLA, including pinpointing specific pages, author names, short and long quotations, and referencing different types of sources such as cases, legislation, books, and journal articles. The document also includes examples and instructions for creating footnotes and bibliography entries.
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Pinpointing is when you wish to cite a specific page within a source. You include this page number at the end of the reference.
Example: To pinpoint page 46 of a report that runs from pages 25- R v Crawford [2011] EWCA Crim 25, 46
Example: (^1) Robert Stevens, Torts and Rights (OUP 2007)
... (^6) Stevens (n 1) 110. (^7) ibid 271-78.
In footnotes the author name(s) should be in the format FORENAME then SURNAME. Example: Tim Crawford, ...
In the bibliography this is reversed: SURNAME then INITIAL(S). Example: Crawford T, ...
In footnotes write the first author’s name followed by “and others”. Example: Samuel Topping and others, ...
In the bibliography list all of the authors. Example: Topping S, Beck D and Wilson P, ...
In footnotes write the first author’s name followed by “and others”. Example: Samuel Toppoing and others, …
In the bibliography list all of the authors. Example: Toppoing S, Beck D, and Wilson P, …
Up to three lines:
Example: Charles Rennie Mackintosh is one of the most influential Scottish architects. Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art ‘heralded the birth of a new style in 20th century European Architecture’.^1
Greater than 3 lines:
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