OSCOLA Referencing Style Guide
The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is a footnote-based system used in UK law schools and international law programs. It does not use author-date in the text; instead, superscript numbers point to detailed footnotes.
OSCOLA Referencing Style Reference Examples
Case_uk Citation Format
Case Name [Year] Reporter StartPage. Example: R v G [2003] UKHL 50.
Act_uk Citation Format
Short Title Year. Example: Human Rights Act 1998.
Book Citation Format
Author, Title (Edition, Publisher Year). Example: HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (3rd edn, OUP 2012).
Journal Citation Format
Author, 'Article Title' (Year) Volume JournalName Page. Example: Ronald Dworkin, 'Hard Cases' (1975) 88 Harv L Rev 1057.
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