Oscola Referencing Research Papers

When referencing a case as authority, you must give the full name of the case along with its neutral citation.Case name should always be in italics both in-text and in the footnotes, but not in the bibliography Author, | 'title' | [year] | volume | journal name or abbreviation | first page of article Matthew Gibson, 'Getting their "act" together?The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is the only UK born legal citation system, and since its inception in 2000 it has become the most commonly used system in UK higher education.

When referencing a case as authority, you must give the full name of the case along with its neutral citation.Case name should always be in italics both in-text and in the footnotes, but not in the bibliography Author, | 'title' | [year] | volume | journal name or abbreviation | first page of article Matthew Gibson, 'Getting their "act" together?The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) is the only UK born legal citation system, and since its inception in 2000 it has become the most commonly used system in UK higher education.

In the text: 'Criminalising a broad range of marginally acceptable business conduct trivialises the criminal sanction and breeds contempt for it, at least among rational actors, which most white collar offenders are.

The table of legislation should include all treaties, conventions, legislation and statutory instruments cited.

For more information see the OSCOLA referencing software guidance created by the University of Oxford.

The University Library offers End Note and Ref Works workshops for those new to the software.

The Bluebook: A uniform System of Citation - The most commonly used citation system in the US, and US focused despite being prescriptive about other jurisdictions.

Not freely available online, copies can be consulted here in the library.

Of these, COM documents are the type of European Union documentation that you are most likely to come across, and need to reference.

The EU help page will assist in understand the differences between types of EU official publications.

It may be quite different to any referencing style you have used before, however the OSCOLA Quick Guide will help you by providing examples and advice on how to use OSCOLA in your work.

Use the guides below to help you format your references correctly in the OSCOLA style.