BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO OSCOLA REFERENCING
,CONTENTS:
- How To Apply OSCOLA Referencing To Your Bibliography:
- Primary Sources:
- Cases……………………………………………………………………....3
- Statutes………………………………………………………………….…3
- EU Legislation & Cases………………………………………………..….4
- European Court of Human Rights………………………………………4-5
- Secondary Sources:
- Books……………………………………………………………………...6
- Encyclopedias…………………………………………………………..…6
- Journal Articles………………………………………………………….6-7
- Online Journals…………………………………………………………....7
- Command Papers & Law Commission Reports………………………...7-8
- Websites & Blogs……………………………………………………….…8
- Newspaper Articles………………………………………………………..8
- Hansard………………………………………………………………….8-9
,HOW TO APPLY OSCOLA REFERENCING TO YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY:
General Rules:
1. Bibliographies should be done on a clean page
2. Primary sources should be listed first
3. You must categorise and sub-categorise your sources. Ie. Primary sources will be divided
into subsections for cases, statutes, etc. Same with secondary sources
4. Each subsection should have sources in alphabetical order
5. Pages, sections & subsections are not included in bibliographies
PRIMARY SOURCES:
Cases:
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100 [1932] AC 562.
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Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100 [1932] AC 562
- Party names no longer need to be italisicised
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
Statutes:
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s1(1)c.
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Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Page numbers, sections and subsection of statutes are not included
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
, EU Legislation & Cases:
LEGISLATION: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty
establishing the European Community [2007] OJ C 306/1.
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Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the
European Community [2007] OJ C 306/1
- Everything remains the same except the exclusion of the fullstop
CASES: Case C- 176/03 Commission v Council [2005] ECR I-7879.
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Case C- 176/03 Commission v Council [2005] ECR I-7879
- Party names no longer need to be italisicised
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
European Court of Human Rights:
CASES: Simpson v UK (1989) 64 DR 188.
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Simpson v UK (1989) 64 DR 188
- Party names no longer need to be italisicised
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
ARTICLES: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms: The
European Convention on Human Rights, Art 2 & 3.
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,CONTENTS:
- How To Apply OSCOLA Referencing To Your Bibliography:
- Primary Sources:
- Cases……………………………………………………………………....3
- Statutes………………………………………………………………….…3
- EU Legislation & Cases………………………………………………..….4
- European Court of Human Rights………………………………………4-5
- Secondary Sources:
- Books……………………………………………………………………...6
- Encyclopedias…………………………………………………………..…6
- Journal Articles………………………………………………………….6-7
- Online Journals…………………………………………………………....7
- Command Papers & Law Commission Reports………………………...7-8
- Websites & Blogs……………………………………………………….…8
- Newspaper Articles………………………………………………………..8
- Hansard………………………………………………………………….8-9
,HOW TO APPLY OSCOLA REFERENCING TO YOUR BIBLIOGRAPHY:
General Rules:
1. Bibliographies should be done on a clean page
2. Primary sources should be listed first
3. You must categorise and sub-categorise your sources. Ie. Primary sources will be divided
into subsections for cases, statutes, etc. Same with secondary sources
4. Each subsection should have sources in alphabetical order
5. Pages, sections & subsections are not included in bibliographies
PRIMARY SOURCES:
Cases:
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100 [1932] AC 562.
🠋
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] UKHL 100 [1932] AC 562
- Party names no longer need to be italisicised
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
Statutes:
Sexual Offences Act 2003, s1(1)c.
🠋
Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Page numbers, sections and subsection of statutes are not included
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
, EU Legislation & Cases:
LEGISLATION: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty
establishing the European Community [2007] OJ C 306/1.
🠋
Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the
European Community [2007] OJ C 306/1
- Everything remains the same except the exclusion of the fullstop
CASES: Case C- 176/03 Commission v Council [2005] ECR I-7879.
🠋
Case C- 176/03 Commission v Council [2005] ECR I-7879
- Party names no longer need to be italisicised
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
European Court of Human Rights:
CASES: Simpson v UK (1989) 64 DR 188.
🠋
Simpson v UK (1989) 64 DR 188
- Party names no longer need to be italisicised
- No fullstops at the end of the citation
ARTICLES: Convention for the Protection of Human Rights & Fundamental Freedoms: The
European Convention on Human Rights, Art 2 & 3.
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