Citing Different Sources as per OSCOLA Referencing

Students use OSCOLA referencing for citing sources in legal papers and Law assignments. You have to acknowledge the authors and the rightful information holders, when you use facts and cases in your paper.

Some of the various types of sources have been listed below.

• Statutes and Statutory Instruments

Format: Name | year | SI number

Example:  The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2018, SI 2018/22

If you need further information regarding OSCOLA referencing bibliography, you should pore through various examples.

• EU Legislation and Cases

Format for Cases: Case number| case name| [year]| report abbreviation| first page

Example: Case 22/60 Diego Perez vs Admond Stern [2019] ECR 3

Format for Legislation: <The Title of Legislation>| [year]| <OJ series>| <issue/first page>

Example: A Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union [2020] OJ C159/15

If you are unable to grasp the template, you can take the help of OSCOLA referencing generator.

• Cases

Format: Case number | case name |[year]| report abbreviation | first page

Example: O (Alfredo) v XYZ Ltd. [2018] EWCA Civ 1032, [2018] QB 429

You also need to know OSCOLA referencing footnotes. This is because, you have to use in-text citation as well in your papers.

• Journal Articles 

Format: Author, | 'title' | [year] | volume | journal name or abbreviation | first page of article

Example: Aaron Ramsey, ‘Theory and Values in Public Law’ [2018] PL 840

If you take a look at other referencing styles like the Chicago referencing, you will see that this format is quite unlike others.

• Websites and Blogs

Format: Author | 'title' | (Website, date) | <Website URL> | accessed <date>

Example: Patrick Quayle, 'Divorce petitions: then and now' (Alexandria Collins, August 2 2018) http://www.alexandriacollins.co.uk/2018/08/02/divorce-petitions-then-and-now/ accessed 3 August 2019

However, if you are unable to grasp the format, you should seek coursework help from the professional experts. These experts have in-depth knowledge of APA, OSCOLA or Harvard referencing.

• Encyclopedias

You will often come across important facts in the encyclopedias. If you need to cite a source, follow the example below.

Example: Adam’s Laws (3rd edn, 2018) vol 56, para 57

If you go through the above mentioned sources, you should not face any issues. And if you do, you should explore various OSCOLA referencing websites.