OSCOLA
OSCOLA referencing style is used when submitting work for a module for the School of Law. Due to the complexity of particular sources, some entries are very detailed. Make sure to fully read each page.
Punctuation in footnotes and the bibliography is used only to avoid confusion.
A full stop is used at the end of each footnote. A question mark or exclamation mark may also occasionally be used at the end of a footnote.
Do not use full stops in abbreviations (QB not Q.B. for Queen's Bench), after the author's initials (DB Smith not D.B. smith) or after the "v" between two parties in a case.
Single inverted commas are used to frame the title of a journal article or report.
A comma is used to separate items that might otherwise run together such as between the author and title, between the publisher and place of publication, between the neutral citation and next best case citation, and between page numbers.
A colon separates a title from the subtitle.
A semi-colon is used between several citations in a single footnote.
Footnote example:
Secretary of State for the Home Department v E [2007] UKHL 47, [2008] 1 All ER 699 (HL) 702; SJ Fredman, 'Equality: A New Generation?' [2001] ILJ 145, 158.
Bibliography example:
Secretary of State for the Home Department v E [2007] UKHL 47, [2008] 1 All ER 699 (HL) 702
Fredman SJ, 'Equality: A New Generation?' [2001] ILJ 145