Info Skills Citing References: citing an article from a law journal using OSCOLA

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Info SkillsCiting References citing an article
from a law journal using OSCOLA
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What is OSCOLA?
What is OSCOLA?

• OSCOLA stands for The Oxford Standard for
  Citation of Legal Authorities.
• OSCOLA is a document that was devised to provide
  a clear set of guidelines on how to cite legal
  materials.
• This tutorial will help you cite an article from
  a law journal using OSCOLA.

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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
To the right is the first page of an article from
a law journal. Most of the information needed to
build a reference can usually be found on this
page. This reference should be used in both the
footnote(s) and the bibliography in your work.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
To the right is the first page of an article from
a law journal. Most of the information needed to
build a reference can usually be found on this
page. This reference should be used in both the
footnote(s) and the bibliography in your work.
Firstly, you need to identify the author (or
authors) of the journal article. In this
instance, the author is John Dewar.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
To the right is the first page of an article from
a law journal. Most of the information needed to
build a reference can usually be found on this
page. This reference should be used in both the
footnote(s) and the bibliography in your work.
Firstly, you need to identify the author (or
authors) of the journal article. In this
instance, the author is John Dewar. In your
reference, his name would be written as J Dewar
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
To the right is the first page of an article from
a law journal. Most of the information needed to
build a reference can usually be found on this
page. This reference should be used in both the
footnote(s) and the bibliography in your work.
Firstly, you need to identify the author (or
authors) of the journal article. In this
instance, the author is John Dewar. In your
reference, his name would be written as J
Dewar Note that the authors first name is always
given as an initial, even if the original
document gives the name in full.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next follows the title and (if there is one) the
sub-title of the journal article. This
information is always on the title page of the
journal article.
In this instance, the title of the journal
article is The Normal Chaos of Family Law. The
article has no sub-title.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next follows the title and (if there is one) the
sub-title of the journal article. This
information is always on the title page of the
journal article.
In this instance, the title of the journal
article is The Normal Chaos of Family Law. The
article has no sub-title. So, the reference now
reads J Dewar, The Normal Chaos of Family Law
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next follows the title and (if there is one) the
sub-title of the journal article. This
information is always on the title page of the
journal article.
In this instance, the title of the journal
article is The Normal Chaos of Family Law. The
article has no sub-title. So, the reference now
reads J Dewar, The Normal Chaos of Family Law
The title of the journal article is always
enclosed in single quotation marks. Note that a
comma is used after the authors name.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next, you need to give the date of publication.
This is the year in which the law journal where
the article is located was published.
In this instance the date of publication is 1998.

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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next, you need to give the date of publication.
This is the year in which the law journal where
the article is located was published.
In this instance the date of publication is 1998.
So the reference now reads J Dewar, The
Normal Chaos of Family Law (1998)
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next, you need to give the date of publication.
This is the year in which the law journal where
the article is located was published.
In this instance the date of publication is 1998.
So the reference now reads J Dewar, The
Normal Chaos of Family Law (1998) Note that the
year is enclosed in round brackets.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Law journals are published serially and are
organised into volumes. Next, you need to
identify in which volume of the journal series
the article is located.
In this instance, the article is located in
volume 61 of the journal series.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Law journals are published serially and are
organised into volumes. Next, you need to
identify in which volume of the journal series
the article is located.
In this instance, the article is located in
volume 61 of the journal series. So the
reference now reads J Dewar, The Normal Chaos
of Family Law (1998) 61
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Law journals are published serially and are
organised into volumes. Next, you need to
identify in which volume of the journal series
the article is located.
In this instance, the article is located in
volume 61 of the journal series. So the
reference now reads J Dewar, The Normal Chaos
of Family Law (1998) 61 Note that only the
volume number is given, you do not need to
include the part number.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next follows the title and (if there is one) the
sub-title of the law journal in which the article
was published. This information may be on the
title page of the article, or on the title page
of the journal volume.
In this instance, the title of the journal is
Modern Law Review. The journal has no sub-title.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next follows the title and (if there is one) the
sub-title of the law journal in which the article
was published. This information may be on the
title page of the article, or on the title page
of the journal volume.
In this instance, the title of the journal is
Modern Law Review. The journal has no sub-title.
So the reference now reads J Dewar, The
Normal Chaos of Family Law (1998) 61 MLR
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Next follows the title and (if there is one) the
sub-title of the law journal in which the article
was published. This information may be on the
title page of the article, or on the title page
of the journal volume.
In this instance, the title of the journal is
Modern Law Review. The journal has no sub-title.
So the reference now reads J Dewar, The
Normal Chaos of Family Law (1998) 61 MLR Note
that the title of the journal is given as an
abbreviation. You can find a list of standard
abbreviations using the Cardiff Index to Legal
Abbreviations
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Lastly, you need to give the first page of the
journal article.
In this instance, the first page of the journal
article is page 467.
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Lastly, you need to give the first page of the
journal article.
In this instance, the first page of the journal
article is page 467. So the complete reference
now reads J Dewar, The Normal Chaos of Family
Law (1998) 61 MLR 467
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Citing References gt Citing an article from a law
journal
Lastly, you need to give the first page of the
journal article.
In this instance, the first page of the journal
article is page 467. So the complete reference
now reads J Dewar, The Normal Chaos of Family
Law (1998) 61 MLR 467 Note that only the page
number is given. There is no need to include p.
or page to indicate that you are giving a page
number.