
Unit 10 - Numerical Referencing
Using OSCOLA: Putting it all together
Using your knowledge of OSCOLA, select an answer to each of the six questions by clicking on it. The pop up window will tell you if you have chosen correctly.
Author
In which of the following footnote citations is the format of the author's name correct?
- S. Hanson. Legal Method and Reasoning (2nd edn, Cavendish 2003)
- S Hanson, Legal Method and Reasoning (2nd edn, Cavendish 2003)
- Hanson, S. Legal Method and Reasoning (2nd edn, Cavendish 2003)
- Hanson S Legal Method and Reasoning (2nd edn, Cavendish 2003)
Journal title
In which of the following footnote citations is the journal title correctly formatted?
- JD Heydon, 'Limits to the Powers of Ultimate Appellate Courts' (2006) 122 Law Quarterly Review 399
- JD Heydon, 'Limits to the Powers of Ultimate Appellate Courts' (2006) 122 Law Quarterly Review 399
- JD Heydon, 'Limits to the Powers of Ultimate Appellate Courts' (2006) 122 LQR 399
- JD Heydon, 'Limits to the Powers of Ultimate Appellate Courts' (2006) 122 L.Q.R. 399
Cross-citation
In footnote 14, you wish to refer to page 401 of the journal article above, which was first cited in footnote 7. Which of the following is the correct means of cross-citing?
Quotations
You wish to quote word-for-word from the text of a judgment. The quote will be about four lines long. How will you present the text?
- Include it within your paragraph, enclosing it with single quotation marks
- Present it as a separate paragraph, indented either side but without quotation marks
- Present it as a separate paragraph, indented either side, and enclosed with single quotation marks
- Present it as a separate paragraph, indented either side, and enclosed with double quotation marks
Legislation
In the text of your assignment you write "The Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 equalised the entitlement to travel concessions for both men and women at the age of 60." How should you cite this legislation in the footnote?
- 2002 c 4
- Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002
- Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002 c 4
- No footnote required
Case law
You wish to cite the case of R. v Mirza (Shabbir Ali) which you found and read on Westlaw. The Where Reported section for the case on Westlaw includes the following citations amongst others. How would you cite the case?
[2004] UKHL 2
[2004] 1 A.C. 1118
[2004] 2 W.L.R. 201
[2004] 1 All E.R. 925
[2004] 2 Cr. App. R. 8
(2004) 154 N.L.J. 145
Times, January 23, 2004
2004 WL 61975
- R v Mirza [2004] UKHL 2, [2004] 1 AC 1118
- R v Mirza [2004] 1 AC 1118 (Westlaw)
- R v Mirza [2004] UKHL 2, [2004] 1 All ER 925
- R v Mirza [2004] 1 All ER 925 (Westlaw)
You have reached the end of the section. We hope that you now feel confident in using the OSCOLA system.
SMILE - OSCOLA referencing by Cathie Jackson, Ian Bradley, Matthew Davies and Lynn Goodhew, Information Services, Cardiff University adapted by Marion Kelt Glasgow Caledonian University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/oscola/tutorial/.