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OSCOLA referencing: Correspondence

Letters and emails

Cite letters and emails by the type of communication, along with the author, recipient and full date.

Examples:

  • Letter from Gordon Brown to Lady Ashton (20 November 2009)
  • Email from Amazon.co.uk to author (16 December 2008)

Conversations

Informal conversations can also be cited - change the first part of the citation to 'Conversation between'.

Example:

  • Conversation between author and Joe Bloggs (27 April 2011)

Interviews

When citing an interview you conducted yourself, give the name, position and institution (as relevant) of the interviewee, and the location and full date of the interview. If the interview was conducted by someone else, the interviewer's name should appear at the beginning of the citation.

Examples:

  • Interview with Irene Kull, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Law, Tartu University (Tartu, Estonia, 4 August 2003)
  • Timothy Endicott and John Gardner, Interview with Tony Honoré, Emeritus Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford (Oxford, 17 July 20)
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PILOT - 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 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/oscola/tutorial/