OSCOLA
The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities is designed to facilitate accurate citation of authorities, legislation, and other legal materials. It is widely used in law schools and by journal and book publishers in the UK and beyond. OSCOLA is edited by the Oxford Law Faculty, in consultation with the OSCOLA Editorial Advisory Board*.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Quick Reference Guide for key reference types.
The Fourth Edition of OSCOLA does not contain citation advice for International Law sources, however the section on citing these sources from the 2006 edition of OSCOLA is available as a separate document: OSCOLA 2006: Citing International Law.
- OSCOLA styles for EndNote and Refworks
- Read about the development and usage of OSCOLA in (2011) 11 Legal Information Management 111, and on Oxford Research Archive
- Citing the Law using OSCOLA - an online tutorial by Information Services staff at Cardiff University
- Frequently asked questions about using OSCOLA style
- Previous edition of OSCOLA: OSCOLA 2006 (pdf)
For further information, please write to oscola@law.ox.ac.uk.
OSCOLA Ireland
OSCOLA has been adapted and amended
by academics at the University of Limerick, Dublin Institute of Technology and the National University of Ireland Galway, with the support and approval of other Irish Law Schools, providing the first comprehensive citation system for Irish lawyers and law students. OSCOLA Ireland is now available at www.legalcitation.ie.
OSCOLA Editors
- Donal Nolan (Fellow and Tutor in Law, Worcester College, Oxford University)
- Sandra Meredith (Departmental Lecturer in Legal Research Skills, Faculty of Law, Oxford University)
* Advisory Board Members
- Ruth Bird (Bodleian Law Librarian, Oxford University)
- Naomi Chapman (LexisNexis Butterworths Text Resources Manager)
- Dr Peter Clinch (Former Senior Subject Librarian for Law, Law Library, Cardiff University)
- Professor Timothy Endicott (Dean of the Law Faculty, Oxford University)
- Richard Hart (Managing Director, Hart Publishing)
- Aparna Rao (Current Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Oxford University)
- John Louth, (Senior Editor, Academic and Scholarly Law, Oxford University Press)
- Gareth Ryan (Law, Maps and Official Publications Librarian, Andersonian Library, University of Strathclyde)
- Tracey Varnava (Associate Director, UK Centre for Legal Education)
