The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA)
OSCOLA 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. OSCOLA was shortlisted for the Halsbury Legal Awards, 2013 Award for Academic Contribution.
OSCOLA (5th edn, Hart Publishing) is available in book stores, from Bloomsbury Publishing and other online bookstores (ISBN13: 9781849463676).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Support Materials
- OSCOLA styles for EndNote, LaTeX, Refworks and Zotero (these styles relate to the 4th Edition until such time as they are updated)
- Frequently asked questions regarding the 5th Edition
Previous Edition
- Previous edition (2012) of OSCOLA (including the supplement concerned with citing international law)
- Quick reference guide (previous edition)
- Frequently asked questions regarding the previous edition
- Citing the Law using OSCOLA - an online tutorial by Information Services staff at Cardiff University
- Newcastle Law Faculty OSCOLA tutorial
- Review of OSCOLA by John Kleefeld (2013) 36 Dalhousie LJ 269 and on SSRN
- About OSCOLA: (2011) 11 Legal Information Management 111, and on Oxford Research Archive
- OSCOLA Ireland, an adaption of OSCOLA 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, is the first comprehensive citation system for Irish lawyers and law students.
OSCOLA Editor
- James Goudkamp (Professor of the Law of Obligations, University of Oxford)
OSCOLA Consultant Editor
- Donal Nolan (Professor of Private Law, University of Oxford)
For further information, please write to oscola@law.ox.ac.uk.