OSCOLA Ireland is a specific style of referencing, developed by academics from Irish universities for the referencing of legal materials. OSCO referencing uses numeric references embedded within the text, which are linked to footnotes that contain the full details of the cited source. This guide provides students with a brief introduction to OSCOLA, with examples of the most commonly use source-types.
All Law students within DBS are required to use the OSCOLA referencing format in their assignments.
DBS Library recommends using Cite them Right and OSCOLA Ireland for more information about OSCOLA referencing.
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Whichever method you choose, it is important to be consistent and not switch back and forth between methods.
NJ McBride, Letters to a Law Student (4th ed, Pearson Education, Harlow 2018) 3.
Eric Barendt and Leslie Hitchns, Media Law: Cases and Materials (Longman Law Series, Longman, Harlow 2000).
G Brennan and others, Landlord and Tenant Law (7th edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2018).
MN Shaw (ed),
International Law
(8th edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2017).
Note:
If the books is a translation use (tr) in place of (ed) for editor.
J Heary, 'Company Information' in J Cox (ed), Business Law (6th edn, Law Society of Ireland Manuals, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015).
Joan O'Connor and Gerard Feeney, 'Transfer pricing legislation in Ireland - a new reality?' (2010) 23 IrTR (2) 45.
Publication Information:
23
= Volume number
IrTR
= Journal title abbreviation
2
= Issue number (only needed if the page numbers begin again for each issue)
45
= Page number (the first page number only is usually sufficient)
C Duff, 'DPP v Doyle - The Road not Taken' (2018) 28 ICLI 1 http://www.westlaw.ie accessed 6 September 2019.
A Carroll, 'The Magdalene Laundries: An Ongoing Human Rights Violation' (2019) COLR 38 https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/724adb_1458462b425e42c88c37956f13169ed6.pdf accessed 6 September 2019.
Evaluating Websites
You should always ask the question "Is this website reliable?" when using the internet for research.