Guide to foreign and international legal citation

Today I learnt about the Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citation.

It's produced by the good people at NYU. Not only does it cover legal citations in various jurisdictions worldwide, it also includes citation guides for international organisations, tribunals, treaties and law.

The first edition (2006) is available online to download at: 

www.law.nyu.edu/ecm_dlv1/groups/public/@nyu_law_website__library/documents/documents/ecm_dlv_006388.pdf

The second edition (2009) is published by Aspen Publishers.

Citing the Law

Today I learnt there's a great guide to citing the law called Citing the Law.

It's an online tutorial put together by Information Services staff at Cardiff University, and hosted on the Cardiff University website. The tutorial shows you how to:

• "cite cases and legislation, i.e. the ‘primary’ sources of law, in the accepted way
• refer to ‘secondary’ sources such as books, journals and government reports in your work
• cite using OSCOLA, the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities, fourth edition."*

It's really easy to use, has clear explanations and useful tips. Sources covered are from the UK and EU. I've just learnt how to correctly cite Hansard...

*https://ilrb.cf.ac.uk/citingreferences/oscola/tutorial/index.html

OSCOLA (Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities)

Today I learnt that OSCOLA stands for the Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities.

OSCOLA, edited by Oxford University's Law Faculty is "widely used in law schools and by journal and book publishers in the UK and beyond."* How come I've never come across it before now? It covers legal authorities, journals, cases and legislation (from the UK and EU) as well as key secondary sources such as Halsbury's, Hansard and Law Commission reports.

You can download the fourth edition from the OSCOLA website as well as a separate guide to citing international law sources. Links to tutorials and quick reference guides are also helpfully provided.

* http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php

BAILII's Guide to Neutral Citations

Today I learnt that BAILII has an excellent guide to neutral citations on its website. This is where I will be directing trainees in the future:

http://www.bailii.org/bailii/citation.html