Introduction
1 General notes
1.1 Citations and footnotes
1.2 Subsequent citations, cross-references and Latin 'gadgets'
1.3 Punctuation, ranges of numbers and years, and foreign words
1.4 Citing foreign materials
1.5 Quotation
1.6 Tables and lists of abbreviation
1.7 Bibliographies
2 Primary Sources
2.1 Cases from England and Wales
2.2 Cases from Scotland
2.3 Cases from Northern Ireland
2.4 UK primary legislation
2.5 UK secondary legislation
2.6 European Union legal sources
2.7 The European Court of Human Rights
2.8 Cases and legislation from other jurisdictions
3 Secondary sources
3.1 General principles
3.2 Books
3.3 Articles
3.4 Other secondary sources
4 Appendix
4.1 Guide to neutral citations
4.2 Abbreviations
4.3 Guides for other jurisdictions
4.4 Other useful sources
Oscola Quick Reference Guide

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