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I’m in the middle of a law essay for uni, if I’ve mentioned the entire name + year of a piece of legislation in the text, does it need to be referenced in the footnotes/bibliography too? I’ve read on a few websites that it doesn’t but I want to be sure.

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alfie0101

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by Charlieee1

I’m in the middle of a law essay for uni, if I’ve mentioned the entire name + year of a piece of legislation in the text, does it need to be referenced in the footnotes/bibliography too? I’ve read on a few websites that it doesn’t but I want to be sure.

Hi,

Your bibliography should always include each source you have discussed/used in your main body. So, for example, if you mention the Consumer Rights Act 2015 somewhere in your main body then this would also need to appear in your bibliography.

Technically, if you refer to it in full within the main body then you do not need to footnote it. However, if you later refer to specific sections of that statute then it would be helpful to footnote this.

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by Charlieee1

I’m in the middle of a law essay for uni, if I’ve mentioned the entire name + year of a piece of legislation in the text, does it need to be referenced in the footnotes/bibliography too? I’ve read on a few websites that it doesn’t but I want to be sure.

Hi!

This is a really good question, and there's a lot of confusion around it — but under OSCOLA, you do need to footnote legislation, even if you’ve mentioned the full name and year in the main text.

Hope that clears it up!

M
LLB

(edited 11 months ago)

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by Charlieee1

I’m in the middle of a law essay for uni, if I’ve mentioned the entire name + year of a piece of legislation in the text, does it need to be referenced in the footnotes/bibliography too? I’ve read on a few websites that it doesn’t but I want to be sure.

Hello,

If you have mentioned the full legislation in the main text then there is no need to include it in the footnotes but you should always include all your resources in the Bibliography.

I have found this handbook very helpful- https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/migrated/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf

I hope this helps, if you have any further questions please do let me know.

Charlie
Law LLB Student

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