This guide is a quick introduction to the commonly-used Cite Them Right version.

Sources should be listed alphabetically by author's surname, or by title if no author is given.There are different versions of the Harvard referencing style.

You may want to distinguish between primary and secondary legislation (eg having a 'List of Statutes' and a 'List of Statutory Instruments').Your table of legislation should be listed with similar divisions to your table of cases to identify legislation from different jurisdictions.Legislation should be listed alphabetically by title.Shipping and trade mark cases (which are often referred to simply by the name of the ship or trade mark) should be included as normal, but should also have an additional entry in the table included under the name of the ship or trade mark, with a cross-reference to the full name of the case.European cases should be distinguished between ECJ, CFI and Commission cases and should be arranged in chronological and numerical order by their assigned case number.Unless there are very few cases, you should divide the table of cases into separate sections for separate jurisdictions.So, for example, In re the Estate of Farquar or Re Farquar's Estate should be listed in the table of cases under Farquar's Estate, Re. Cases should be alphabetised by the significant name.Cases should be listed alphabetically by case name (eg Brown v Wilson, then Brown v Wright, then Browne v Wright).

Always check with your tutor which format you should follow. Your tutor may prefer that your tables of cases and legislation appear separately at the beginning of your work. bibliography (ie, all other secondary sources, such as books, journal and newspaper articles, official publications, etc.).

Your bibliography should be laid out in three parts:

In your bibliography reference the information source as a whole, not specific pages.

Your bibliography is a list of every source of information you have used in preparing your piece of work, including sources you have used for background reading but not necessarily quoted from or referred to directly in your work.

At the end of your work (and before any appendices) include all your references in a full bibliography.Example 2 of a bibliography using the OSCOLA standard (PDF).Example 1 of a bibliography using the OSCOLA standard (PDF).

Footnote referencing