Template:Oscola/doc

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How to use this template[edit]

This template is used to cite cases heard by the various courts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the format established by OSCOLA.

Usage: {{Oscola | code | year | volume/neutral citation jurisdiction | reporter/neutral citation division | page/judgment | court | pinpoint }}

where code is the citation format code given below, year is the year the case was decided, volume/neutral citation jurisdiction is the first number/number-letter sequence following the date in the case citation or the code indicating the jurisdiction of the case, reporter/neutral citation division is the publication reporting the case or the division of the court (i.e. criminal, civil, administrative), page/judgment is the first page of the case in the reporter or the judgment number, court is the court where the case was adjudicated, and pinpoint is the page/paragraph where the quoted material is referenced. This is usually included after naming a case, such as: Donoghue v Stevenson {{Oscola|PROP|1952||AC|562|HL Sc|}}.

To do[edit]

Cleanup and debug: catch redlinks
Add support for ELI and other identifiers
Add support for CS1|2 parameters like access-date
- Consider moving to CS1|2 wrapper

Format selection[edit]

There are three primary formats used to cite a case: the proprietary format organized by date, the proprietary format where dates represent additional information, and the neutral format. Codes indicate which format is intended.

Formats[edit]

PROP for a proprietary reporter organized by date
PROPN for a proprietary reporter (dates additional) (Also pre-1865 citations)
NEUT for a neutral citation

Jurisdiction Codes for Neutral Citation[edit]

uk for the United Kingdom
ew for England and Wales
scot for Scotland
nie for Northern Ireland

Division Codes for Neutral Citation[edit]

Admin for administrative
Civ for civil
Ch for chancery
Crim for criminal

Proprietary by Date
Bigos v Bousted [1951] 1 All ER 92 (KB)	{{Oscola\|PROP\|1951\|1\|All ER\|92\|KB\|}}
Propriety (Date Additional)/Pre-1865 Case
Johnson v Royal Mail Steam Packet Co (1866) LR 3 CP 38 (CCP)	{{Oscola\|PROPN\|1866\|LR 3\|CP\|38\|CCP\|}}
Neutral Citation
Rottman v MPC [2002] UKHL 20	{{Oscola\|NEUT\|2002\|uk\|\|20\|UKHL\|}}