The keen eyed amongst you will notice that many links and references on this blog are not formal academic ones.
That's because this is an informal blog, not a formal academic submission. And doing references properly can be a little stressful.
One of the surprising features of the Open University Law courses are the mixed reference systems, with both Harvard referencing for general sources with inline citations and OSCOLA referencing for legal sources with footnotes. (For those wondering, OSCOLA is an imperfect acronym for The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities.) They're essential for assignments (yes even the ones where you have to write a blog post entry) but not for here.
That said if I mention a case I'll try to include the full reference (though inline rather than trying to work out how to do a footnote on here). Similarly, if I mention a journal article I'll usually copy & paste the recommended reference (rather than converting it to strict format), including a link to an online copy, at the end of the post. But if I link to a webpage it will just be a straightforward direct link. And if I mention a book I'll generally just link to its entry on the publisher's website.
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