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- begin{filecontents}{jobname.bib}
- @jurisdiction{case,
- title = {{Somebody} v {Somebody Else} and Others (No 4)},
- note = {[2016] AC 100},
- pages = {100--178},
- date = {2015-03-10,2015-03-12,2015-04-25,2015-04-27,2015-05-01}}
- @legislation{deddf,
- title = {{Deddf Ardderchog (Cymru)} 2014},
- year = 2014,
- author = {{Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru}},
- languageid = {cy}}
- @article{article,
- title = {Fantastic Findings and Where to Find Them},
- author = {Vark, Aar D.},
- journal = {Diligent Discoveries},
- volume = 45,
- number = 3,
- pages = {23--32},
- year = 2010}
- @book{book,
- title = {Brilliant Baths},
- author = {Allard, M.},
- publisher = {Empire Books},
- address = {Alpha Centauri},
- year = 1998}
- end{filecontents}
- documentclass[welsh,british,a4paper]{article}
- usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
- usepackage{geometry}
- usepackage{cfr-lm}
- usepackage{babel}
- usepackage{csquotes}
- usepackage[style=authoryear-comp,backend=biber]{biblatex}
- bibliography{jobname}
- begin{document}
- Most of my bibliography entries are `normal' sources, such as articles autocite[e.g.][]{article} and books autocite[e.g.][]{book}.
- Textcite{article} and textcite{book} are cited using the author-year system.
- However, I also need to cite legal sources, even though I'm not working in law or writing in this discipline.
- Nonetheless, these need to be cited appropriately.
- Unfortunately, Biblatex doesn't handle these out-of-the-box and the contributed styles which do are all designed for work in law, as opposed to, say, history, philosophy or quantum mechanics.
- Hence, the standard styles do not handle these cases well:
- begin{quote}
- Textcite{deddf} is a law autocite{deddf}.
- Textcite{case} is a case autocite{case}.
- end{quote}
- I emph{think} that these should be cited rather differently, although I'm not certain exactly how they should look.
- I suspect something like the following is needed
- begin{quote}
- Deddf Ardderchog (Cymru) 2014 is a law (Deddf Ardderchog (Cymru) 2014).
- emph{{Somebody} v {Somebody Else} and Others (No 4)} [2016] AC 100 is a case (emph{{Somebody} v {Somebody Else} and Others (No 4)} [2016] AC 100).
- end{quote}
- That is, specifically legal sources should follow the Oxford Standard for the Citation of Legal authorities (OSCOLA), except that inline rather than footnote citations are used.
- Similar principles will also apply to the entries in the bibliography.
- printbibliography
- The entries for the book and the article are as desired.
- The entries for the law and the case are not.
- The year of legislation is part of the name of the act and shouldn't be separated from it.
- The title should come first.
- Probably I should not have an author but just a publisher or URL, but if I don't have an author, author-year citations go wrong.
- I should not have `n.d.' in the entry for the case, but nor should I have the year in round brackets.
- No full-stop should follow the year.
- Not sure about the full-stops at the end of entries, but OSCLA doesn't use them, I don't think.
- In some cases, citations and entries for cases are more complex, though I haven't yet got to grips with all the nuances.
- What is the best way to configure Biblatex for legal sources, when using a non-legal style for all others?
- end{document}
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