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Book review

What it is

A review of a book in a journal.

How to cite using OSCOLA

As an article, with (book review) at the end. An untitled review uses the book’s name in quotation marks, not italics.

Example citation

AG Guest, ‘An Introduction to the Law of Contract’ (1961) 24 MLR 658 (book review).

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