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Edited or translated book

What it is

A book with an editor or translator rather than an author.

How to cite using OSCOLA

Cite the editor or translator as author, adding (ed), (eds), (tr) or (trs). An authored work credits its editor or translator at the start of the brackets.

Example citation

Hugh Beale (ed), Chitty on Contracts (36th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2025) para 44.002.

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