LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS
Law journals
Afr. Hum. Rts. L.J.
African Human Rights Law journal
AJ
Acta Juridica
Am. Crim. L. Rev.
American Criminal Law Review
Am. J Comp. L.
The American journal of comparative Law
Am. J. Int’l L.
American Journal of International Law
Ann. Surv. S. African L.
Annual Survey of South African Law
Austl. B. Rev.
Australian Bar Review
B.L.I.
Business Law International
BML
Businessman‘s law
BP
Burrell’s Patent law reports
BSALR
Butterworths South African Law Reviews
Cambridge L.J.
The Cambridge Law Journal
CILSA
Comparative and international law journal of Southern Africa
C.L.J
Cambridge Law Journal
CLJ
Cape law journal
CLL
Contemporary Labour Law
Cod
Codicillus
CPC
Crime, Punishment and Correction
Misdaad, Straf en Hervorming
Crim L.Q.
The Criminal Law Quarterly
Crim. L. Rev.
The Criminal Law Review
De Rebus/DR
De Rebus Procuratoriius 1956-1978
De Rebus: SA attorneys’journal
DJ
De Jure
DR/DRP
De Rebus Procuratoriis
EIPR
European Intellectual Property Review
Ent. LR
Entertainment Law Review
Eur.J.Crime.Cr.J.
European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Harv. L.. Rev.
Harvard Law review
HRCLJ
Human Rights and Constitutional Law Journal of Southern Africa
ILJ
Industrial Law Journal
IJLPF/Int’l J. L. Pol’y & Fam.
International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
Int’l & Comp. L.Q.
The International & Comparative Law Quarterly
IPQ
Intellectual Property Quarterly
ITR
Income Tax Reporter
JBL/J.Bus. L.
The Journal of Business Law/Juta’s Business Law
J. Corp. Tax’n
The Journal of Corporate Taxation
J. Crim. L. & Criminology
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
J. Int’l Crim. Just.
Journal of International Criminal Justice
J. L. & Econ.
The Journal of Law & Economics
J. Legal Educ.
Journal of Legal Education
JJS
Journal for Juridical Sciences
Law Inst. J.
Law Institute Journal
Law Q. Rev.
The Law Quarterly Review
MB
Modern Business Law
MM
Meditationes medii
Mod. L. Rev.
The Modern Law Review
NULR
Natal University Law Review
Obiter
Obiter
Oxford J. Legal Stud.
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
PER/PELJ
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
Potchefstroom Electronic L.J. Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
RLJ
Rhodesian Law Journal
RM
Responsa Meridiana
SACC/SASK/SAS
South African Journal of Criminal Law and Criminolgy/
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Strafreg en Kriminologie
SACJ
South African Journal of Criminal Justice
SACLJ
South African Company law Journal
SAILJ
South African Insurance Law Journal
S.A.Hum.Rts.Y.B.
South African Human Rights Yearbook
SAJHR
South African Journal on Human Rights
SALJ
South African Law Journal
SAMLJ/SA Merc LJ
South African Mercantile Law Journal
SAPL
SA Public Law
SASK
SA Tydskrif vir Strafreg en Kriminologie
SATJ
SA Tax Journal
SAYIL
South African Yearbook of International Law
SI
Speculum Iudiciale
SJ
Speculum Juris
Stell LR
Stellenbosch Law Review
THRHR
Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins – Hollandse Reg
TJO
The Judicial Officer
TM
The Magistrate / Die Landdros
TR
Tydskrif vir Regswetenskap
TSAR
Tydskrif vir Suid - Afrikaanse Reg
Yale L.J.
The Yale Law Journal
ZLJ
Zimbabwe Law Journal
Law Reports
AC
Law Reports, Appeal Cases
AD
South African Law Reports, Appellate Division
ALL ER
All England Law Reports
ALL SA
All South African Law Reports
B
Barber’s Gold Law
B/Buch
Buchanan’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court (1868-69;
1873-79)
BAC
Bantu Appeal Courts
BAC/Buch AC
Buchanan’s Reports of the Cape Appeal Court (1880-86;
1904-09)
BAH
Bantu Appélhof
BALR
Butterworths Arbitration Law Reports / Arbitration Awards
1998-
BCCRL
Butterworths Criminal Court Law Reports
BCLR
Butterworths Constitutional Law Reports 1994-
BH
Bophutatswana Supreme Court
BIP
Burrell’s Intellectual Property Law Reports 1997-
BLLR
Butterworths Labour Law Reports 1994-
BP
Burrell’s Patent Law Reports 1981-
Buch
Buchanan’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court
Buch AC
Buchanan’s Reports of the Cape Appeal Court
C
Cape Provincial Division
CC
Constitutional Court
Ch
Law Reports, Chancery
CLD
Commercial Law Digest
CLJ
Cape Law Journal
Corbett and Buchannan
Damages Cases
CP
Court of the Commissioner of Patents
CPD
Cape Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
CTR
Cape Times Reports of the Cape Supreme Court
(1890-1910)
D
Durxbury’s Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic
D&C
Durban & Coastal Local Division
ECD
Eastern Cape Division
EDC
Eastern Districts Court Reports (1880-87; 1891-1909)
EDL
Eastern District Local Division Reports (pre-1947)
F
Foord’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court (Jan-Aug
1880)
FND
Finnemore’s Notes and Digest of Natal Cases
G/Gregorowski
Gregorowski’s Reports of the High Court of the Orange
Free State (1883-87)
GWL
Griqualand West Local Division Reports (pre-1947)
H
Hertzog’s Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic (1893)
HC or HCG
High Court of Griqualand Reports (1882-1910)
ILR
Industrial Law Reports 1980-
ITC
Income Tax Cases - The South African Tax Case Reports
1939-
JDR
Juta’s Daily Reporter, Reporting Cases in the Cape Provincial
Division
K or Kotzé
Kotzé‘s Reports of the High Court of the Transvaal Province
(1877-81)
LAC
Labour Appeal Court
LC
Labour Court
LCC
Land Claims Court
LJ, Ch
Law Journal Reports, Chancery
LJ, PC
Law Journal Reports, Privy Council
LJ, QB
Law Journal Reports, Queen’s Bench
LLR
Leader Law Reports
LTR
Leader Times Report
M or Men or Menz
Menzie’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court
(1828-49)
Moo or Moore PC
Moore’s Privy Council Reports
N
Natal Provincial Division
NAC
Native Appeal Courts
NA C
Native Appeal Court Transkei
NAC (C&O)
Native Appeal –Divorce Court Reports
(Cape &Free State Division)
NAC (N&T)
Native Appeal & Divorce Court Reports (Natal & Transvaal
Division)
NAC (CD)
Native Appeal Court Reports (Central Division)
NAC (SD)
Native Appeal Court (southern Division)
NAH
Naturelle – Appélhof
NC
Northern Cape Provincial Division
NHC
Natal Native High Court
NLR
Natal Law Reports of the Natal Supreme Court (1867-72;
1873-79; 1879-32 (Natal Supreme Court & Provincial Division))
NPD
Natal Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
O
Orange Free State
Off. Rep.
Official Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic (1894-98)
OFS
Orange Free State High Court Reports (1874-83)
OPD
Orange Free State Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
OR/Off.Rep
Official reports of the South African Republic (1894-98)
ORC
Orange River Colony Reports (1903-09)
PAB
Publications Appeal board Reports
PH
Prentice Hall Weekly Legal Service 1923-
Phip
Phipson’s digest of Natal Reports
QB
Law Reports, Queen ’s Bench
R/Roscoe
Roscoe’s Reports of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good
Hope (1861-67; 1871-72; 1877-78)
R&N
Rhodesia & Nyasaland Law Reports 1956-
S or Searle
Searle’s reports of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good
Hope (1850-67)
SA/SALR
South African Law Reports 1947-
SA… (A)
Appellate Division
SA… (B)
Bophuthatswana Supreme Court
SA… (C)
Cape Provincial Division
SA… (CK)
Ciskei Supreme Court
SA… (D)
Durban & Coast Local Division
SA… (E)
Eastern Cape Division
SA… (GW)
Griqualand West Local Division
SA… (N)
Natal Provincial Division
SA… (NC)
Northern Cape Division
SA… (Nm)
High Court of Namibia
SA… (NmS)
Supreme Court of Namibia
SA… (O) OFS
Provincial Division
SA… (SE)
South –Eastern Cape Local Division
SA… (SR)/ (FC)
Southern Rhodesia or Federal Supreme Court
SA… (Tk)
Transkei Supreme Court
SA… (V)
Venda Supreme Court
SA… (ZH)
High Court of Zimbabwe
SA… (ZS)
Supreme Court of Zimbabwe
SA… (W)
Witwatersrand Local Division
SA… (SWA)
South – West Africa
SACR / SASV
SA Criminal Law Reports
SALR
South African Law Reports
SALLR
SA Labour Law Reports
SAR
Reports of the High Court of the South African Republic
(1881-92)
SATC
South African Tax Cases Reports
SA (SR) or (FC)
South African Law Reports High Court of Southern Rhodesia
or Federal Supreme Court
SC
Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope (1880-1910)
SCA
Supreme Court of Appeal
Searle
Searle’s Reports. Cape Supreme Court (1850-67)
SEC
South Eastern Cape Local Division
SR
Reports of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia
Sth Afr. Rep
Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic
SWA
Reports of the High Court of South-West Africa (1920-1945)
T
Transvaal Provincial Division
TH
Witwatersrand High Court Reports (Transvaal Colony) (190209)
TH
Transkei Supreme Court
TLR
Times Law Report
TPD
Transvaal Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
TS
09)
Transvaal Supreme Court Reports (Transvaal Colony) (1902-
VS
Venda Supreme Court
W
Witwatersrand local Division (bound in the back of the
Transvaal reports, with separate page numbers)
W/Watermeyer
Watermeyer’s Reports of the Supreme Court of the
Cape of Good Hope (1857)
WLD or TLD
Witwatersrand Local Division Reports (pre-1947)
WR
Weekly Reporter, Reporting cases in the Cape Provincial
Division
Government Gazettes
AN
Administrator’s Notice
BN
Broad Notice
GenN
General Notice
GG
Government Gazette
GN
Government Notice
MN
Municipal Notice
ON
Official Notice
PN
Provincial Notice
PrN
Premier’s Notice
Proc
Proclamation
RGN
Regulation Government
RProc
Regulation Proclamation Notice
Other Legal Abbreviations
BCEA
Basic Conditions of Employment Act 11 of 2002
CALS
Centre for Applied Legal Studies/Wits Law Clinic
CCMA
Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
CP
Court of the Commissioner of Patents
HSRC
Human Sciences Research Council
IDASA
Institute for democracy in South Africa
IMSSA
Independent Mediation and Arbitration Society of Southern Africa
LAWSA
Law of South Africa
LHR
Lawyers for Human Rights
LRA
Labour Relations Act 28 of 1956/Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
OHSA
Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993
PAIA
Promotion of Access to Information Act 54 of 2002
PAJA
Promotion of administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000
SAHRC
South African Human Rights Commission