INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES
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SELECTED LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS
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This is a very selective list of commonly used legal abbreviations and citations.
All of the titles included are held in this Library.
You need to know the full title of a serial to find it in the catalogue or on the List
of Serials.
Check your reference in the list below. The abbreviations are listed
alphabetically.
When you have identified the title(s) you require, check the list of serials or
online catalogue to find the classmark which indicates where the title is located
in the Library.
More complete lists of abbreviations can be found in:
The Cardiff index to legal abbreviations:
Available at: http://www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk/.
Or follow link from the IALS electronic law library
Raistrick, Donald
Index to legal citations and abbreviations. 2nd ed.
London: Bowker-Saur, 1993
Copies above the Library catalogue terminals on Library concourse
A.
A.A. & L.
A.B.L.R.
A.C.
A.C.S.R.
A.J.C.L.
A.J.F.L.
A.J.I.L.
A.L.J.
A.L.J.R.
A.L.M.D.
A.L.Q.
A.L.R.
A.R.
A.T.R.
Admin. L.R.
All E.R.
All E.R (D)
All E.R. Rev
Anglo-Am. L.R.
Arbitration Int.
Art.
B.C.C.
B.C.L.C.
B.C.L.R.
B.H.R.C.
B.I.F.D.
B.J.I.B.F.L.
B.L.
B.L.G.R.
B.L.R.
B.P.I.R.
B.T.R.
B.Y.I.L.
Brit.J.Criminol.
Atlantic reporter (USA)
Art antiquity and law
Australian business law review
Appeal cases (see Finding Cases library guide)
Australian corporations and securities reports
American journal of comparative law
Australian journal of family law
American journal of international law
Australian law journal
Australian law journal reports
Australian legal monthly digest
Arab law quarterly
American law reports or Australian law reports
Alberta reports (1977-)
Australian tax review
Administrative law reports
All England law reports
All England Direct (available electronically via
Butterworths Direct services only)
All England law reports annual review
Anglo-American law review
Arbitration international
Article
British company law cases
Butterworths company law cases
British Columbia law reports OR Butterworths
constitutional law reports
Butterworths human rights cases
Bulletin of international fiscal documentation
Butterworths journal of international banking &
financial law
Business lawyer
Butterworths local government reports
Building law reports or Business law review or
Business law reports
Bankruptcy and personal insolvency reports
British tax review
British yearbook of international law
British journal of criminology
Bracton L.J.
Build.L.R.
Bull.E.C.
c.
C.A.
C. & S.L.J.
C.B.L.J.
C.B.R.
C.C.L.T.
C.E.C.
C.F.I.L.R.
C.F.L.Q
C.I.L.J.S.A.
C.J.Q.
C.L.
C.L. & P.
C.L.B.
C.L.C.
C.L.E.A.
C.L.J
C.L.P.
C.L.Q.
C.L.R.
C.L.S.R.
C.L.Y.
C.M.L.R.
C.M.L.Rev.
C.O.D.
C.P.C.
C.T. & E.P.Q.
C.T.L.R
Cambrian L.R.
Can. Bar J.
Can. B.R.
Ch.
Co. Law
Com.Jud.J.
Comp. & Law
Comp.L. & P.
Con.L.R.
Bracton law journal
Building law reports
Bulletin of the European Communities
Chapter (of Act of Parliament)
Court of Appeal
Company and securities law journal
Canadian business law journal
Canadian Bar review
Canadian cases on the law of torts (1976-)
European Community cases
Company financial and insolvency law review
Child and family law quarterly
Comparative and international law journal of
southern Africa
Criminal justice quarterly
Current law
Computer law and practice
Commonwealth law bulletin
Commercial law cases
Commonwealth legal education newsletter
Cambridge law journal
Current legal problems
Civil justice quarterly
Commonwealth law reports (Australia)
Computer law and security report
Current law year book
Common Market law reports
Common Market law review
Crown Office digest
Carswell's practice cases
Capital taxes and estates planning quarterly
Computer and telecommunications law review
Cambrian law review
Canadian Bar journal
Canadian Bar review
Chancery Division (see Finding Cases library
guide)
Company lawyer
Commonwealth judicial journal
Computers and law
Computer law and practice
Construction law reports
Const.L.J.
Conv.(n.s.)
Cr.App.R.
Cr.App.R.(S.)
Csl.
Crim.L.J.
Crim.L.R.
D. & R.
D.C.
D.L.R.
Denning L.J.
E.B.L.
E.B.L.Rev.
E.B.O.R.
E.C.C.
E.C.D.R.
E.C.L.
E.C.L.R.
E.C.R.
E.E.L.Rev.
E.F.A. Rev.
E.G.
E.G.C.S.
E.G.L.R.
E.H.R.L.R.
E.H.R.R.
E.I.P.R.
E.J.C.L.
E.J.I.L.
E.J.M.L.
E.L.Q.
E.L.R.
E.L.Rev
E.M.L.R
E.R.
E.R.P.L
E.T.M.R.
Ent. L.R.
Env.L.R.
Eu. L.R.
Construction law journal
Conveyancer and property lawyer (new series)
Criminal appeal reports
Criminal appeal reports (sentencing)
Counsel
Criminal law journal
Criminal law review
Decisions and reports of the European Court of
Human Rights
Divisional Court
Dominion law reports
Denning law journal
Electronic business law
European business law review
European business organisation law review
European commercial cases
European copyright and design reports
European current law
European competition law review
European Court reports (the official series)
European environmental law review
European foreign affairs rev.
Estates gazette
Estates gazette case summaries
Estates gazette law reports
European human rights law review
European human rights reports
European intellectual property review
Electronic journal of comparative law
European journal of international law
European journal of migration and law
Ecology law quarterly
European law review or
Education law reports
Environmental law review
Entertainment and media law reports
English reports
European review of private law
European Trade Mark Reports
Entertainment law review
Environmental law review
European law reports
Eur. Access
EWCA
EWHC
F.
F.C.R.
F.L.R.
F.S.R.
F Supp.
F.T.L.R.
Fam
Fam.Law
Fin.L.R.
G.W.D.
H.L.R.
H.R.L.J.
H.R.J.
H.R.L.R.
H.R.Q.
Harv.L.R.
Howard Journal
I.B.L.
I.Bull.
I.C.C.L.J.
I.C.C.L.R.
I.C.J.
I.C.L.Q.
I.C.L.R.
I.C.R.
I.E.L.T.R.
I.F.L.Rev.
I.H.R.R.
I.I.C.
European access
England & Wales Court of Appeal (Neutral
citation. Cases often available at: www.bailii.org)
England & Wales High Court (Neutral citation.
Cases often available on BAILLI web database)
Federal reporter (USA)
Family Court reporter or Federal Court reports
(Australia) or
Federal Court reports (Canada)
Family law reports or Federal law reports
(Australia)
Fleet Street reports
Federal Supplement (USA)
Financial Times law reports
Family Division (see Finding Cases library guide)
Family law
Financial law reports
Green's weekly digest
Housing law reports
Human rights law journal
Human rights journal (shelved as Revue des
droits de l'homme)
Human rights law review
Human rights quarterly
Harvard law review
Howard journal of criminal justice
International business lawyer
Interights bulletin
International and comparative corporate law
journal
International company and commercial law review
International Court of Justice. Reports of
judgments...
International and comparative law quarterly
International construction law review
Industrial cases reports (see
Finding Cases library guide)
International energy law and taxation review
International financial law review
International human rights reports
International review of industrial property and
copyright law
I.J.E.C.L.
I.J.L. & I.T.
International journal of estuarine and coastal law
International journal of law and information
technology
I.J.M.C.L
International journal of marine and coastal law
I.J.O.S.L.
International journal of shipping law
I.L. & P.
Insolvency law and practice
I.L.J.
Industrial law journal
I.L.M.
International legal materials
I.L.P.
International legal practitioner
I.L.R.
International labour review or International law
reports
I.L.R.M.
Irish law reports monthly
I.L.T.
Irish law times
I.M.L.
International media law
I & N.L. & P
Immigration and nationality law and practice
I.P.D.
Intellectual property decisions
I.P.Q.
Intellectual property quarterly
I.P.R.
Intellectual property reports
I.P & I.T law
Intellectual property and information technology
law
I.R.
Irish reports (Eire)
I.R.L.I.B.
Industrial relations legal information bulletin
I.R.L.R.
Industrial relations law reports
I.T.E.L.R.
International trust and estate law reports
I.T.R.
Industrial tribunal reports
IALS Bull.
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Bulletin
Imm.A.R.
Immigration appeals reports
Ind.Sol.
Independent solicitor
Ins.L.& P.
Insolvency law and practice or Insurance law and
practice
Int. I.R. = I.I.R
International insolvency review
Int.J.Comp.L.L.I.R. International journal of comparative law and
industrial relations
Int.J. Law & Fam. International journal of law and the family
Int.J.Soc.L.
International journal of the sociology of law
Int.Rel.
International relations
Ir.Jur.
Irish jurist
Ir.Jur.Rep.
Irish jurist reports
J.A.L.
Journal of African law
J.B.L.
Journal of business law
J.C.L.
Journal of child law or Journal of contract law or
Journal of criminal law
J.C.L.S.
J.C.L. & Crim.
J.C.M.S.
J.Ch.L.
J.E.R.L.
J.Env.L.
J.H.L.
J.I.B.F.L
J.I.B.L.
J.I.B.L.R
J.I.B.R.
J.I.E.L.
J.I.F.D.L.
J.I.L.T
J.I.P.
J.I.P.L.
J.Int.T.Corp.P
J.J.
J.L.H.
J.L.I.S.
J.L.S.S.
J.Law & Soc.
J.Leg.Hist.
J.M.L.C.
J.M.L. & P.
J.P.
J.P.L.
J.P.N.
J.R.
J.W.T.L
K.B.
K.C.L.J.
K.I.R.
Kingston L.R.
L.C.
Journal of corporate law studies
Journal of criminal law and criminology
Journal of Common Market studies
Journal of child law
Journal of energy and natural resources law
Journal of environmental law
Journal of housing law
Butterworths Journal of international banking and
financial law
Journal of international banking law
Journal of international banking law and regulation
Journal of international banking regulation
Journal of international economic law
Journal of international franchising and distribution
law
Journal of information, law and technology (web
journal only)
Journal of international trust and corporate
planning
Journal of personal injury litigation
Journal of international trust and corporate
planning
Jersey judgments
Journal of legal history
Journal of law and information science
Journal of the Law Society of Scotland
Journal of law and society
Journal of legal history
Journal of maritime law and commerce or Journal
of money laundering control
Journal of media law and practice
Justice of the peace reports
Journal of planning and environment law
Justice of the peace journal
Juridical review
Journal of world trade
King's Bench (see Finding Cases library guide)
Kings College law journal
Knight's industrial reports
Kingston law review
Lord Chancellor
L.C. News
L.C.P.
L.Ed.
L.Exec.
L.G.L.R.
L.G.Rev.
L.I.E.I.
L.I.M.
L.J.
L.J.R.
L.M.C.L.Q.
L.Q.R.
L.R.L.R.
L.R.R.P.
L.S.
L.S.Gaz.
L.T.
L.Teach.
Law Lib.
Law & Just.
Law & Pol.
Lit.
Liverpool L.R.
Ll. Rep.
Lloyd's Rep.
M.L.B.
M.L.J.
M.L.R.
McGill L.J.
Mal.L.R.
Marpol
Med.Leg.J.
Med. L.R.
Med.Sci.Law
Mel.L.J.
N.D.
N.E.
N.I.J.B.
N.I.L.Q.
Law centres news
Law and contemporary problems
United States Supreme Court reports (Lawyers'
Edition)
Legal executive
Local government law reports
Local government review
Legal issues of European integration or Legal
issues of economic integration
Legal information management
Law journal (each vol. divided into Ch., Ex., K.B.
etc.)
Law journal reports
Lloyds maritime and commercial law quarterly
Law quarterly review
Lloyds reinsurance law reports
Reports of restrictive practices cases
Legal studies
Law Society's gazette
Law times
Law teacher
Law librarian
Law and justice
Law and policy
Litigation
Liverpool law review
Lloyd's list reports (before 1951)
Lloyd's list reports (after 1951)
Manx law bulletin
Malayan law journal
Modern law review
McGill law journal
Malaya law review
Marine pollution conventions
Medico-legal journal
Medical law reports
Medicine, science and law
Melanesian law journal
New directions in the law of the sea
North eastern reporter (USA)
Northern Ireland law reports
Northern Ireland legal quarterly
N.Q.H.R.
N.Z.C.L.C.
N.Z.L.R.
N.W.
N.Y.S.
New L.J.
Nig.L.J.
O.D.I.L.
O.F.L.R.
O.G.L.T.R.
O.J.
O.J.E.P.O
O.J.L.S.
P.
P.A.D.
P.C.B.
P. & C.R.
P.C.C.
P.L.C.
P.L.C.R.
P.L.R.
P.N.
P.N.L.R.
Parl.Aff.
Pol.J.
Prison Serv.J.
Probat.J.
Proc A.S.I.L.
Pub.L.
Q.B.
R.A.
R.A.D.I.C.
R.C.A.D.I.
R.E.C.I.E.L.
Rev. C.E.E. law
Netherlands quarterly of human rights
New Zealand company law cases
New Zealand law reports
North western reporter (USA)
New York supplement
New law journal
Nigerian law journal
Ocean development and international law
Offshore financial law reports
Oil and gas law and taxation review
Official journal of the European Communities
Official journal of the European Patent Office
(available online at: www.european-patentoffice.org)
Oxford journal of legal studies
Probate Division (see Finding Cases library guide)
or Pacific reporter (USA)
Planning appeal decisions
Private client business
Property and compensation reports
Palmer's company cases
Practical law companies
Planning law case reports
Planning law reports
Professional negligence
Professional negligence and liability reports
Parliamentary affairs
Police journal
Prison service journal
Probation journal
Proceedings of the American Society of
International Law
Public law
Queen's Bench (see Finding Cases library guide)
Rating appeals
African journal of international and comparative
law
Recueil des cours. Hague Academy of
International law
Review of European and international
environmental law
Review of Central and East European law
R.F.D.A.
R.I.A.A.
R.I.D.A.
R.L.R.
R.M.C.
R.P.C.
R.P.R.
R.T.R.
R.V.R.
Res.B.
S.
S.A.L.J.
S.A.L.R.
S.A.S.R.
S.C.
S.C.C.R.
S.C.L.R.
S.C.R.
S.E.
S.I.
S.J or Sol.J
S.L.G.
S.L.T.
S.P.L.P.
S.T.C.
S.W.
Sol.L.
Stat.L.R.
T.L.R.
T.P.I.
Tas.S.R.
Tax
Tax.Int.
Top.L.
Tr.Law
Tr. & Est.
Trent L.J.
Tru.L.I.
U.G.L.J.
Revue francaise de droit aérien et spatial
Reports of international arbitral awards
Revue internationale du droit d'auteur
Restitution law review
Revue du Marché commun
Reports of patent, design and trade mark cases
Real property reports (Canada)
Road traffic reports
Rating and valuation reporter
Home Office research bulletin
Southern reporter (USA)
South African law journal
South African law reports
South Australian state reports
Session cases (Scotland)
Scottish criminal case reports
Scottish civil law reports
Supreme Court reports (Canada)
South eastern reporter (USA)
Statutory instrument
Solicitors' journal
Scottish law gazette
Scots law times
Scottish planning law and practice
Simon's tax cases
South western reporter (USA)
Socialist lawyer
Statute law review
Times law reports (the published series 18841952). Since 1971, reports from the Times are in
the Short Loan Collection.
or Trading law reports
Tax planning international e-commerce
Tasmanian state reports
Taxation
Taxation international
Topical law
Trading law & trading law reports
Trusts and estates
Trent law journal
Trust law international
University of Ghana law journal
U.K.H.L.
U.L.R.
U.S.
U.T.L.J.
V.A.T.T.R.
V.L.R.
W. Comp.
W.I.R.
W.L.R.
W.N.
W.T.L.R
W.W.R.
Web.J.C.L.I.
Welf.R.Bull.
Y.C. & M.L.
Y.B.Eur.L.
Y.B.U.N.L.
Y.B.W.A.
Y.C.A.
Y.E.E.L
Y.L.C.T.
Y.M.E.L.
Yb.Int'l.Env.L.
ZaöRV
und
ZLuftR
United Kingdom House of Lords (cases available
on House of Lords website)
Utilities law review
United States Supreme Court reports (OFFICIAL
series. Please ask at Enquiry Desk)
University of Toronto law journal
Value Added Tax tribunal reports
Victorian law reports
World competition
West Indian reports
Weekly law reports
Weekly notes
Wills and trust law reports
Western weekly reports
Web journal of current legal issues
Welfare rights bulletin
Yearbook of copyright & media law
Yearbook of european law
Max Planck yearbook of United Nations law
Yearbook of world affairs
Yearbook of commercial arbitration
Yearbook of European environmental law
Yearbook of law, computers and technology
Yearbook of media & entertainment law
Yearbook of international environmental law
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