A list of common legal abbreviations, including law report series and legal journals, as well as a few general abbreviations commonly used in law.
A.A.L.R. | Anglo-American Law Review |
A.C. | Law Reports: Appeal Cases |
A.D.I.L. | Annual Digest and Reports of Public International Law Cases |
A.E.R. | All England Law Reports Reprint |
A.J.C.L. | American Journal of Comparative Law |
A.J.I.L. | American Journal of International Law |
All E.R. | All England Law Reports |
A.P.D. | Archives de Philosophie du Droit |
A.T.C | Annotated Tax Cases |
British Company Law Cases | |
B.C.L.C. | Butterworths Company Law Cases |
B.D.I.L. | British Digest of International Law |
B.I.L.C. | British International Law Cases |
B.J. Crim. | British Journal of Criminology |
B.J.I.B. & F.L. | Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law |
B.J.I.R. | British Journal of Industrial Relations |
B.J.L.S. | British Journal of Law & Society |
B.L.R. | Business Law Review |
B.T.R. | British Tax Review |
B.Y.B. I.L. | British Year Book of International Law |
B.Y.I.L. | see B.Y.B.I.L. |
Bus. Law | Business Lawyer |
B.M.L.R. | Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports |
C.A. | Court of Appeal |
Cal. L.R. | California Law Review |
Can. B.J. | Canadian Bar Journal |
C.D.E. | Cahiers de Droit Européen |
C.E. | Council of Europe |
C.E.C. | European Community Cases |
Ch. | Law Reports: Chancery Division 1991- |
Ch.App. | Law Reports: Chancery Appeal 1865-75 |
Ch.D. | Law Reports: Chancery Division 1875-90 |
C.J.Q. | Civil Justice Quarterly |
C.L. | Current Law |
C.L.I. | Current Legal Information (now incorporated into Westlaw) |
C.L.J. | Cambridge Law Journal |
C.L.P. | Current Legal Problems |
C.L.R. | Commonwealth Law Reports |
C.L.S.R. | Computer Law & Security Report |
C.L.Y.B. | Current Law Year Book |
C.M.L.R. | Common Market Law Reports |
C.M.L. Rev. | Common Market Law Review |
C.O.D. | Crown Office Digest |
Col. L.R. | Columbia Law Review |
Comp. & Law | Computers & Law |
Conv. | Conveyancer, Conveyancer & Property Lawyer |
C.P. | Law Reports: Common Pleas 1875-80 |
Cr. App. R. | Criminal Appeal Reports |
Cr. App. R.(S) | Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing) |
Crim. L.R. | Criminal Law Review |
Crim. L.Q. | Criminal Law Quarterly |
D. | Dalloz: Recueil Dalloz-Sirey |
D.C.L.D. | Discrimination Law Case Digest (Equal Opportunities Review) |
Dig. | Digest |
Dr. Ad. | Droit Administratif |
Dr. Soc. | Droit Social |
Dr. & Soc. | Droit et Société |
E.A.T | Employment Appeal Tribunal |
E.C.C. | European Commercial Cases |
E. & L. | Education and the Law |
E.C.H.R. | European Court of Human Rights |
E.C.J. | European Court of Justice |
E.C.R. | European Court Reports |
E.E.L.R. | European Environmental Law Review |
E.C.L.R. | European Competition Law Review |
E.G. | Estates Gazette |
E.G.C.S. | Estates Gazette Case Summaries |
E.H.R.R. | European Human Rights Reports |
E.H.R.L.R. | European Human Rights Law Review |
E.I.R.R. | European Industrial Relations Review |
E.I.P.R. | European Intellectual Property Review |
E.J.I.L. | European Journal of International Law |
E.L.J. | European Law Journal |
E.L.M. | Environmental Law and Management |
E.L.Rev. | European Law Review |
E.M.L.R. | Entertainment & Media Law Reports |
E.N.D.S. | ENDS Report |
Ent. L.R. | Entertainment Law Review |
Env. L.M. | Environmental Law Monthly |
Env. L.R. | Environmental Law Reports |
E.O.R. | Equal Opportunities Review |
E.O.R. Dig. | Equal Opportunities Review Discrimination Law Case Digest |
E.P.O. | European Patent Office |
E.P.L. | European Public Law |
E.R. | English Reports |
E.T.M.R. | European Trade Mark Reports |
E.T.S. | European Treaty Series |
Eur. T.L. | European Transport Law |
Euro.L.M. | European Law Monitor |
E.W.H.C. Admin. | High Court, Administrative Court (England & Wales) |
E.W.C.A. Civ. | Court of Appeal, Civil Division (England & Wales) |
E.W.C.A. Crim. | Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (England & Wales) |
F.C.R. | Family Court Reporter |
Fam. | Law Reports: Family Division |
Fam. Law | Family Law |
Fam. L.Q. | Family Law Quarterly |
Fem. L.S. | Feminist Legal Studies |
F.L.R. | Family Law Reports |
F.S.R. | Fleet Street Reports |
H.I..L.J. | Harvard International Law Journal |
H.L | House of Lords |
H.L.R. | Harvard Law Review |
H.L.R. | Housing Law Reports |
H.R.L.J. | Human Rights Law Journal |
I.C.J. | International Court of Justice |
I.C.L.Q. | International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
I.C.L.Y.B. | International Law Commission Year Book |
I.C.R. | Industrial Cases Reports |
I.C.S.I.D. | ICSID Review |
I.F.L.P. | Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals |
I.I.C. | IIC: International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law |
I.J.L.F. | International Journal of Law and the Family |
I.J.L.R | International Journal of Refugee Law |
I.J.S.L. | International Journal for the Semiotics of Law |
I. L.J. | Industrial Law Journal |
I.L.M. | International Legal Materials |
I.L.P. | Index to Legal Periodicals |
I.L.R. | International Law Reports |
I.L.T. | Irish Law Times |
Imm.A.R. | Immigration Appeals |
Ind. Prop. | Industrial Property |
Int.J.Soc.L. | International Journal of the Sociology of Law |
Int. L. | International Lawyer |
I.R.L.R. | Industrial Relations Law Reports |
I.P.Q. | Intellectual Property Quarterly |
I.R. | Irish Reports |
I.Y.L.C.T. | International Yearbook of Law, Computers and Technology |
J.A.L.T. | Journal of the Association of Law Teachers |
J.B.F.L.& P. | Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice |
J.B.L. | Journal of Business Law |
J.Can.B.A. | Journal of the Canadian Bar Association |
J.C.L. | Journal of Child Law |
J.Crim.L. | Journal of Criminal Law |
J.Env.L. | Journal of Environmental Law |
J.I..B.L. | Journal of International Banking Law |
J.I.C.J. | Journal of the International Commission of Jurists |
J.I.L.T. | Journal of Information Law & Technology |
J.L.H. | Journal of Legal History |
J.L.S. | Journal of Law and Society |
J.I.B.& F.L. | see B.J.I.B. & F.L. |
J.P. | Justice of the Peace / Justice of the Peace Reports |
J.P.E.L. | Journal of Planning and Environment Law |
J.P.L. | Journal of Planning Law |
J.S.P.T.L. | Journal of the Society of Public Teachers of Law |
J.S.W.F.L. | Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law |
J.S.W.L. | Journal of Social Welfare Law |
Jud.Rev. | Judicial Review |
Jur.Rev. | Juridical Review |
J.W.T. | Journal of World Trade |
J.W.T.L. | Journal of World Trade Law |
K.B. | Law Reports: King's Bench Division |
K.I.R. | Knight's Industrial Reports |
L.& J. | Law and Justice |
L.& Phil. | Law and Philosophy |
L.& Soc.Rev. | Law and Society Review |
L.A.G. | Legal Action Group |
L.A.G.Bull. | LAG Bulletin |
Law & Crit. | Law and Critique |
Lawy. | Lawyer |
L.C.P. | Law and Contemporary Problems |
Leg.Stud. | Legal Studies |
L.G.R. | Knight's Local Government Reports |
L.G.R. | Local Government Reports |
L.I.E.I. | Legal Issues of European Integration |
Liv.L.R.. | Liverpool Law Review |
L.J. | Law Journal |
L.J.I. | Legal Journals Index |
L.J.O.S. | Law Journal Reports: Old series |
L.J.R. | Law Journal Reports |
L.L.J. | Law Library Journal |
Ll.L.Rep. | Lloyd's List Law Reports |
Lloyd's Rep. | Lloyd's Reports |
Lloyd's Rep.Med. | Lloyd's Reports: Medical |
L.M.C.L.Q. | Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly |
L.N. | Law Notes |
L.Q.R. | Law Quarterly Review |
L.R. A & E. | Law Reports:Admiralty and Ecclesiastical 1965-75 |
L.R. C.C.R. | Law Reports: Crown Cases Reserved 1865-75 |
L.R.C.(Comm.) | Law Reports of the Commonwealth |
L.R. C.P. | Law Reports: Common Pleas 1865-75 |
L.R.Dig. | Law Reports: Digest of Cases |
L.R. Eq. | Law Reports: Equity 1865-75 |
L.R. Exch. | Law Reports: Exchequer. 1st series 1865-75 |
L.R. H.L. | Law Reports: English and Irish Appeals 1865-75 |
L.R. H.L.Sc. or | Law Reports: House of Lords Scotch and Divorce Appeals 1866-75 |
L.R.Ir. | Law Reports: Ireland 1878/9-1903 |
L.R. P.& D. | Law Reports: Probate and Divorce 1865-75 |
L.R. P.C. | Law Reports: Privy Council 1965-74 |
L.R. Q.B. | Law Reports: Queen's Bench. 1st series 1965-75 |
L.R.Stat. | Law Reports Statutes |
L.S. | Legal Studies |
L.S.G. | Law Society's Gazette |
L.S.Q. | Legislative Studies Quarterly |
L.S.R. | Locus Standi Reports |
L.T. | Law Times |
L.T.J. | Law technology Journal |
L.T.R. | Law Times Reports |
Mag. | Magistrate |
Man.L. | Managerial Law |
Med.L.I. | Medical Law International |
Med.L.R. | Medical Law Reports |
Med.L.Rev. | Medical Law Review |
Mich.L.Rev. | Michigan Law Review |
Milit.L.R. | Military Law Review |
M.L.R. | Modern Law Review |
N.I. | Northern Ireland Law Reports |
N.I.J.B. | Northern Ireland Judgments Bulletin |
N.I.L.Q. | Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly |
N.L.J. | New Law Journal |
N.Z.L.J. | New Zealand Law Journal |
N.Z.L.R. | New Zealand Law Reports |
O.J. | Official Journal of the European Union |
O.J.C | Official Journal of the European Union: C. series (Communications and notices) |
O.J.L. | Official Journal of the European Union L. series (Legislation) |
O.J.L.S. | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies |
P. | Law Reports: Probate. 3rd series 1891-1971 |
P. & C.R. | Property Planning and Compensation Reports |
P.C.C. | Palmer's Company Cases |
P.C.I.J. | Permanent Court of International Justice |
P.D. | Law Reports: Probate. 2nd series 1875-90 |
P.L.I. | Product Liability International |
P.L.R.P & D. | Law Reports: Probate and Divorce. 1st series 1865-75 |
P.N. | Professional Negligence |
Proc. A.S.I.L. | Proceedings of the American Society of International Law |
Pub.L. | Public Law |
Q.B. | Law Reports: Queen's Bench Division |
R.E.C.I.E.L. | Review of European Community and International Environmental Law |
Rev.Trim.Civ. | Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Civil |
R.I.D.A. | Revue Internationale du Droit d'Auteur |
R.I.D.C. | Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé |
R.P. | Res Publica |
R.P.C. | Reports oF Patent Cases |
R.R.C.P. | Reports of Restrictive Practices Cases |
R.T.D.E. | Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Européen |
S.& L.S. | Social and Legal Studies |
S.C. | Scots Session Cases |
Sc.Stud.Law | Scandinavian Studies in Law |
S.Ct. | Supreme Court Reporter |
Seld.Soc. | Selden Society |
Sem.Jurid. | Semaine Juridique |
Sess.Cas. | Scots Session Cases |
S.J. | Solicitors' Journal |
S.L.T. | Scots Law Times |
S.L.R. | Student Law Review |
Soc.L. | Socialist Lawyer |
S.T.C. | Simon's Tax Cases |
St.Tr. | State Trials and Proceedings... 1163-1820 |
St.Tr.N.S. | Reports of State Trials New Series 1820-58 |
Sup.Ct.Rev. | Supreme Court Review |
T.C. | Reports of Tax Cases |
T.L.R. | Times Law Reports |
Traf.Case. | Traffic Cases |
Tru.L.I | Trust Law International |
U.K.H.L. | House of Lords (United Kingdom) |
U.K.T.S. | United Kingdom Treaty Series |
U.N.Y.B. | United Nations Year Book |
U.S. | Unites States: Supreme Court Reports |
V.A.T.T.R. | Value Added Tax Tribunal Reports |
V.& D.R. | Value Added Tax and Duties Reports |
W.L.R. | Weekly Law Reports |
W.N. | Weekly Notes |
W.R. | Weekly Reporter |
Web J.C.L.I | Web Journal of Current Legal Issues |
Y.B.E.C.H.R. | Yearbook of the European Commission of Human Rights |
Y.B.I.L.C. | Yearbook of the International Law Commission |
Y.B.Eur.L. | Yearbook of European Law |
Y.E.L. | Yearbook of European Law |
Y.L.C.T. | Yearbook of Law Computers and Technology |
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