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Law: Case Law: Legal abbreviations

A Library Guide to support students and staff of the University of Newcastle in finding Case Law

Legal abbreviations

Legal abbreviations

Legal abbreviations are used extensively in law to identify legal publications and courts.
Abbreviations are used for law reports, law journals, law courts and commonly used legal terms.
Decipher the abbreviation using an abbreviation tool opposite.
To locate a specific law report or law journal, copy the full title of the publication into Library Search to see which database the publication is available in.
Examples: CLR for the Commonwealth Law Reports or ALJR for the Australian Law Journal Reports.

Key legal abbreviations resources

Key legal abbreviations resources

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
Search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications.
CaseBase Legal Abbreviations
Search for the meaning of legal abbreviations used in CaseBase.
FirstPoint Table of Abbreviations
Search for the meaning of legal abbreviations used in Westlaw AU.
Monash University Legal Abbreviations
Search for legal abbreviations of Australian and international law reports, law journals, legal organisations, courts, etc.

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To locate a specific law report or law journal copy the full title of the publication in Library Search.

Examples: "Commonwealth Law Reports" or " Australian Law Journal Reports".