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Publishers

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CUP: Cambridge University Press

 

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HUP: Harvard University Press

 

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NYU Press: New York University

 

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Press OUP: Oxford University Press

PUF: Presses universitaires de France

PUL: Presses de l'Université Laval

PUM: Presses de l'Université de Montréal

PUQ: Presses de l'Université du Québec

 

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RUP: Rutgers University Press

 

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SUP: Stanford University Press

 

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UCP: University of Calgary Press

UC Press: University of California Press

UGA Press: University of Georgia Press

UMP: University of Minnesota Press

UT Press: University of Texas Press

UTP: University of Toronto Press

 

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YUP: Yale University Press

Law reports

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

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A.C.: Appeal Cases

A.D.: Annual Digest of Public International Law Cases

 

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C.L.R.: Commonwealth Law Reports

 

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D.L.R.: Dominion Law Reports

 

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Ex. C.R.: Exchequer Court Reports

 

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I.L.R.: International Law Reports

 

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O.A.C.: Ontario Appeal Cases

O.R.: Ontario Reports

 

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R.C.S.: Recueil de la Cour suprême (Canada, = Supreme Court Reports)

R.S.A.: Recueil des sentences arbitrales

 

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S.C.R.: Supreme Court Reports (Canada, = Recueil de la Cour suprême)

 

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U.S.: United States Reports

Courts and tribunals

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

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A.B.Q.B.: Alberta Queen's Bench

 

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B.C.P.C.: British Columbia Provincial Court

B.C.S.C.: British Columbia Supreme Court

 

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Cal. Sup. Ct.: Supreme Court of California

C.D.A.: Commission du droit d'auteur du Canada

C.F.A.: Cour fédérale d'appel (Canada)

C.I.J.: Cour internationale de justice

Cir.: Circuit (United States)

C.J.C.E.: Cour de justice des Communautés européennes (until 31 November 2009)

C.J.U.E.: Cour de justice de l'Union européenne (since 1st December 2009)

Cour eur. D.H.: Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme

C.P.J.I.: Cour permanente de justice internationale

C.Q.: Cour du Québec

C.S.: Cour supérieure

C.S.C.: Cour suprême du Canada

 

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Ex. C.: Exchequer Court (Canada)

 

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F.C.A.: Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)

 

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H.C.J.: High Court of Justice

 

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N.Y. CA: New York Court of Appeal

 

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ON S.C.: Ontario Superior Court of Justice

 

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S.C.C.: Supreme Court of Canada

 

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T.J.: Tribunal de la jeunesse (Québec)

National and international legislation

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

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BGBl.: Bundesgesetzblatt (Allemagne et Autriche)

B.O.E.: Boletín oficial del Estado (Espagne)

Bull. CE: Bulletin des Communautés européennes

 

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C.R.C.: Codification des règlements du Canada

 

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D.O.R.S.: Décrets, ordonnances et règlements (Canada)

 

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Ex. ord.: Executive order (United States)

 

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F.R.: Federal Register (United States)

 

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Gaz. Can.: Gazette du Canada

Geo.: George (Canada and United Kingdom)

G.O.Q.: Gazette officielle du Québec

 

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J.O.: Journal officiel

J.O.C.E.: Journal officiel des Communautés européennes (until 31 January 2003)

J.O.R.F.: Journal officiel de la République française

J.O.U.E.: Journal officiel de l'Union européenne (since 1st February 2003)

 

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L.C.: Lois du Canada

L.R.C.: Lois refondues du Canada

 

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 M.B.: Moniteur belge

 

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R.T.C.: Recueil des traités du Canada

R.T.N.U.: Recueil des traités des Nations unies

R.T.S.D.N.: Recueil des traités de la Société des Nations

 

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S.C.: Statuts du Canada (before 1987)

S.Q.: Statuts du Québec (before 1969)

S.T.C.E.: Série des traités du Conseil de l'Europe

S.T.E.: Série des traités européens

Stat.: Statutes at Large (United States)

 

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U.S.C.: United States Code

 

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Vict.: Victoria (Canada et United Kingdom)

Law journals (and others)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

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Acad. Manag. Rev.: Academy of Management Review

A.C.D.I.: Annuaire canadien de droit international (= Canadian Yearbook of International Law)

A.C.L.: Annuaire des collectivités locales

A. Com. D.I.: Annuaire de la Commission du droit international

A.D.M.: Annuaire du droit de la mer

A.F.D.I.: Annuaire français de droit international

A.J.I.L.: American Journal of International Law

A.J.P.: Aktuelle juristische Praxis (= Pratique juridique actuelle)

A.J.A.S.: Australasian Journal of American Studies

Am. Anthropol.: American Anthropologist

Am. Econ. Rev.: American Economic Review

Am. J. Int'l L.: American Journal of International Law

Am. Rev. Can. Stud.: American Review Canadian Studies

Am. Soc. Int'l L. Proc.: American Society of International Law Proceedings

Am. Sociol. Rev.: American Sociological Review

Am. U.J. Int'l L. and Pol'y: American University Journal of International Law and Policy

Anal. de pol.: Analyse de politiques (= Canadian public policy)

Annals Am. Acad. Polit. Soc. Sci.: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

A.P.D.I.: Annuaire polonais de droit international (= Polish Yearbook of International Law)

 

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Bus. Q.: Business Quarterly

B.Y.B.I.L.: British Yearbook of International Law

 

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Cah. can. soc.: Cahiers canadiens de sociologie (= Canadian Journal of Sociology)

Cah. fr.: Cahiers français

Cal. L. Rev.: California Law Review

Can. Bar Rev.: Canadian Bar Review (= Revue du Barreau canadien)

Can. Bus. L.J.: Canadian Business Law Journal (= Revue canadienne du droit de commerce)

Can. Hist. Rev.: Canadian Historical Review

Can. J. Comm.: Canadian Journal of Communication

Can. J. Sociol.: Canadian Journal of Sociology (= Cahiers canadiens de sociologie)

Can. Library: Canadian Library

Can. Pub. Pol'y: Canadian public policy (= Analyse de politiques)

Can.-U.S. L.J.: Canada-United States Law Journal

Can. Y.B. Int'l L.: Canadian Yearbook of International Law (= Annuaire canadien de droit international)

Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J.: Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal

C.I.P.R.: Canadian Intellectual Property Reports

C.I.P. Rev.: Canadian Intellectual Property Review (= Revue canadienne de propriété intellectuelle)

C.M.L. Rev.: Common Market Law Review

Colum. L. Rev.: Columbia Law Review

C.P.I.: Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle

Creative Industries J.: Creative Industries Journal

Crit. Stud. Media Comm.: Critical Studies in Media Communication

 

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Diplomatic Hist.: Diplomatic History

Duke L.J.: Duke Law Journal

 

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Edinburgh Rev.: Edinburgh Review

E.J.I.L.: European Journal of International Law

Études int.: Études internationales

Eur. J. Comm.: European Journal of Communication

 

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Fed. Comm. L.J.: Federal Communications Law Journal

Forum constit.: Forum constitutionnel

 

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Harv. L. Rev.: Harvard Law Review

Hastings L.J.: Hastings Law Journal

Hist. J.: Historical Journal

 

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I.F.L.A. J.: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Journal

Int'l J.: International Journal

Int'l J. Comm. L. & Pol'y: International Journal of Communications Law and Policy

Int'l J. Cultural Prop.: International Journal of Cultural Property

Int'l J. Cultural Stud.: International Journal of Cultural Studies

Int'l Law.: International Lawyer

Int'l Organ.: International Organization

Int'l Tax & Bus. Law.: International Tax & Business Lawyer

Int. Prop. J.: Intellectual Property Journal

I.R.R.C.: International Review of the Red Cross (= Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge)

 

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J. Aesthet. Educ.: Journal of Aesthetic Education

J. Am. Hist.: Journal of American History

J. Competition L. & Econ.: Journal of Competition Law & Economics

J. Econ. Hist.: Journal of Economic History

J. Econ. Lit.: Journal of Economic Literature

J.E.D.I.: Journal européen de droit international

J.I.L.T.: Journal of Information, Law & Technology

J. Int'l. Econ. Law: Journal of International Economic Law

J. Intell. Prop. L.: Journal of Intellectual Property Law

J.I.P.L.P.: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice

J. Mod. Hist.: Journal of Modern History

J. Comm.: Journal of Communication

J. Polit. Econ.: Journal of Political Economy

J.W.T.: Journal of World Trade

 

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Laval théol. philos.: Laval théologique et philosophique

Law & Contemp. Prob.: Law & Contemporary Problems

Legal Stud.: Legal Studies

 

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McGill L.J.: McGill Law Journal (= Revue de droit de McGill)

M.C.L.R.: Media & Communications Law Review

Me. L. Rev.: Maine Law Review

Mod. L. Rev.: Modern Law Review

 

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New Ger. Crit.: New German Critique

New Left Rev.: New Left Review

N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev.: New York Law School Law Review

N.Y.U. J. Int'l L. & Pol.: New York University Journal of International Law and Politics

N.Y.U.L. Rev.: New York University Law Review

 

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Or. L. Rev.: Oregon Law Review

Oxford Art J.: Oxford Art Journal

Oxford J. Legal Stud.: Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

 

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Pac. Aff.: Pacific Affairs

Perform. Arts J.: Performing Arts Journal

P.J.A.: Pratique juridique actuelle (= Aktuelle juristische Praxis)

Polish Y.I.L.: Polish Yearbook of International Law (= Annuaire polonais de droit international)

Pub. Opin. Q.: Public Opinion Quarterly

 

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Q. Rev. Econ. Bus.: Quarterly Review of Economics and Business

 

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R.F.A.P.: Revue française d'administration publique

R.D.A.I.: Revue de droit des affaires internationales

R.D. McGill: Revue de droit de McGill (= McGill Law Journal)

R.D.P.: Revue du droit public et de la science politique en France et à l'étranger

R.D.U.E.: Revue du droit de l'Union européenne

R. du B. can.: Revue du Barreau canadien (= Canadian Bar Review)

R. can. D. comm.: Revue canadienne du droit de commerce (= Canadian Bar Review)

R. hist. intégration eur.: Revue d'histoire de l'intégration européenne

R. marché unique eur.: Revue du marché unique européen

Recherches comm.: Recherches en communication

Rev. Econ. Research Copyright Issues: Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues

Rev. Econ. Statist.: Review of Economics and Statistics

R.F.S.P.: Revue française de science politique

R.G.D.I.P.: Revue générale de droit international public

R.H.M.C.: Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine

R.I.C.R.: Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge (= International Review of the Red Cross)

R.I.D.A.: Revue internationale du droit d'auteur

R.J.T.: Revue juridique Thémis

R.M.C.U.E.: Revue du marché commun et de l'Union européenne

R.S.D.I.E.: Revue suisse de droit international et de droit européen (= Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht)

R.U.D.H.: Revue universelle des droits de l'homme

 

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Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J.: Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal

S. Central Rev.: South Central Review

Solicitors' J.: Solicitors' Journal

Stan. J. Int'l L.: Stanford Journal of International Law

Stan. L. Rev.: Stanford Law Review

Stan. Tech. L. Rev.: Stanford Technology Law Review

Syracuse J. Int'l L. & Com.: Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

S.Z.I.E.R.: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (= Revue suisse de droit international et de droit européen)

 

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U.B.C.L.R.: University of British Columbia Law Review

UCLA L. Rev.: UCLA Law Review

U. Pa. J. Int'l Econ. L.: University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law

U. Pa. L. Rev.: University of Pennsylvania Law Review

U.T. Fac. L. Rev.: University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review

 

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Vand. L. Rev.: Vanderbilt Law Review

 

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Yale J. Int'l L.: Yale Journal of International Law

Yale L.J.: Yale Law Journal

Introduction

Throughout the pages of the Chronicle of culture and law's site, you may notice that references to legislation, jurisprudence and doctrine are in the form of abbreviations. This approach is specific to legal documentation, it shortens the references and standardises their presentation.

I present here a list of frequently encountered abbreviations: yearbooks, courts, journals, legislation, periodicals, reports, reviews, etc. They concern comparative law as well as international law.

Of course, this list is not exhaustive and needs to be completed.

Last update: Saturday, 19 May 2012