Legal Abbreviations
Legal Abbreviations
Abbreviations are used extensively in law. You will find abbreviations for law reports, law courts, law journals and commonly used legal terms.
Below are some abbreviation tools that can be used to decipher abbreviations:
CaseBase (Aust)
Cardiff Index to Legal
Abbreviations (UK and Intl)
Bieber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations (USA )
Once you have found the full title of a law report or journal, search the Library catalogue to see what database it is available in.
Task: Try it yourself!
Abbreviation Question #1
What does the legal abbreviation TPR stand for?
a) Trade Practices Reports
b) Trademarks and Patents Reports
c) Taxation Practice Reports
d) Trading Practices Reports
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a) Trade Practices Reports
Abbreviation Question #2
In which law report series would you find the following case: Purkess v
Crittenden (1966) 39 ALJR 123?
a) Australian Law Journal Reporter
b) Australasian Law Journal Reporter
c) Administrative Law Journal Reports
d) Australian Law Journal Reports
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d) Australian Law Journal Reports
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