Research Guides: Research Guide for CJCA Student Editors: Finding Legal Abbreviations

Finding Abbreviations to Law Reports and Journals

Sometimes you need to find what a particular abbreviation stands for in order to track down the reporter or journal, and other times, you might need to find the abbreviation for a journal or reporter in order to cite it. There are a number of places to check.

General

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
An excellent free database of legal abbreviations. It can be searched by full title or by abbreviation.

Canadian

Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 10th edition by McGill Law Journal
Call Number: ebook

Publication Date: 2023

It is also available in print: KE259 .C36 2023 LAW (Reserve).
Canadian Abridgment's Table of Abbreviations
Call Number: online

Publication Date: updated on a cycle

Also available in print: Canadian legislative material/digests section (on the north wall).

British

Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations by Donald Raistrick
Call Number: K89 .I45 2013 LAW (Reserve)

Publication Date: 2013

American

Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations by Mary Miles Prince
Call Number: KF246 .P73 2009 LAW (Reference)

Publication Date: 2009