The Law Guide: Legal Abbreviations

This is a list of some of the most common legal citations and abbreviations, together with their library call numbers. A complete list can be found in:

• Cardiff index to legal abbreviations (online)
• Index to legal citations and abbreviations / Raistrick, Donald. 4th ed. 2013 
  • Available at Lui Che Woo Law Library - Law Reference (R K112 R15)
• Bieber's dictionary of legal abbreviations / Prince, Mary Miles. 6th ed. 2009
  • Available at Lui Che Woo Law Library - Law Reference (R K112 B586)
• World dictionary of legal abbreviations / Kavass, Igor I. 2016
  • Available at Lui Che Woo Law Library - Law Reference (R K112 K21 w)

Access to freely available public legal information:

• BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute)
  • Available at http://www.bailii.org/
• HKLII (Hong Kong Legal Information Institute)
  • Available at http://www.hklii.hk/
• Judiciary’s Legal Reference System
  • Available at http://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/ju/judgment.jsp

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