| [N°]-A | Série A: Judgements et Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights |
| [N°]-B | Série B: procedural materials in regard to the decisions of the ECHR |
| A.C. | Law Reports, Appeal Cases (since 1891); (until 1890 App. Cas.) |
| a.c. | ante canonem (preceding the canon) |
| a.j.l.h | The American Journal of Legal History |
| ABl. | Amtsblatt der Europäischen Union former Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaften (Official Journal of the European Union) |
| AcP | Archiv für die civilistische Praxis (legal journal) |
| AGB | Allgemeines Gesetzbuch für die preußischen Staaten (General Code for the Prussian States) |
| AGO | Allgemeine Gerichtsordnung für die preußischen Staaten (General Court Order for the Prussian States) |
| All ER | All England Law Reports |
| ALR | Allgemeines Landrecht für die Preußischen Staaten (General State Laws for the Prussian States) |
| AöR | Archiv des öffenlichen Rechts (legal journal) |
| Arch. Parl. | Archives Parlementaires (French parliamentary debates 1787–1860) |
| asp | Act of the Scottish Parliament |
| B.N. | Bibliothèque Nationale (Paris) |
| BAG | Bundesarbeitsgericht (German Federal Labour Court) |
| BFH | Bundesfinanzhof (German Federal Fiscal Court) |
| BGB | Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code) |
| BGBl | Bundesgesetzblatt (German Federal Law Gazette) |
| BGH | Bundesgerichtshof (German Federal Supreme Court) |
| BGHSt | Entscheidungssammlung des Bundesgerichtshofes in Strafsachen (criminal law report of the German Federal Supreme Court) |
| BGHZ | Entscheidungensammlung des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen (civil law report of the German Federal Supreme Court) |
| BIMAe | Bibliotheca Iuridica Medii Aevi. Scripta anedocta antiquissimorum glossatorum, ed. Augusto Gaudenzi, Bologna 1888–1901 |
| BL | British Library (London) |
| BT-Drs | Bundestags-Drucksache (German parliamentary printing matter) |
Bundesverfassungsgericht (The Federal Constitutional Court) | |
| BVerfGE | Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court) |
| BVerwG | Bundesverwaltungsgericht (German Federal Administrative Court) |
| BV-G | Bundesverfassungsgesetz ((Austrian) Federal Constitutional Law) |
| C. | Codex (Roman Law)/Causa (2nd part of the Gratian Decree) |
| c. | Canon (legal provision of the medieval church law) |
| CA | Court of Appeal (England and Wales) |
| CD | Collection of Decisions (1959–1974); since 1975 DR; collection of decisions of the former European Commission of Human Rights |
| CDDH | The Steering Committee for Human Rights |
| CDE | Cahiers de Droit Européen (legal journal) |
| CE | Conseil d’État (French Council of State) |
| CERDIC | Centre de recherche et de documentation des institutiones chrétiennes |
| CFREU | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
| Ch./ChD. | The Law Reports, Chancery Division; Chancery Division |
| CJCP | Chief Justice of the Common Pleas |
| CJKB | Chief Justice of the King’s Bench |
| CJQ | Civil Justice Quarterly |
| CLHS | The Continental Legal History Series |
| CLJ | Cambridge Law Journal |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Review |
| Co.Rep. | Coke’s King’s Bench Reports |
| COE C. | Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers |
| COJ | Code de l’organisation judiciaire (French Court Organisational Act) |
| Coll | Collatio, collection |
| Comp. | Compilatio, collection of decretals |
| CPR | Civil Procedure Rules |
| CRA | Constitutional Reform Act |
| D. | the Digest (Roman Law); distinctio (1st part of the Gratian Decree) |
| DC | Contrôle de constitutionalité des lois ordinaires, lois organiques, des traités, des règlements des Assemblées (French Conseil Constitutionnel) |
| DDC | Dictionnaire de droit canonique I–VII, Paris 1935–1965 |
| DEA | Diplôme d’études approfondies |
Expert Committee for the improvement of the procedure for the Protection of Human Rights | |
| dict.a.c. | dictum ante canonem (a dictum preceding the canon) |
| dict.p.c. | dictum post canonem (a dictum following the canon) |
| Diss. iur. | Dissertation in law |
| Dist. | Distinction (1st part of the Gratian Decree) |
| DÖV | Die Öffentliche Verwaltung (legal journal) |
| DR | Decisions and Reports (1975–1998) of the former European Commission of Human Rights; nowadays: The Reports of Judgments and Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=caselaw/reports&c=) |
| DRiZ | Deutsche Richterzeitung (legal journal) |
| DVBl. | Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt (legal journal) |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human; European Court of Human Rights in the Oxford Reports on International Law |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice |
| ECommHR | the former European Commission of Human Rights (before Protocol No. 11 in 1998) |
| ECR | European Court Reports (ECJ; EGC) |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights (the former (non-permanent) as well as the now-permanent Strasbourg Court) |
| EGC | European General Court |
| ELR | European Law Review |
| ENA | École Nationale d’Administration |
| EOC | Equal Opportunities Commission |
| EP-Doc. | European Parliament Document |
| ER | English Reports |
| ETS No. | European Treaty Series (French: STE= Série Traités Européens), since 2004, this Series is continued by the ‘Council of Europe Treaty Series’ (CETS No. 194 and following) |
| EuGRZ | Europäische Grundrechte Zeitschrift (legal journal) |
| EuR | Europarecht (legal journal) |
| EuZW | Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (legal journal) |
| ewca Civ | England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions |
| ewhc | England and Wales High Court |
| Ex p. | Ex parte (With respect to, or in the interests of, one side only, or of an interested outsider) |
| fasc. | fasciculum; fascicule |
| FNR | Finding of inadmissability (French Conseil Constitutionnel) |
| fol./fo | folio; folia; foliis |
Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| GStA PK | Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), Berlin-Dahlem |
| gvg | Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (German Court Constitutional Act) |
| H.L. Debs. | House of Lord Debates |
| h.e.h. | Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino California |
| H.L. | House of Lords |
| h.l.c. | House of Lords Cases |
| HRA | Human Rights Act 1998 |
| HRG | Handwörterbuch zur deutschen Rechtsgeschichte |
| HRLJ | Human Rights Law Journal |
| HZ | Historische Zeitschrift (historical journal) |
| IECL | International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law |
| IEJ | L’institut d’études judiciaires |
| IGH | International Court of Justice (The Hague) |
| IMCL | International Court of Justice (legal journal) |
| Inst. | Institutions (Roman Law) |
| IPO | Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrucense, Treaty of Osnabrück |
| IRMAE | Ius Romanum Medii Aevi, Mediolani 1961 ff. |
| JAC | Judicial Appointments Commission |
| JCIO | Judicial Conduct Investigations Office |
| JCP | Justice of the Common Pleas |
| JKB | Justice of the King’s Bench |
| JORF | Journal officiel de la République française (government gazette of the French Republic) |
| JuS | Juristische Schulung (legal journal) |
| JZ | Juristenzeitung (legal journal) |
| KB | The Law Reports, King’s Bench; King’s Bench |
| KCMG | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| KJ | Kritische Justiz (legal journal) |
| KRS | Krajowa Rada Sądownictwa (National Judicial Council of Poland) |
| L | Decommissioning of subordinate legislation (French Conseil Constitutionnel) |
| l.ult. | lex ultima, last section or final paragraph of a medieval statute |
| l. | lex, lege, lectio, licet |
| L. | Loi |
| l.c.j. | Lord Chief Justice |
| LG | Landgericht (German Regional Court) |
Librairie générale de droit et jurisprudence (French legal publisher) | |
| LIMUK | Legal Information Management |
| L.J. | Lord Justice of Appeal |
| l.q.r. | The Law Quarterly Review |
| l.r.h.l. | Law Reports House of Lords Cases |
| l.r.q.b. | Law Reports Queen’s Bench Division |
| LS | Legal Studies |
| MDR | Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht (legal journal) |
| MIÖG | Mitteilungen des österreichischen Institutes für Geschichtsforschung, Graz/Köln 1881 ff. |
| Mod.L.R. | The Modern Law Review |
| MOJ | Ministry of Justice |
| MR | Master of the Rolls |
| NJW | Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (legal journal) |
| NJW-RR | Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, Rechtsprechungsreport (legal journal case law report) |
| Nov. | Novells (Roman Law) |
| öBGBl. | Österreichisches Bundesgesetzblatt (Austrian Federal Law Gazette) |
| OJLS | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies |
| ÖJZ | Österreichische Juristen-Zeitung (legal journal) |
| OLG | Oberlandesgericht (German Higher Regional Court) |
| ÖVfgh | Österreichischer Verfassungsgerichtshof (Constitutional Court of Austria) |
| ÖZöRV | Österreichische Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (legal journal) |
| PL | Public Law; Migne Patrologiae cursus completus...series latina, accurante J.P. Migne, Paris 1844–1865 |
| pr. | prooemium; principium |
| PRO | Public Record Office (since 2003 part of The National Archives) |
| PUAM | Presses Universitaires d’Aix-Marseille |
| PUF | Presses Universitaires de France |
| pug | Presses Universitaires Grenoble |
| q. | quaestio (2nd part of the Gratian Decree) |
| QB | The Law Reports Queen’s Bench Division; Queen’s Bench Division |
| QC | Queen’s Counsel |
| QPC | question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (Frrench : prior question of constitutionality) |
front side (recto) of the folio | |
| r. | rule |
| r.s.c. | Rules of the Supreme Court |
| ra (superscript) | left hand column of the front side (recto) of the folio |
| RabelsZ | Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (legal journal) |
| rb (superscript) | right hand column of the front side (recto) of the folio |
| RDC | Revue de Droit Canonique (legal historical journal) |
| Rec. | Recueil LEBON (Collection of decisions of the Conseil d’Etat) |
| REQ | Court of Requests |
| Rev.int.dr.comp. | Revue internationale de droit comparé (legal journal) |
| RFDA | Revue française de droit administratif (legal journal) |
| RG | Reichsgericht (=Imperial Court of Justice) |
| RGBl | Reichsgesetzblatt (Imperial Law Gazette) |
| RGSt | Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts in Strafsachen (criminal law report of the Imperial Court of Justice) |
| RGZ | Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts in Zivilsachen (civil law report of the Imperial Court of Justice) |
| RHD | Revue historique de droit français et étranger (legal journal) |
| RP | rules of procedure |
| RSC | Rules of the Supreme Court (UK) |
| RSDI | Rivista di storia del diritto italiano (legal journal) |
| RTD | Revue trimestrielle de droit civil (legal journal) |
| RTDE | Revue trimestrielle de droit européen (legal journal) |
| rub. | Rubric, writing or decoration in red ink, here heading of a historical act |
| RUDH | Revue universelle des droits de l’homme (legal journal) |
| s.l.t. | Scots Law Times |
| s.v. | sub verbo (under the word, related to medieval commenting of the glossators) |
| SC | Session Cases Report Series |
| SEA | Single European Act |
| SG | Studia Gratiana (legal historical journal) |
| SJZ | Süddeutsche Juristenzeitung |
| Slg. | Sammlung von Entscheidungen (law report of the ECJ) |
| som | sommaire (French: summary) |
| SP | State Papers |
| St Tr | State Trials |
| STAC | Star Chamber Proceedings |
| StPO | Strafprozessordnung (German Code of Criminal Procedure) |
| SZKan | Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, Kanonistische Abteilung (legal historical journal) |
| TEU | Treaty on European Union |
| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| Tr. | Traditio (legal historical journal) |
| Typog. | typography |
| UKHL | United Kingdom House of Lords |
| UKPC | United Kingdom Privy Council |
| UKSC | United Kingdom Supreme Court |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series |
| UWG | Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb, (German) Law on Unfair Competition |
| v (superscript) | back side (verso) of the folio |
| v. | versus (designating parties of a case) |
| va (superscript) | left hand column of the back side (verso) of the folio |
| vb (superscript) | right hand column of the back side (verso) of the folio |
| VC | Vice-Chancellor |
| VCLT | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| VI | Liber Sextus (Medieval Canon Law) |
| VSWG | Vierteljahresschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (historical journal) |
| w.l.r. | Weekley Law Reports |
| X | Liber X (Medieval Canon Law) |
| YB | Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights |
| YEL | Yearbook of European Law |
| ZEuP | Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (legal journal) |
| ZHF | Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung (historical journal) |
| ZNR | Zeitschrift für Neuere Rechtsgeschichte (legal historial journal) |
| ZPO | Zivilprozessordnung (German Code of Civil Procedure) |
| ZZP | Zeitschrift für Zivilprozess (legal journal) |