International Law
The best source for abbreviations of international instruments is Malcolm D Evans, Blackstone’s International Law Documents (9th edn, OUP 2009).
Australia
Australian Guide to Legal Citation (3rd edn, Melbourne University Law Review Association 2010)
Canada
McGill Law Review, Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (6th edn, Carswell 2006).
Canadian Citation Committee, ‘A Neutral Citation Standard for Case Law’
France
Follow the form of citation and presentation generally adopted by the Recueil Dalloz.
Germany
Hildebert Kirchner, Abkürzungsverzeichnis der Rechtssprache (6th edn, de Gruyter 2008).
Ireland
Thomas L O’Malley, Sources of Law: An Introduction to Legal Research and Writing (2nd edn, Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell 2001).
Israel
‘The Uniform Citation Rules’ (1989) 39 The Lawyer and (1998) 44 The Lawyer (in Hebrew).
New Zealand
Geoff McLay, Christopher Murray and Jonathan Orpin, New Zealand Law Style Guide (Thomson Reuters 2009).
South Africa
Follow the style used in the South African Law Journal.
USA
Association of Legal Writing Directors and Darby Dickerson (eds), ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (3rd edn, Aspen Publishers 2006).
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th edn, Harvard Law Review Association 2010).
Other useful sources
RW Burchfield, The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (3rd rev edn, OUP 2004)
Peter Clinch, Legal Research: A Practitioner’s Handbook (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill 2010)
Derek French, How to Cite Legal Authorities (Blackstone 1996)
Bryan A Garner, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (2nd edn, OUP 2001)
Bryan A Garner, The Elements of Legal Style (2nd edn, OUP 2002)
Sir Ernest Gowers, The Complete Plain Words (3rd edn, Penguin 1987)
RM Ritter, Hart’s Rules: The Handbook of Styles for Writers and Editors (OUP 2004)
ATH Smith, Glanville Williams: Learning the Law (14th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2010)
50
Leave a Reply