Abbreviations used in Scandinavian Studies in Law, Volumes 1-44
Short forms for references used in footnotes have been excluded.
[ symbols | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z ]
| § | Paragraf (Symbol used in order to indicate section, e g in an act or a contract) |
| §§ | Paragrafer (Sections) |
| © | Copyright symbol |
| A | Top |
| a o | and others also et al |
| A/S | Aktieselskab (Limited liability company, Denmark) also AS |
| AB | Aktiebolag (Limited liability company, Sweden) and Aftonbladet (Swedish newspaper) |
| AB 92 | Allmänna Bestämmelser för byggnads-, anläggnings- och installationsentreprenader (General Conditions for building, installation and contract works 1992) |
| ABA | American Bar Association |
| ABA 99 | Allmänna Bestämmelser för leverans av industriella anläggningar (General Conditions for the supply of industrial works 1999) |
| ABAJ | American Bar Association Journal (Chicago) |
| ABB | Asea Brown Boweri (International industrial company) |
| ABL | Aktiebolagslagen (Swedish Act on limited liability companies) |
| ABM 92 | Allmänna Bestämmelser för köp av varor till yrkesmässig byggverksamhet (General Conditions for the purchase of goods for commercial construction activities 1992) |
| ABS | Antilock Braking System |
| ABT 94 | Allmänna Bestämmelser för totalentreprenader avseende byggnads-, anläggnings- och installationsarbeten (General Conditions for complete building, installation and contract works 1994) |
| AC | Appeal Cases, English Law Reports |
| ACH | aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons |
| ACM | Association for Computing Machinery (New York) |
| AcP | Archiv für die civilistische Praxis (Tübingen) |
| ACT | Advance Corporation Tax |
| AD | Arbetsdomstolen (Swedish Labour Court) and Arbetsdomstolens domar (Decisions of the Swedish Labour Court) and Arbejdsrettens domme (Decisions of the Danish Labour Court) and Anno Domine (in the year of Our Lord) |
| ADAGP | Société des Auteurs Dans les Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (IPR organisation, Paris) |
| Top | |
| ADB | Automatisk data behandling (Automatic data processing) |
| ADD | Arbetsdomstolens domar (Decisions of the Swedish Labour Court) also AD |
| ADP | Automatic data processing |
| ADR | Alternative dispute resolution |
| AETR | European Agreement Concerning The work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport |
| AF | Administrativa föreskrifter (Administrative Provisions) and The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations |
| AFL | Lag om allmän försäkring (Swedish Act on General Insurance) |
| AfS | Arkiv for Sjørett (Journal of Maritime Law, Oslo) |
| AGB-Gesetz | Gesetz zur Regelung des Rechts der Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen 1976 (German Standard Contracts Act) |
| AGS | Avtalsgruppsjukförsäkring (Collectively negotiated group health insurance, Sweden) |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AID | Automatic Interaction Detector |
| AIDA | Association Internationale du Droits des Assurances (International Association for Insurance Law) |
| AJCL | American Journal of Comparative Law (Berkely, Cal) also Am J also Am JCL |
| AJIL | American Journal of International Law (Washington DC) |
| AK | Andra kammaren (Lower House of the Swedish Parliament, before 1971) and Ankenævnet for forsikring (Insurance Board Denmark) |
| AKAVA | Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland |
| AktG | Aktiegesetz (German Act on limited companies) |
| Top | |
| ALAI | Association Literaire et Artistique International (International IPR organisation) |
| ALI | American Law Institute (Philadelphia, Pa) |
| All ER | All England Law Reports |
| ALR | American Law Reports Anotated |
| Am | American |
| Am J | American Journal of Comparative Law (Berkely, Cal) also AJCL also Am JCL |
| Am JCL | American Journal of Comparative Law (Berkely, Cal) also AJCL also Am J |
| AMA | Allmän material- och arbetsbeskrivning (General description of materials and works) |
| AMBI | Arbejdsmarkedsbidrag (Danish company tax) |
| AMF | Arbetsmarknadsförsäkringar (Labour market insurances, Sweden also, until 2001, the name of a special company managed by the labour market organisations.) |
| AMU | Arbetsmarknadsutbildning (labour market training) |
| AR | Domme fra Arbejdsretten (Decisions of the Danish Labour Court) |
| ARD | Dommer og kjennelser fra Arbeidsretten (Decisions of the Norwegian Labour Court) |
| Ariz L J | Arizona Law Review (Tuscon, Arizona) |
| Ark | Arkansas |
| ARN | Allmänna reklamationsnämnden (National Board for Consumer Complaints, Sweden) |
| ARSP | Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (Bielefeld) |
| AS | Aksjeselskap (Limited liability company, Norway) also A/S |
| ASÍ | Icelandic Federation of Labour |
| Top | |
| ASIL | The American Society of International Law (Washington DC) |
| ASL | Danish Workmens Compensation Act |
| AST | Assurandør-Societetets Samling af domme, kendelser og responsa vedrørende forsikringsforhold (Danish insurance decisions 1914-1969) |
| ATC | Air Traffic Control |
| Atl | Atlantic Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| Atl 2d | Atlantic Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) Second Series |
| ATPCO | Airline Tariff Publishing Company |
| ATR | Australian Tax Reports (supersedes Australasian TaxReports which supersedes Australian & N.Z. Income Tax Reports) |
| AU | Arbetsmarknadsutskottets utlåtande/betänkande/yttrande (Report by the Swedish Parliamentary Standing Committee on labour market matters) |
| Aufl | Auflage (edition) |
| Austr L J | The Australian Law Journal (North Ryde) |
| AVLK | Lag om avtalsvillkor i konsumentförhållanden 1994:1512 (Consumer Contracts Act, Sweden) |
| AvtL | Lag om avtal och andra rättshandlingar på förmögenhetsrättens område 1915:218 (Contracts Act, Sweden) |
| AW | DDR-Aussenwirtschaft |
| AWB | Aussenwirtschaftsdienst des Betriebs-Beraters also AWD |
| AWD | Aussenwirtschaftsdienst des Betriebs-Beraters also AWB |
| AY | avoin yhtiö (Finnish general partnership) |
| B | Top |
| BA | British Airways |
| BAG | Bundesarbeitsgericht (German Labour Court) |
| BB | Betriebs-Berater |
| BBB | before breaking bulk (Shipping term) |
| BBSA | Swedish Act on Responsibility for Electronic Bulletin Boards 1998:112 |
| BC | Before Christ |
| BD | Bankforeningens domssamling (Norway) |
| Bd | Band (Volume) |
| BECTU | Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (UK) |
| Bet | Betænkning (Report of Danish legislative or investigative commission) |
| BG | Bundesgericht (Swiss Supreme Court) |
| BGB | Burgerliches Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code) |
| BGE | Entscheidungen des schweizerischen Bundesgerichts, Amtliche Sammlung (Swiss BG Decisions) |
| BGH | Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court) |
| BGHZ(bghz) | Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen (Official Digest of Decisions of the German Federal Court in Civil Actions) also BGZ |
| BGZ | Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen (Decisions of the German Federal Court in Civil Actions) also BGHZ (bghz) |
| BHM | Icelandic Confederation of Academic Workers |
| BIMCO | Baltic and International Maritime Council |
| Bing | Bingham, English Common Pleas |
| BKK | Building Contracts Committee |
| Bmcirk | Boligministeriets cirkulære (Instruction from the Danish Housing Ministry) |
| BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works) |
| BONUS | Bild Ord Not Upphovsrättslig Samorganisation (Copyright organisation, Sweden) |
| BoU | Bostadsutskottets utlåtande (Report by the Swedish Parliamentary Standing Committee on housing) |
| BRÅ | Brottsförebyggande rådet (The National Council for Crime Prevention, Sweden) |
| BrB | Brottsbalken (the Swedish Criminal Code) |
| BRF | Bemannings- og Rekrutteringsbransjens Forening (Norwegian association of staffing and recruiting services) |
| BSRB | Icelandic Confederation of Workers of the State and Communities |
| BUL Rev | Boston University Law Review |
| Burr | Burrow, English King’s Bench Reports |
| Bus L J | Business Law Journal |
| BV | Besloten Vennootschap (Deutch equivalent to Ltd) |
| BW | Burgerlijk wetboek (Dutch civil law) and Biological weapons |
| BYIL | British Yearbook of International Law |
| C | Top |
| CA | Court of Appeal and Copyright Act |
| CAB | Civil Aeronautics Board (US) |
| Cah dr eur | Cahiers de droit européen |
| Cal | California also Calif |
| Cal 2d | California reports 2d series |
| Cal Rptr | California Reporter |
| CalApp | California Appellate Reports |
| Calif | California also Cal |
| Can B Rev | Canadian Bar Review (Ottawa) also Rev barr can |
| Can Bus LJ | Canadian Business Law Journal (Aurora) |
| Cass (civ req comm réunie) | Cour de Cassation, Chambre civile des Requêtes, commerciale, réunie also Req |
| CB | Common Bench Reports, New Series (England 1856 – 1865) |
| CBLJ | Corporate and Business Law Journal |
| CBT | Central Tax Board |
| CC | Code Civil (French) and Copyright Council |
| CCA | Circuit Court of Appeal |
| CCP | Code of Civil Procedure |
| CCPA | Court of Customs and Patents Appeals |
| CCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| CDMM | Council of Europe, Steering Committee on the Mass Media |
| CDU | Die Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (German political party) |
| CEAO | Communauté économique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)) |
| CECA | Communauté Européenne du Charbon et de l’Acier (European Coal and Steel Community) |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 1979 |
| CEEP | European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation |
| CEN | Capital export neutrality |
| CERD | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| CESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| Cf | Confer (compare) |
| CFA | The Committee of Freedom of Association |
| CFC | Controlled Foreign Company |
| CFDI | Cahier de Droit Fiscal International |
| CFI | Cost, Freight, and Insurance and Court of First Instance |
| Ch | Chancery Division, English Law Reports and Chapter |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance and Freight |
| CIN | Capital import neutrality |
| CIP | Freight Carriage and Insurance Paid |
| CISG | UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods |
| cit | cited as |
| CLB | Copyright License Board |
| CLC | Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage |
| CLJ | Cambridge Law Journal |
| CLRC | Criminal Law Revision Committee |
| CLS | Critical Legal Studies |
| Clunet | Revue générale de droit international public / Journal du droit international fondé par Eduoard Clunet |
| CMI | Comité Maritime International (Antwerpen) |
| CML Rev | Common Market Law Review |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Reports |
| CMP | Capacity Management Programme |
| CMR | Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road |
| CNN | Cable News Network |
| CNTA | Comptoir National Technique Agricole |
| Co | Company |
| CO Convention | Council of Europe Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Resulting from Activities Dangerous to the Environment 1993 (The Lugano Convention) |
| COFACE | Confederation of Family Organizations in the EC |
| COM | Commission |
| Comp L | Comparative Law |
| Conn L Rev | Connecticut Law Review (West Hartford, Connecticut) |
| CP | Swedish Code on Parenthood also FB |
| Cp | Compare (Cf) |
| CPA | Finnish Consumer Protection Act 38/78 |
| CPJI | Cour permanente de justice internationale (Permanent Court of International Justice 1921-1946, replaced by ICJ) |
| CPUSA | Communist Party, USA |
| CRS | Computerized reservation system |
| CSU | Christlich-Sozialen Union (Geman political party) |
| CT | Combined transport |
| CTB | Comprehensive Test Ban (for nuclear weapons) |
| CTBT | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| CW | Chemical weapons |
| CWC | Convention on Chemical Weapons |
| D | Top |
| D | Dalloz, Receuil périodique et critique de jurisprudence, de législation et de doctrine |
| D kr | Danish kroner (currency) also DEK also DKK |
| DA | Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening (Danish employers’ confederation) |
| DavtL | Aftalelov 1986 (Contracts Act, Denmark) |
| DB | Dom i brottmål (Criminal judgement) |
| DBS | Direct broadcasting satellites |
| DC | District of Columbia (US) |
| DCMA | Digital Millennium Copyright Act (US) also DMCA |
| DDR | Deutsche Demokratische Republik |
| De | Denmark |
| DEK | Danish kroner (currency) also DKK also D kr |
| DEM | German marks (currency) also DM |
| DFAL | Lag 1986 om forsiktingsaftaler (Insurance Contracts Act, Denmark) |
| DG | Directorate General |
| DGV | Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations & Social Affairs) |
| DI | Dansk Industri (Confederation of Danish Industries) and Datainspektionen (The Swedish Data Inspection Board) |
| Die AG | Die Aktiengesellschaft (Cologne, Germany) |
| Dig | Digesta |
| Dir | Direktiv (Terms of reference) |
| DJØF | Danmarks Jurist- og Økonomforbund (The Association of Danish Lawyers and Economists) |
| DKK | Danish kroner (currency) also DEK also D kr |
| DL | Christian den Femtis Danske Lov (Danish law) |
| DLR | Dominion Law Reports (Canadian case summaries) |
| DM | West-German marks (currency) also DEM |
| DMCA | Digital Millennium Copyright Act also DCMA |
| DN | Dagens Nyheter (Swedish newspaper) |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DNB | Den norske Bank |
| Doc | Sorteringsdokument (Document to the Norwegian Parliament) |
| Doctr | Doctrine |
| DOT | Department of Transportation (US) |
| DRC | Dokumentations- og rådgivningscenteret om racediskrimination (Documentation and Advisory Centre on Race Discrimination, Denmark) |
| Ds | Departementsserien (Official report series of the Ministries, Sweden) |
| DsA | Departementsserien. Arbetsmarknadsdepartementet (Official report series of the Swedish Labour Market Ministry) |
| DsB | Departementsserien. Budgetdepartementet (Official report series of the Swedish Ministry of Budget) also DsBo |
| DsBo | Departementsserien. Budgetdepartementet (Official report series of the Swedish Ministry of Budget) also DsB |
| DsF | De samvirkende fagforbund (Association of co-operating unions, Denmark) |
| DsFi | Departementsserien. Finansdepartementet (Official report series of the Swedish Ministry of Finance) |
| DsIn | Departementsserien Industridepartementet (Official report series of the Swedish Ministry of Industry) |
| DsJu | Departementsserien. Justitiedepartementet (Official report series of the Swedish Ministry of Justice) |
| DT | Dom i tvistemål (Civil law judgement) |
| DV | Domstolsverket (National Courts Administration, Sweden) |
| E | Top |
| e g | exempli gratia (for example) |
| EAC | East African Community |
| EAKÜ | Eesti Autorikaitse Ühing (The Estonian Authors Protection Association) |
| EAL | Lov om erstatningsansvar (Danish Act on Liability and Compensation) |
| EAÜ | Eesti Autorite Ühing, (Estonian Authors Association) |
| EC | European Community |
| EC/EU | European Community/European Union |
| ECAFE | United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East |
| ECAS | European Citizen Action Service |
| ECE | Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECHR | European Court of Human Rights and Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms also EcoHR |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice and Extended collective license |
| ECLA | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America |
| ECOFIN | Conseil des ministres de l’Économie et des Finances |
| ECoHR | Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms also ECHR |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| ECR | European Court Reporter |
| ECSC | European Coal and Steel Community |
| ECU | European Currency Unit |
| ed | editor, edition, edited also edt |
| EDCA | Lag om ersättning för miljöskador 737/94 (Finnish Environmental Damage Compensation Act) |
| EDNY | Eastern District of New York (US district Court) |
| eds | editors |
| edt | editor, edition, edited also ed |
| EEA | European Economic Area and European Economic Agreement |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EEC OJ | Official Journal of the European Communities (L-series, C-series and S-series) also EGT also OJ also OJEC |
| EECT | European Economic Community Treaty |
| EEIGs | European Economic Interest Groupings |
| EES | European Economic Space |
| EF | Europeiske Felleskap (EU) |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EG | Europeiska gemenskapen (EU) |
| EGBGB | Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch |
| EGT | Europeiska Gemenskapernas officiella tidning, (Official Journal of the European Communities, L-series, C-series and S-series) also EEC OJ also OJ also OJEC |
| EHRR | European Human Rights Reports (London) |
| EIPR | European Intellectual Property Review (London) |
| EMLO | European Maritime Law Organisation |
| EMU | European Monetary Union |
| ENDC | Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1962 |
| ENEA | European Nuclear Energy Agency |
| Eng Rep | English Reports |
| ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer |
| ENMOD | Environmental Modification Convention |
| ENT LR | Entertainment Law Review (London) |
| Envtl L | Environmental Law (Portland, Oregon) |
| EO ombudsman | Equal Opportunity Ombudsman also Jämo (Sweden) |
| EP | European patent |
| EPA | The Swedish Environmental Protection Act 1969 also SEPA |
| EPC | European Patent Convention |
| EPCA | Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 |
| EPL | European Public Law (Hull, UK) |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| EPOR | European Patent Office Reports |
| ER | English reports |
| ERTA | Elliniki Radiophonia Tiléorassi AE |
| ERTO | Tjänstemannaförbundet för specialbranscher (Finnish union for employees in special bransches) |
| ESCO | Estonian Shipping Company |
| EST | Expressed sequence tags (biotech term) |
| et al | et alii/alia (and other people or things) |
| et seq | et sequentia (and the following, e g sections or lines ) |
| ETA | Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Bask Separatist Movement) |
| ETAN | European Technology Assessment Network |
| ETS | European Treaty Series |
| ETUC | European Trade Union Confederation |
| ETUI | European Trade Union Institute |
| EU | European Union |
| EuGRZ | Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift (Kehl am Rhein) |
| EuLR | European Law Review (London) |
| EuR | Europarecht |
| EUR | European Union Currency Unit |
| EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the European Commision |
| EUT | European Union Treaty also T-EU |
| EVL | Finnish Business Income Tax Act |
| Exch | Exchequer Reports (England) |
| F | Top |
| F | Federal Reporter (US) |
| f | following page |
| F 2d | Federal Reporter, Second Series (US) |
| F Supp | Federal Supplement (US) |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration (US) |
| FAE | Fuel air explosives (weapon term) |
| FAL | Lag om försäkringsavtal 1927:77 (Insurance Contracts Act, Sweden) |
| FAO | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FB | Föräldrabalken (Swedish Parental Code) also CP |
| FD | Försäkringsdomstolen (Swedish Supreme Insutance Court reports until 1978) |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration (US) |
| FDP | Freien Demokratischen Partei (German Liberal Party) |
| FED | Forsikrings- og Erstatlingsretlig Domssamling (Law reports, Denmark) |
| Fed Cir | Federal Circuit |
| FEFC | Far Eastern Freight Conference |
| ff | following pages |
| FFAL | Lag om försäkringsavtal (132/1933) (Insurance Contracts Act, Finland) |
| FFC | Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation (Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions) also SAK |
| FFR | Försäkringsjuridiska föreningens rättsfallssamling (Insurance Law Cases, Sweden) |
| FIATA | International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association |
| FIM | Finnish marks (currency) also FMK |
| FJFT | Tidskrift utgiven av Juridiska föreningen i Finland (Law Journal, Finland) also JFT |
| FK | Första kammaren (Upper House of the Swedish Parliament, before 1971) |
| FL | Förvaltningsprocesslagen (the Swedish Administration Act) |
| FMC | Finnish Maritime Code (Sjölagen 674/94) |
| FMK | Finnish marks (currency) also FIM |
| FML | Lag om försäkringsmäklare 1989:508 (Insurance Brokers Act, Sweden) |
| Fn | footnote |
| FO | Free Out (Shipping term) |
| FOB | Free On Board (Shipping term) and Folketingets ombudsmands beretning (Danish Ombudsman reports) |
| FÖD | Försäkringsöverdomstolen (Swedish Supreme Insurance Court reports from 1978 and onwards) |
| FPL | Förvaltningsprocesslagen 1971:291 (Swedish Administrative Court Procedure Act) |
| FRL | Försäkringsrörelselag 1982:713 (Insurance Business Act, Sweden) |
| FSAC | Finnish Supreme Administrative Court |
| F-skatt | Swedish Business Tax Certificate |
| FSN | Forsikringsskadenemnda (Insurance Board, Norway) |
| FSR | Foreningen af Statsautoriserede Revisorer (Association of Certified Public Accountants, Denmark) |
| FT | Förvaltningsrättslig tidskrift (Administrative Law Journal) and Försäkringstidningen (Insurance journal) and Folketingstidende (Danish Parliamentary records) |
| FTF | Funktionærernes og Tjenestemændenes Fællesråd (Central Confederation of Salaried Employees, Denmark) |
| FuR | Film und recht (German L J 1957-1985) |
| FVD | Foreningen af vikarbureauer i Danmark (Danish association of temporary work agencies) |
| G | Top |
| Ga L Rev | Georgia Law Review (Athens, Georgia) |
| GAL | Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (Spanish anti-terrorist liberation group) |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT | General Agreement for Tariffs and Trade |
| Gaz Pal | La Gezette du Palais (Paris) |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GDR | German Democratic Republik |
| GDS | Global Distribution System |
| GH | Growth hormones |
| GHT | Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning (Swedish newspaper) |
| GmbH | Geshällschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Limited liability company) |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GRUR | Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht (German L J) |
| GRUR Int | Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht: Internationaler Teil (German L J) |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications |
| GTA | General Tax Act |
| GTAR | General Tax Act Regulations |
| Gvt | Governmental |
| GYIL | German Yearbook of International Law |
| H | Top |
| H | Højesteret (Danish Supreme Court) |
| h | hour |
| h c | honoris causa (honorary degree) |
| Hall es | Government Bill to Parliament (Finland) |
| HAO | Handelsanställdas organisation (Swedish Commerce Employers’ Association) |
| Harv Envrt L Rev | Harvard Environmental Law Review (Cambridge, Mass) |
| Harv J on Legis | Harvard Law Review (Cambridge, Mass) also HLR |
| HB | Handelsbalken (Generic term Swedish laws on commerce) |
| HD | Högsta domstolen (the Swedish Supreme Court and the Finnish Supreme Court) |
| HE | Finnish Government Bill |
| HGB | Handelsgezetzbuch (German Commercial Code) |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HK | Handels- og Kontorfunktionærernes Forbund (Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees, Denmark) |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollars |
| HL | House of Lords |
| HL Deb | House of Lords Debates |
| HLR | The Harvard Law Review (Cambridge, Mass) also Harv L Rev |
| HMSO | Her Majesty’s Stationary Office |
| Hous | Houston |
| HR | House Report |
| Hrsg | Herausgeber (Editor) |
| HRT | Højesteretstidende (Danish Supreme Court Journal) |
| HSB | The National Association of Tenants’ Savings and Building Societies (Sweden) |
| HSL | Hälso- och sjukvårdslag 1982:763 (Swedish Act concerning protection of health) |
| HSN Convention | International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea |
| HTF | Handelns Tjänstemannaförbund (The Salaried Employees’ Union Sweden) |
| HUGO | Human Genome Project |
| I | Top |
| i a | inter alia (among other things) |
| I Br | im Breisgau |
| IA | independent action |
| IAB | Industrial Arbitration Board |
| IACC | International Anti-Corruption Conference |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IASC | International Accounting Standards Committee |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association |
| IBA | International Bar Association |
| IBFD | International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation |
| ICA | Icelandic Insurance Contracts Act (No. 20, 1954) and Inter-American Convention on the Law Applicable to International Contracts, 1994 |
| ICANN | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
| ICERD | International Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965 |
| ICI | Imperial Chemical Industries Plc |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice (The Hague) |
| ICLID-89 | The III International Conferene on Logica, Informatica, Diritto (Florence 1989) |
| ICLQ | International and Comparative Law Quarterly (London) |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| Id | Idem (the same) |
| IFA | International Fiscal Association |
| IFCW | International Forum for Child Welfare |
| IFIM | Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt (The Institute of Intellectual Property Law and Commercial Law, Stockholm University) |
| IFR | Instrument flight rules |
| IFU | Institutet för försäkringsutbildning (Swedish institute for education and training in the insurance field) |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| IHTA | Finnish Inheritance Tax Act |
| IIC | International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law |
| IKR | Icelandic kronor (currency) also ISK |
| IKV | Internationale Kriminalistische Vereinigung (International Criminalistic Association) |
| IL | Swedish Income Tax Act ( Inkomstskattelag 1999:1229) |
| ILA | International Law Association |
| ILCS | Illinois Compiled Statutes |
| ILJ | The Industrial Law Journal (Oxford) also Ind L J |
| ILM | International Legal Materials (Washington DC) |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation also OIT |
| ILQ | International Law Quarterly (London, continued by ICLQ) |
| IMCO | Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| INASTI | Institut National d´Assurances Sociales pour Travailleurs Indépendants |
| Incoterms | International Commercial Terms |
| Ind L J | The Industrial Law Journal (Oxford) also ILJ |
| Infra | Below |
| INIKOM | United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission |
| Innst | Innstilling (Norwegian Parliamentary Standing Committee report) |
| Innst O | Instilling til Odelstinget (Report to Odelstinget, part of the Norwegian parliament) |
| Innst S | Instilling til Stortinget (Report to Stortinget, the Norwegian parliament) |
| Int Encycl Comp L | International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (Tubingen) |
| Int’l Rev L & Econ | International Review of Law and Economics (Guildford, England) |
| INTERGU | Internationale Gesellschaft für Urheberrecht (International Copyright Society) |
| InU | Inrikesutskottets utlåtande (Report by the Swedish Parliamentary Standing Committee on matters of the Interior) |
| IOIR | Institutet för offentlig och internationell rätt (The Stockholm Institute of Public and International Law) |
| IOPC | International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commission |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPFI | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| IPRAX | Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (German L J) |
| IPRspr | Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des internationalen Privatrechts (1926-1934); Sammlung der deutschen Entscheidungen zum internationalen Privatrecht (1945). Beilage der RabelZ (German L J) |
| IRC | United States Internal Revenue Code |
| IRI | Institutet för Rättsinformatik (The Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute, Stockholm University) |
| IRO | International Refugee Organization |
| Is L R | Israel Law Review (Jerusalem) |
| ISBN | International Standard Book Number |
| ISD | Council Directive 93/22 on Investment Services in the Securities Field |
| ISK | Icelandic kronor (currency) also IKR |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ISSN | International Standard Serial Number |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITP | Industrins och handelns tilläggspension (Negotiated pension system for certain groups of employees, Sweden) |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| IUI | Industriens Utredningsinstitut (The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm) |
| IUT | International Union of Tenants |
| IWL | Institute warranties limits |
| IZRspr | Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des interzonalen Rechts. Beilage der RabelZ (German L J) |
| J | Top |
| J | Juristen (Legal Journal, Denmark) |
| J Contemp L | Journal of Contemporary Law (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| J L & Econ | The Journal of Law and Economics (Chicago) also JLE |
| J Legal Studies | Journal of Legal Studies (Chigaco) |
| J Pol Econ | Journal of Political Economy (Chicago) |
| JAGJ | The Jag Journal: The Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy (Washington DC) |
| JämO | Jämställdhetsombudsmannen (The Swedish Equal Opportunities Ombudsman) also EO Ombudsman |
| JB | Jordabalken (The Land Book of the Swedish Code of 1734) |
| JBL | Journal of Business Law |
| JCP | Juris Classeur Périodique, La Semaine Juridique (Paris) |
| JD | Juristens domssamling (Danish Case Report (1936-1958) |
| JFT | Tidskrift utgiven av Juridiska föreningen i Finland (Law Journal, Finland) also JFT |
| JK | Justitiekanslern (The Finnish Chancellor of Justice and The Swedish Chancellor of Justice) and Justitiekanslerns Berättelser (Decisions of the Finnish Justitiekansler) and Justitikanslerns Beslut (Decisions of the Swedish Justitiekansler) |
| JLE | The Journal of Law and Economics (Chicago) also J L & Econ |
| JLP | The Journal of Legal Pluralism (Los Angeles, Cal) |
| Jnr | Uttalelser fra Justisdepartementets lovavdeling (Statements of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, Law Department) |
| JO | Justitieombudsmannen (The Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman for the Judicary and Civil Administration and The Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman) and The Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Reports |
| Jr | Junior |
| JT | Juridisk tidskrift vid Stockholms universitet (Stockholm University Law Review) |
| JU | Juridisk Ugeskrift (Danish L J) |
| Jur kand | Juris kandidat (Swedish law exam, equivalent to Master of laws.) |
| JuS | Juristische Samlung, Zeitschrift für Studium und Ausbildung (München and Frankfurt am Main) |
| JV | Jussens Venner (L J Norway) |
| JW | Juristische Wochenschrift (German L J) |
| JWTL | Journal of World Trade Law |
| JZ | Juristen-Zeitung (Tubingen) |
| K | Top |
| KB | King’s Bench Division. English Law Reports and Finnish Governmental Reports and Kommittébetänkande (Committee report) also Kom bet |
| Kbh | Copenhagen |
| KFL | Konsumentförsäkringslag 1980:38 (Consumer Insurance Act, Sweden) |
| KG | Kammergericht |
| KHO | Korkeimman hallinto-oikeuden vuosikirja (Reports of the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court) |
| KL | Kommunalskattelagen (Swedish Municipal Income Tax Act 1928:370) |
| KLM | Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) |
| KM | Series of Finnish Governmental Reports |
| Kom bet | Kommittebetänkande (Committee report) also KB |
| KU | Konstitutionsutskottet (Standing Committee on Constitutional Matters of the Swedish Parliament) and Kirke- og undervisningsdepartementet (Ministry of Church and Education, Norway) |
| Kungl Prop | Kunglig proposition (Royal Government Bill, Sweden) |
| KY | kommandiittiyhtiö (Finnish limited partnership) |
| L | Top |
| l c | loco citato (in the place cited) also loc cit |
| L Ed | Lawyer’s Edition, United Stats Supreme Court Reports |
| L Rev | Law Review also L R |
| L/C | Letter of Credit |
| La L Rev | Louisiana Law Review (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) |
| LAG | Landesarbeitsgericht (German Labour Court) |
| LähdeVL | Finnish Act on Taxation of Income and Capital of Persons Subject of Limited Tax Liability |
| LARD | Dommer og kjennelser av lokale arbeidsretter (Decisions of local labour courts, Norway) |
| LAS | Lagen om anställningsskydd 1982:80 (Swedish Act on Employment Protection) |
| Law & Contemp Probs | Law and Contemporary Problems (Durham, North Carolina) |
| Law & Phil | Law and Philosophy. An International Journal for Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy (Dordrecht) |
| Ld | Reports of the Finnish Diet |
| LF | French Copyright Act |
| LG | Landesgericht (District Court, Germany) |
| LIFFE | London International Financial Futures Exchange |
| LJ | Law Journal |
| LJ Ch | Law Journal Reports – Chancery (England) |
| LL D | Doctor of Laws |
| Ll L Rep | Lloyds List Law Reports (England) |
| LL M | Master of Laws |
| Lloyd’s Rep | Lloyd’s Law Reports (England) |
| LNTS | League of Nations Treaty Series |
| LO | Landsorganisationen Danmark (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) and Landsorganisationen i Norge (The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) and Landsorganisationen i Sverige (the Swedish Trade Union Confederation) |
| loc cit | loco citato (in the place cited) |
| LoR | Lov og Rett (L J, Norway) |
| LQR | Law Quarterly Review (London) |
| LR | Law Review also L Rev |
| LR 2 CP | English Law Reports, Common Pleas Cases 1865-75 Vol no 2 |
| LR Ch | English Law Reports, Chancery Appeal Cases 1866-1875 |
| LRTAP | Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution |
| Ltd | Limited |
| LTR | Law Times Reports |
| LU | Lagutskottet (Swedish Parliament Standing Committee on Matters of Law) also used as abbreviation for Report of LU |
| LvK | Law Drafting Commission reports |
| LVU | Lag med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga 1990:52 (Swedish Act containing Special Provisions on the Care of Young Persons) |
| M | Top |
| M & W | Meeson & Welsby (a part of English Reports, London) |
| M fl | Med flera, (and others) |
| m m | medflera (etc) |
| m v | med videre (etc) |
| M/V | Motor Vessel |
| MARPOL | Convention on the Prevention of Maritime Pollution from Ships |
| Mass | Mass (Reports) |
| MBL | Medbestämmandelagen 1976:580 (Swedish Act on the Joint Regulation of Working Life) |
| MC | Maritime Code |
| MD | Marknadsdomstolens domar (Decisions of the Swedish Market Court) |
| Md L Rev | Maryland Law Review |
| MDR | Monatschrift fur deutsches Recht (German L J) |
| Melb U L Rev | Melbourne University Law Review (Parkville, Victoria, Australia) |
| MenetelmäL | Finish Act on Elimination of International Double Taxation |
| MFN | most favoured nation |
| MIA | Marine Insurance Act 1906 (England) |
| Mich L Rev | Michigan Law Review (Ann Arbor, Michigan) |
| Minn L Rev | Minnesota Law Review (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| ML | Momslag (Swedish VAT Act) |
| MLR | Modern Law Review (London) |
| Mo L Rev | Missouri Law Review (Columbia, Missouri) |
| Mot | Motion (Private bill) |
| MP | Member of parliament |
| MRW | material remnants of war |
| MSS | Multinational Space Station |
| MULTIDOC | Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading |
| MvaL | Merverdiavgiftslag (Norway) |
| MVL Act | Motor Vehicle Liability Act (Norway) |
| N | Top |
| n | note |
| N&T | Nordström & Thulin (Swedish shipping company) |
| NAD | Norsk arbeidsrettslig domssamling (Norwegian Labour Court Report) |
| NAF | Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening (Norwegian employers confederation) |
| NÄL | Nordiska rådets ämbetsmannakommittén för lagstiftningssamarbete (Nordic Committee of Senior Officials for Legislative Issues) |
| NAT | Nordisk administrativt tidskrift (Scandinavian Administrative Journal) |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NavtL | Lov 1918 om avslutning av avtaler, om fuldmagt og om ugyldige viljeserklæringer (Contracts Act, Norway) |
| NB | Nota bene (Take special notice that, note well) |
| NBC | Nuclear, biological, chemical (Weapons) |
| NBER | National Bureau of Economic Research |
| NCA | The Swedish Nature Conservation Act 1964 |
| NCH | London based organisation for the support of children (Formerly The National Children’s Home) |
| ND | Nordiske domme i sjøfartsanliggender (Scandinavian maritime law decisions) also NDS |
| NDA | Nya Dagligt Allehanda (Swedish newspaper 1900-1944) |
| NDS | Nordiske domme i søfartsanliggender (Scandinavian maritime law decisions) also ND |
| NE | Northeastern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| NE 2d | Northeaster Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) Second Series |
| NEK | Norwegian kroner (currency) also NOK |
| NESS | Necessary Element of a Sufficient Set |
| NewCo | New company |
| NF 92 | Norsk fabrikasjonskontrakt (Standard Contract for the Supply of Major Components to the Norwegian Continental Shelf) |
| NFAL | Lov om forsikringsavtaler 1989 (Insurance Contracts Act, Norway) also Lov 1930 |
| NFJFP | Norsk Forsikringsjuridisk Forenings Publikasjoner (Publications of the Norwegian Insurance Law Association) |
| NFT | Nordisk försäkringstidskrift (Scandinavian insurance journal) |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NHO | Næringslivets Hovedorganisasjon (Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry) |
| NIA | Statens nämnd för internationella adoptionsfrågor (Swedish National Board for Intercountry Adoptions) |
| NIEO | United Nations Declaration on a New International Economic Order (1974) |
| NIR | Nordiskt immateriellt rättsskydd (Scandianvian IPR Journal) |
| NJ | Neue Justiz (German law journal) and Skriftserien Ny Juridik (Swedish law journal) |
| NJA | Nytt juridiskt arkiv, avdelning I (Supreme Court reports, Sweden) |
| NJA II | Nytt juridiskt arkiv, avdelning II (Collection of Swedish legislative preparatory works, travaux préparatories) |
| NJM | Nordiska juristmötet (Yearly Congress for Scandinavian lawyers) |
| NJT | Nyt Juridisk Tidsskrift (Danish L J) |
| NJW | Neue Juristische Wochenschrift (German L J Munchen, …) |
| NL | Allmänna leveransbestämmelser för leveranser av maskiner samt annan mekanisk, elektrisk och elektronisk utrustning inom och mellan Danmark, Finland, Norge och Sverige (Scandinavian general conditions for the delivery of mechanical, electrical and electronical products) |
| NLRB | National Labor Relations Board (US) |
| No | Norway |
| NOK | Norwegian kroner (currency) also NEK |
| Nos | Numbers |
| NOU | Norges offentlige utredningar (Official reports series of Norwegian legislative and investigations commissions) |
| NPO | Non Profit Organization |
| NR | Norsk Retstidende (Norwegian L J) also NRt also Rt |
| nr | nummer (number) |
| NRG | Rettens gang also RG |
| NRt | Norsk Retstidende (Norwegian L J) also NR also Rt |
| NSAB | Nordiskt Speditörförbunds Allmänna bestämmelser (Nordic Freight Forwarding Association, General Conditions) |
| NSB | Norges Statsbaner (Norwegian State Railways) |
| NSF | Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) |
| NSFS | Nordiska skattevetenskapliga forskningsrådets skrifter (The Nordic Council for Tax Research, Publication Series) |
| NTfIR | Nordisk Tidskrift for International Ret also NTIR (Scandinavian Journal for International Law |
| NTfK | Nordisk Tidskrift for Kriminalvidenskab (Scandianvian Journal for Criminology) |
| NTIR | Nordisk Tidskrift for International Ret also NtfIR (Scandinavian Journal for International Law) |
| NU | Nordisk utredningsserie (Official reports series of the Nordic Council/Nordic Council of Ministers) |
| NW | North Western Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| Nw UL Rev | Northwestern University Law Review (Chicago) |
| NY | New York Court of Appeals Reports |
| NY CPLR | New York Civil Practice Law and Rules |
| NY Supp | New York Supplement Reports (National Reporter System, U S) |
| NY UL Rev | New York University Law Review |
| NYFAL | Ny försäkringsavtalslag (Ds 1993:39, Sweden) |
| NYPE 93 | New York Produce Exchange form 1993 |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| NZ L J | New Zealand Law Journal (Wellington) |
| NZRL Rev | New Zealand Recent Law Review (Auckland) |
| NZUL Rev | New Zealand Universities Law Review (Wellington) |
| O | Top |
| Ø | Østre Landsret (Danish Court of appeal) |
| OAG | Oberappellationsgericht (German Court of appeal) and Official Airline Guide |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| OAU Convention | Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of the Refugee Problems in Africa, adopted by OAU 1969 |
| OCA | UNEP Oceans and Coastal Areas Unit |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OGH Brit Zone | Oberster Gerichtshof für die britische Zone |
| Ohio St LJ | Ohio State Law Journal (Columbus, Ohio) |
| OIT | Organizacion Internacional del Trabajo also ILO |
| OJ | Official Journal of the European Communities (L-series, C-series and S-series) also EGT also OJEC also EECOJ |
| OJEC | Official Journal of the European Communities (L-series, C-series and S-series) also EGT also OJ also EECOJ |
| OK | Oikeudenkäymiskaari (Finnish Code of Procedure) |
| ØLD | Østre Landsrets Domme (Danish Court Decisions) |
| OLG | Oberlandesgericht (Regional Court of appeal, Germany) |
| OM | Stockholms optionsmarknad OM Fondkommission AB (Stockholm Options Exchange Company) |
| OMLX | London Securities and Derivatives Exchange |
| ONPTS | Office National des Pensions pour Travailleurs Salariés |
| OOCOA | Owner-occupied co-operative apartment |
| OOD | Owner-occupied dwellings |
| OOH | Owner-Occupied houses |
| Op cit | opere citato (in the work quoted) |
| OR | Obligationenrecht (Obligation Law) |
| OSS | Open Source Software |
| Ot forh | Odelstingsforhandlinger (Norwegian Parliamentary Protocol) |
| Ot prp | Odelstingsproposisjon (Norwegian Government Bill) |
| P | Top |
| P | English Law Reports, Probate Division |
| p | Page, part |
| P 2d | Pacific reporter 2 d series |
| P&I | Protection and Indemnity |
| Pa | Pennsylvania (Reports) |
| PAC | Political Action Committees (USA) |
| Pac | Pacific Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| Pac 2d | Pacific Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) Second Series |
| par | Paragraph |
| PAYE | Pay as you earn (tax principle) |
| PAYG | Pay as you go (pension system) |
| PBL | Plan- och bygglag 1987:10 (Swedish Planning and Building Act) |
| PD | Probate Division (1875-90) |
| PECL | Principles of European Contract Law |
| Penant | Revue de droit des pays d’Afrique (Formerly Recueil général de jurisprudence, de doctrine et de législation coloniale Paris) |
| PFL | Patients Insurance Act |
| Ph D | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PIL | Private international law |
| PK | Processkommissionen (Swedish legislative committee on procedural law) |
| PLA | Icelandic Products Liability Act 1991 (Lög um skadsemisábyrgd nr. 25/1991) |
| PLC | Public Limited Company |
| PM | Promemorea |
| PP | Partido Popular (Spanish political party) |
| pp | pages |
| PPWLA | Finnish Act on Protection of Privacy in Working Life |
| PRIO | International Peace Research Institute, Oslo |
| Probs | Problems |
| Prop | Proposition (Swedish Government Bill) |
| PSOE | Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Party) |
| PTB | Partial Test Ban (for nuclear weapons) |
| PTBT | 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty |
| PTK | Privattjänstemannakartellen (Swedish Federation of Salaried Employees in Industry and Services) |
| PTO | Patent and Trademark Office |
| Pty Ltd | Proprietary Limited Company (In Australia, New Zeeland and South Africa) |
| PVBA | Limited liability company (Belgium) |
| PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
| Q | Top |
| QB | Queen’s Bench, (English law reports, 1891-) |
| QBD | Queen’s Bench Division (English law reports, 1876-90) |
| QC | Queen’s Counsel |
| R | Top |
| RA | Riksarkivet (The Swedish National Archives) |
| RÅ | Regeringsrättens årsbok (Yearbook of the Supreme Admistrative Court, Sweden) |
| RabelsZ | Rabels Zeitschrift fur ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (Tubingen) also ZAIPR also ZAUSL |
| RAG | Reichsarbeitsgericht (German Supreme Labour Court) |
| RAGE | Entscheidungen des Reichsarbeitsgerichtes (Decisions of RAG) |
| RB | Rättegångsbalken (the Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure) |
| Rd | Asiakirja (documents) Finland’s Parliament |
| RdA | Recht der Arbeit (German Labour Law Journal) |
| RDC | 1965 UN Race Discrimination Convention |
| Rec | Recueil de la Jurisprudence de la Cour de Justice des Communautés Européennes |
| Recuiel | Recueil des cours de l’Académie de droit international de la Haye |
| RegR | Regeringsrätten (the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court) |
| Rep | Reporter |
| Req | Cour de Cassation, Chambre civile des Requêtes, commerciale, réunie also Cass |
| Restatement | Restatement of the Law of Conflic ot Laws, as adopted and promulgated by The American Law Institute at Washington, 1934 |
| Restatement Second | Restatement of the Law, Second, Conflict of Laws |
| RET | Real Estate Tax |
| Rev barr can | La Revue du Barreau Canadien (Ottawa) also Can B Rev |
| Rev crit | Revue critique de droit international privé (French LJ) also Revue also Rev crit d i p |
| Rev crit d i p | Revue critique de droit international privé (French LJ) also Revue also Rev crit |
| Rev intern dr comp | Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé (Paris) also RIDC |
| Rev trim dr civ | Revue trimestrielle de droit civil (French LJ) |
| Revue | Revue critique de droit international privé (French LJ) also Rev crit also Rev crit d i p |
| RF | Regeringsformen (The Constitution Act / The Instrument of Government, Sweden) |
| RFFS | Riksförsäkringsverkets författningssamling (Official Publication of the National Social Insurance Board, Sweden) |
| RG | Rettens gang also NRG also RsG and Reichsgericht |
| RGA | Revue Générale de l’Air |
| RGAT | Revue générale des assurances terrestres (Paris) |
| RGD | Revue générale de droit (Ottawa) |
| RGZ | Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts in Zivilsachen (Official Digest of Decisions of the Reichsgericht in civil law) |
| RH | Rättsfall från hovrätterna (Case Reports, Swedish Courts of appeal) |
| RIDA | Revue Internationale du Droit d’ Auteur (French LJ) |
| RIDC | Revue Internationale de Droit Comparé (Paris) also Rev intern dr comp |
| Riv Dir Eur | Rivista di Diritto Europeo |
| RIW/ADW | Recht der internationalen Wirtschaft/Aussenwirtschaftsdienst des Betriebs-Beraters |
| RM | Riksadvokatens meddelsesblad (Norway 1945-54) and German Reichsmark |
| RMC | Revue du Marché Commun (Paris) |
| RP | Regeringsproposition (Governmental Bill, Finland) |
| RPC | Reversed phase chromatography (biotech tool) |
| RPD & TM Cas | Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases |
| RPM | Resale price maintenance |
| RsG | Rettens gang (Norwegian L J also NRG also RG |
| RSV | Riksskatteverket (Swedish National Tax Board) |
| RSV/FB | Riksskatteverket förhandsbesked (Swedish National Tax Board, advance notice (decision)) |
| Rt | Norsk Retstidende (Norwegian L J) also NT also NRt |
| RTA | Icelandic Road Traffic Act 1987 (Umferdarlög nr 50/1987) |
| S | Top |
| S | Sirey, Recueil général des lois et des arrêts (Paris) also Sirey |
| S Ct | Supreme Court Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| SA | Spanish abbreviation for company equivalent of inc |
| SABO | Sveriges allmännyttiga bostadsföretag (Swedish Public Utility Housing Enterprises) |
| SAC | Finnish Supreme Administrative Court |
| SACO | Sveriges akademikers centralorganisation (Central Organization of Swedish University Graduates) |
| SAF | Svenska arbetsgivareföreningen (Swedish Employers’ Confederation) |
| SAK | Finlands Fackförbunds Centralorganisation (Central Organization of Finnish Trade Unions) also FFC |
| SAP | Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet (Swedish Social Democratic Workers Party) |
| SAPO | Socialdemokratiska Arbetsplatsorganisationen (Social Democratic Party Work Place Organization) |
| SARI | Samarbetsorganet för rättsväsendets informationssystem (The Joint Committee of the Judicial Information System, Sweden) |
| SAS | Scandinavian Airlines System |
| SavZ | Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung (German L J) |
| SAX | Stockholm Automated Exchange (Stock Exchange system) |
| SBD | The Second Banking Directive 89/646/EEC |
| Sc St L | Scandinavian Studies in Law |
| SCAB | Sparbankernas Central-Aktie-Bank (Finland) |
| SCB | Statistiska Centralbyrån (Statistics, Sweden) |
| SDR | Special Drawing Right (currency) |
| SE | Southeastern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) and Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company and Sweden |
| SE 2d | Southeastern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) Second Series |
| SEAQ International | London Stock Exchange’s International Equity Market |
| Sec | Section |
| SEK | Swedish kronor (currency) also Skr |
| SEM | Sound and efficient financial management |
| SEPA | The Swedish Environmental Protection Act 1969 also EPA |
| Seuffert | Seufferts Archiv für Entscheidungen der obersten Gerichte in den deutschen Staaten |
| SFS | Svensk författningssamling (Official Publication of Swedish Statutes and Ordinanaces) |
| SfU | Socialförsäkringsutskottet (Swedish Parliament’s standing committee on matters of social insurance) |
| SGA | Finnish Sale of Goods Act 355/87 and Norwegian Sale of Goods Act 13 May. No. 27, 1988 and Swedish sale and purchase act 1990:931 |
| SHA | Finnish Sale of Housing Act 843/94 |
| SHT | Sø- og Handelsrets tidende (Danish) |
| SiD | Specialarbejderforbundet i Danmark (Danish union) |
| SIF | Svenska industritjänstemannaförbundet (the Swedish Association of White-Collar Employees in Industry) |
| SIL | Swedish State Income Tax Act 1947:576 (earlier 1928:373) |
| SIM | Subscriber Identity Module |
| SIPRI | Swedish International Peace Research Institute |
| Sirey | Sirey, Recueil général des lois et des arrêts (Paris) also S |
| SISL | Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law |
| SITC | Swedish Income Tax Code |
| SJ | Statens Järnvägar (Swedish railroad company) |
| SJZ | Schweizerisches Juristen-Zeitung |
| SkFL | Skadeförsäkringslag (SOU 1989:88, Sweden) |
| Skr | Swedish kronor also SEK |
| SkVN | Skadeförsäkringens villkorsnämnd (Insurance board, Sweden) |
| SLB | Strafflagberedningen (Swedish legislative committee on penal law) |
| SMBA | Selskab med begrænset ansvar (Company with limited liability, Denmark) |
| SMC | Scandinavian Maritime Codes and Swedish Maritime Code |
| SN | Skattenytt (Swedish tax law journal) and Svenskt näringsliv (Confederation of Swedish Enterprise) |
| SNS | Studieförbundet näringsliv samhälle (Swedish educational organisation) |
| So | Southern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| SÖ | Sverige överenskommelser med främmande makter (Official publication series of Swedish Agreements with Foreign Powers) |
| So 2d | Southern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) Second Series |
| Soc-Dem | Social-Demokraten (Swedish Newspaper) |
| SøHa | Sø- og handelsretten (The Maritime and Commercial Court of Copenhagen) |
| SoL | Socialtjänstlag (Swedish Act on Social Services) |
| SOLAS | Convention for the Safety of Human Life at Sea |
| SOU | Statens offentliga utredningar (Official reports series of Swedish legislative and investigations commissions) |
| SPD | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschland (German Social Democratic Party) |
| SPUR | Svenska Personaluthyrnings- och Rekryteringsförbundet (The Swedish Association of Temporary Work Businesses and Staffing Services) |
| SR-bank | Sparebanken Rogaland |
| SSG 96 | General Contract Terms of the Forest Industries Association for the Supply and Installation of Equipment 1996 |
| SST | Svenske skattetidning (Swedish tax law journal) |
| STC | Simon’s Tax Cases (LR England) |
| St forh | Stortingsforhandlinger (Norwegian Parliamentary Protocol) |
| St prp | Stortingsproposisjon (Norwegian Government Bill) |
| StGB | Strafgesetzbuch (German Penal Code) |
| STK | Confederation of Finnish Employers |
| StrpL | Lov om rettergangsmåten i straffesaker (Norwegian Act relating to Legal Procedure in Criminal Cases / The Criminal Procedure Act) |
| STTK | Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees |
| SU | Skat Udland (Danish tax journal) and Stockholm University |
| Supra | Above |
| SvD | Svenska Dagbladet (Swedish newspaper) |
| SvJT | Svensk juristtidning (Swedish law journal) |
| SvJT rf | Svensk juristtidning rättsfall (SvJT section case reports) |
| Sw | Swedish |
| SW | Southwestern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) |
| SW 2d | Southwestern Reporter (National Reporter System, U S) Second Series |
| Swe | Sweden |
| T | Top |
| T | Tvistemål (Civil Case) |
| TAA | Trans-Atlantic Agreement |
| TACA | Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement |
| TBA | Technical Board of Appeal |
| TCO | Tjänstemännens centralorganisation (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees) |
| TDA | Icelandic Tort Damages Act 1993 (Skadabótalög nr. 50/1993) |
| T-EU | Treaty on European Union also EUT |
| Tex L Rev | Texas Law Review (St Austin, Texas) |
| TF | Tryckfrihetsförordningen (the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act) |
| TFA | Trygghetsförsäkringen (Social insurance, Sweden) |
| TfR | Tidskrift for Rettsvitenskap (Scandinavian law journal) |
| TfS | Tidskrift for Skatteret (Danish tax law journal 1984-1993) |
| TIN | Taxpayer Identification Number |
| TLA | Swedish Tort Liability Act, 1972 |
| TLR | Times Law Reports |
| TLRC | Tax Law Review Committee |
| TOOD | Taxation of Owner-occupied Dwellings |
| TPD | Technological protection devices |
| Trib civ | Tribunal civil |
| TRIP | Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights |
| TSA | Tidskrift för Sveriges Advokatsamfund (Swedish Bar Association Journal) |
| TT | Työtuomioistuin (Decisions of the Finnish Labour Court) and Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers and Tidningarnas telegrambyrå (Swedish News Agency) |
| Tul L Rev | Tulane Law Review (New Orleans) |
| Tul M LJ | Tulane Maritime Law Journal |
| TÜV | Technischer Überwachungsverein (Technical Control Board for compulsory inspection of motor vehicles, industrial plants and technical equipment, Germany) |
| TV | Television |
| TVL | Finnish Income Tax Act |
| TvmL | Lov om rettergangsmåten for tvistemål (Norwegian Act relating to judicial procedure in civil cases /The Dispute Act) |
| TWA | Trans World Airlines |
| U | Top |
| u | upplaga (Edition) |
| U | Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (Danish law reports) also UfR |
| U Chi L Rev | University of Chicago Law Review |
| U Miami L Rev | University of Miami Law Review (Coral Gables, Miami) |
| U Pa L Rev | University of Pennsylvania Law Review (Philadelphia) |
| U Tas L Rev | University of Tasmania Law Review (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) |
| U Toron LJ | University of Toronto Law Journal also UTLJ |
| U Toronto Fac L Rev | University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review |
| UB | Utsökningsbalken (The book of the Debt Recovery of the Swedish Code) |
| UCC | Uniform Commercial Code and Universal Copyright Convention |
| UCCLJ | Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal |
| UCDL Rev | U C Davis Law Review (Chicago) |
| UCITS | Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferrable Securities |
| UCLAF | Unité de Co-ordination de la Lutte Anti-Fraude |
| UCP | Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits |
| UDEAC | Union douanière et économique de l’Afrique centrale (Economic Customs Union of Central Africa) |
| Udg | Udgåva (edition) also utg |
| UDRP | Uniform dispute resolution process |
| UEAPME | Union Européenne de l’artisanat et des petites et moyennes entreprises (European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) |
| UFITA | Archiv für Urheber- Film und Theaterrecht (Swiss IPR Journal) |
| UfR | Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen, Afdelning A (Danish law reports) also U |
| UfRB | Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen, Afdelning B (Danish law review) also UfR |
| UHÄ | Universitets och högskoleämbetet (The National Board for the Universities, Sweden) |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UL Rev | University Law Review |
| ULIS | Uniform Law on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods of 1964 |
| UMKC L Rev | University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development |
| UNCITRAL | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| UNCLOS | United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference for Trade and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNGESAMP | United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICE | Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe |
| UNIDROIT | International Institute for the Unification of Private Law |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNITAR | United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
| Univ of Cal Davis L R | University of California Davis Law Review |
| UNRIAA | UN Reports of International Arbitral Awards |
| UNRRA | United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| UNSCEAR | UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation |
| UNSCOM | United Nations Special Commission |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series |
| URG | German Copyright Act |
| URL | Upphovsrättslagen 1960:529 (Swedish Copyright Act) |
| US | United States |
| USAvR | United States (& Canada) Aviation Reports |
| USCA | United States copyright Act |
| USD | US dollars |
| USDC (SDNY) | United States Distric Court: Southern district of New York |
| USPTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Utg | Utgåva (edition) also udg |
| UtL | Utlänningslagen (Swedish Aliens Act) |
| UTLJ | University of Toronto Law Journal also U Toron LJ |
| UW Ont L Rev | University of Western Ontario Law Review (Ontario) |
| UWG | Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb (German Act on Unfair Competition) |
| V | Top |
| v | versus |
| V | Vestre Landsret (Danish Court of appeal) |
| Va L Rev | Virginia Law Review (Charlottesville) |
| VAAP | Soviet all-Union Copyright Agency |
| Val U L Rev | Valparaiso University Law Review (Valparaiso, Indiana) |
| Van L Rev | Vanderbilt Law Review (Nashville, Tennessee) |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
| VCR | video cassette recorder |
| VersR | Versicherungsrecht: Juristische Rundschau fur die Individualversicherung (Karlsruhe) |
| VL | Vestre landsret (Danish Court of appeal) |
| VLT | Vestre landsrets tidende (Danish Court of appeal reports) |
| Vp | Session of the Paliament (Finland) |
| VPC | Värdepapperscentralen (The Swedish Securities Register Centre) |
| VSÍ | Icelandic Confederation of Employers |
| VTM | Flemish TV station |
| VVG | Gesetz über den Versicherungsvertrag 1908 (Germany) |
| W | Top |
| WA | The Swedish Water Act |
| Warn | Die Rechtssprechung des Reichsgerichts auf dem Gebiete des Zivilrechts, Published by O Warneyer also Warneyer |
| Warneyer | Die Rechtssprechung des Reichsgerichts auf dem Gebiete des Zivilrechts, Published by O Warneyer also Warn |
| WCT | World Intellectual Property Copyright Treaty |
| WEG | Gesetz über das Wohnungseigentum und das Dauerwohnrecht (Wohnungseigentumsgesetz) 1951 |
| WEU | Western Europe Union |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WLR | Weekly Law Reports |
| WMD | Weapons of mass-destruction |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WPPT | WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
| WSOY | Werner Söderström publishing group (Book publisher, Finland) |
| WTC | WIPO Treaty on Copyright |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| WWI | The first world war 1914-1918 |
| WWII | The second world war 1939-1945 |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| Y | Top |
| Yale L J | Yale Law Journal (New Haven, Connecticut) |
| YBILC | Yearbook of the International Law Commission |
| YGL | Yttrandefrihetsgrundlagen (Part of the Swedish constitution regulating freedom of expression) |
| YS | Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund (Confederation of Vocational Unions, Norway) |
| Z | Top |
| ZAIPR | Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (Tubingen) also RabelsZ also ZAUSL |
| ZAUSL | Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (Tübingen) also RabelZ also ZAIPR |
| ZfdgesH | Zeitschrift für das gesamte Handelsrecht (German L J) followed by ZHR |
| ZfLW | Zeitschrift für Luftrecht und Weltraumsrecht (Köln) |
| ZfRV | Zeitschrift für Rechtsvergleichung (Wien) |
| ZfV | Zeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik (Journal of Consumer Policy) |
| ZGB | Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (Swiss Civil Code) |
| ZHR | Zeitschrift für das gesamte Handelsrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht (Heidelberg) formerly ZfdgesH |
| ZIP | Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (German L J) |
| ZIR | Niemeyers Zeitschrift für internationales Rechts |
| ZPO | Zivilprozessordung (German Code of Civil Procedure) |
| ZRP | Zeitschrift fur Rechtspolitik (München) |
| ZSR | Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht (Basel) |