LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS
Law journals
Afr. Hum. Rts. L.J.African Human Rights Law journal
AJ Acta Juridica
Am. Crim. L. Rev. American Criminal Law Review
Am. J Comp. L. TheAmerican journal of comparative Law
Am. J. Int’l L. American Journal of International Law
Ann. Surv. S. African L.Annual Survey of South African Law
Austl. B. Rev. Australian Bar Review
B.L.I.Business Law International
BML Businessman‘s law
BP Burrell’s Patent law reports
BSALR Butterworths South African Law Reviews
Cambridge L.J. The Cambridge Law Journal
CILSA Comparative and international law journal of Southern Africa
C.L.JCambridge Law Journal
CLJ Cape law journal
CLLContemporary Labour Law
Cod Codicillus
CPC Crime, Punishment and Correction
Misdaad, Straf en Hervorming
Crim L.Q.The Criminal Law Quarterly
Crim. L. Rev.The Criminal Law Review
De Rebus/DRDe Rebus Procuratoriius 1956-1978
De Rebus: SA attorneys’journal
DJ De Jure
DR/DRP De Rebus Procuratoriis
EIPREuropean Intellectual Property Review
Ent. LREntertainment Law Review
Eur.J.Crime.Cr.J.European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
Harv. L.. Rev. Harvard Law review
HRCLJ Human Rights and Constitutional Law Journal of Southern Africa
ILJ Industrial Law Journal
IJLPF/Int’l J. L. Pol’y & Fam.International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family
Int’l & Comp. L.Q. The International & Comparative Law Quarterly
IPQIntellectual Property Quarterly
ITR Income Tax Reporter
JBL/J.Bus. L. The Journal of Business Law/Juta’s Business Law
J. Corp. Tax’n The Journal of Corporate Taxation
J. Crim. L. & Criminology The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
J. Int’l Crim. Just.Journal of International Criminal Justice
J. L. & Econ. The Journal of Law & Economics
J.Legal Educ. Journal of Legal Education
JJS Journal for Juridical Sciences
Law Inst. J. Law Institute Journal
Law Q. Rev. The Law Quarterly Review
MB Modern Business Law
MM Meditationes medii
Mod. L. Rev. The Modern Law Review
NULR Natal University Law Review
Obiter Obiter
Oxford J. Legal Stud.Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
PER/PELJPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
Potchefstroom Electronic L.J.Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
RLJ Rhodesian Law Journal
RM Responsa Meridiana
SACC/SASK/SAS South African Journal of Criminal Law and Criminolgy/
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Strafreg en Kriminologie
SACJSouth African Journal of Criminal Justice
SACLJ South African Company law Journal
SAILJ South African Insurance Law Journal
S.A.Hum.Rts.Y.B.South African Human Rights Yearbook
SAJHR South African Journal on Human Rights
SALJ South African Law Journal
SAMLJ/SA Merc LJSouth African Mercantile Law Journal
SAPL SA Public Law
SASK SA Tydskrif vir Strafreg en Kriminologie
SATJ SA Tax Journal
SAYILSouth African Yearbook of International Law
SI Speculum Iudiciale
SJ Speculum Juris
Stell LRStellenbosch Law Review
THRHR Tydskrif vir Hedendaagse Romeins – Hollandse Reg
TJOThe Judicial Officer
TM The Magistrate / Die Landdros
TR Tydskrif vir Regswetenskap
TSAR Tydskrif vir Suid - Afrikaanse Reg
Yale L.J. The Yale Law Journal
ZLJ Zimbabwe Law Journal
Law Reports
AC Law Reports, Appeal Cases
AD South African Law Reports, Appellate Division
ALL ER All England Law Reports
ALL SAAll South African Law Reports
B Barber’s Gold Law
B/BuchBuchanan’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court (1868-69;
1873-79)
BAC Bantu Appeal Courts
BAC/Buch ACBuchanan’s Reports of the Cape Appeal Court (1880-86;
1904-09)
BAH Bantu Appélhof
BALRButterworths Arbitration Law Reports / Arbitration Awards
1998-
BCCRLButterworths Criminal Court Law Reports
BCLRButterworths Constitutional Law Reports 1994-
BH Bophutatswana Supreme Court
BIPBurrell’s Intellectual Property Law Reports 1997-
BLLRButterworths Labour Law Reports 1994-
BPBurrell’s Patent Law Reports 1981-
Buch Buchanan’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court
Buch AC Buchanan’s Reports of the Cape Appeal Court
C Cape Provincial Division
CCConstitutional Court
Ch Law Reports, Chancery
CLD Commercial Law Digest
CLJ Cape Law Journal
Corbett and Buchannan Damages Cases
CPCourt of the Commissioner of Patents
CPD Cape Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
CTR Cape Times Reports of the Cape Supreme Court
(1890-1910)
D Durxbury’s Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic
D & C Durban & Coastal Local Division
ECD Eastern Cape Division
EDC Eastern Districts Court Reports (1880-87; 1891-1909)
EDL Eastern District Local Division Reports (pre-1947)
F Foord’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court (Jan-Aug
1880)
FND Finnemore’s Notes and Digest of Natal Cases
G/Gregorowski Gregorowski’s Reports of the High Court of the Orange
Free State (1883-87)
GWL Griqualand West Local Division Reports (pre-1947)
H Hertzog’s Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic (1893)
HC or HCG High Court of Griqualand Reports (1882-1910)
ILRIndustrial Law Reports 1980-
ITCIncome Tax Cases - The South African Tax Case Reports
1939-
JDR Juta’s Daily Reporter, Reporting Cases in the Cape Provincial
Division
K or Kotzé Kotzé‘s Reports of the High Court of the Transvaal Province
(1877-81)
LACLabour Appeal Court
LCLabour Court
LCCLand Claims Court
LJ, Ch Law Journal Reports, Chancery
LJ, PC Law Journal Reports, Privy Council
LJ, QB Law Journal Reports, Queen’s Bench
LLR Leader Law Reports
LTR Leader Times Report
M or Men or Menz Menzie’s Reports of the Cape Supreme Court
(1828-49)
Moo or Moore PC Moore’s Privy Council Reports
N Natal Provincial Division
NAC Native Appeal Courts
NA C Native Appeal Court Transkei
NAC (C&O) Native Appeal –Divorce Court Reports
(Cape &Free State Division)
NAC (N&T) Native Appeal & Divorce Court Reports (Natal & Transvaal
Division)
NAC (CD) Native Appeal Court Reports (Central Division)
NAC (SD) Native Appeal Court (southern Division)
NAH Naturelle – Appélhof
NC Northern Cape Provincial Division
NHC Natal Native High Court
NLR Natal Law Reports of the Natal Supreme Court (1867-72;
1873-79; 1879-32 (Natal Supreme Court & Provincial Division))
NPD Natal Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
O Orange Free State
Off. Rep. Official Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic (1894-98)
OFS Orange Free State High Court Reports (1874-83)
OPD Orange Free State Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
OR/Off.Rep Official reports of the South African Republic (1894-98)
ORC Orange River Colony Reports (1903-09)
PABPublications Appeal board Reports
PH Prentice Hall Weekly Legal Service 1923-
Phip Phipson’s digest of Natal Reports
QB Law Reports, Queen ’s Bench
R/Roscoe Roscoe’s Reports of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good
Hope (1861-67; 1871-72; 1877-78)
R&N Rhodesia & Nyasaland Law Reports 1956-
S or Searle Searle’s reports of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good
Hope (1850-67)
SA/SALR South African Law Reports 1947-
SA… (A) Appellate Division
SA… (B) Bophuthatswana Supreme Court
SA… (C) Cape Provincial Division
SA… (CK) Ciskei Supreme Court
SA… (D) Durban & Coast Local Division
SA… (E) Eastern Cape Division
SA… (GW) Griqualand West Local Division
SA… (N) Natal Provincial Division
SA… (NC) Northern Cape Division
SA… (Nm) High Court of Namibia
SA… (NmS) Supreme Court of Namibia
SA… (O) OFS Provincial Division
SA… (SE) South –Eastern Cape Local Division
SA… (SR)/ (FC) Southern Rhodesia or Federal Supreme Court
SA… (Tk) Transkei Supreme Court
SA… (V) Venda Supreme Court
SA… (ZH) High Court of Zimbabwe
SA… (ZS) Supreme Court of Zimbabwe
SA… (W) Witwatersrand Local Division
SA… (SWA) South – West Africa
SACR / SASV SA Criminal Law Reports
SALRSouth African Law Reports
SALLR SA Labour Law Reports
SAR Reports of the High Court of the South African Republic
(1881-92)
SATC South African Tax Cases Reports
SA (SR) or (FC) South African Law Reports High Court of Southern Rhodesia
or Federal Supreme Court
SC Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope (1880-1910)
SCASupreme Court of Appeal
Searle Searle’s Reports. Cape Supreme Court (1850-67)
SEC South Eastern Cape Local Division
SR Reports of the High Court of Southern Rhodesia
Sth Afr. Rep Reports of the High Court of the South African
Republic
SWA Reports of the High Court of South-West Africa (1920-1945)
T Transvaal Provincial Division
TH Witwatersrand High Court Reports (Transvaal Colony) (1902-
09)
TH Transkei Supreme Court
TLR Times Law Report
TPD Transvaal Provincial Division Reports (pre-1947)
TS Transvaal Supreme Court Reports (Transvaal Colony) (1902-09)
VS Venda Supreme Court
W Witwatersrand local Division (bound in the back of the
Transvaal reports, with separate page numbers)
W/Watermeyer Watermeyer’s Reports of the Supreme Court of the
Cape of Good Hope (1857)
WLD or TLD Witwatersrand Local Division Reports (pre-1947)
WR Weekly Reporter, Reporting cases in the Cape Provincial
Division
Government Gazettes
ANAdministrator’s Notice
BN Broad Notice
GenN General Notice
GG Government Gazette
GN Government Notice
MNMunicipal Notice
ONOfficial Notice
PNProvincial Notice
PrNPremier’s Notice
Proc Proclamation
RGN Regulation Government
RProc Regulation Proclamation Notice
Other Legal Abbreviations
BCEABasic Conditions of Employment Act 11 of 2002
CALSCentre for Applied Legal Studies/Wits Law Clinic
CCMACommission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
CPCourt of the Commissioner of Patents
HSRCHuman Sciences Research Council
IDASAInstitute for democracy in South Africa
IMSSAIndependent Mediation and Arbitration Society of Southern Africa
LAWSA Law of South Africa
LHRLawyers for Human Rights
LRALabour Relations Act 28 of 1956/Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
OHSAOccupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993
PAIAPromotion of Access to Information Act 54 of 2002
PAJAPromotion of administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000
SAHRC South African Human Rights Commission