Reproduced with permission from Lando & Beale eds., Principles of European Contract Law: Parts I and II, Kluwer Law International (2000) and from The Commission on European Contract Law
| ABGB | Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Austrian Civil Code) |
| A.C. | Appeal Cases (1891-) Law Reports |
| ADC | Annuario de Derecho Civil |
| AGBG | German Unfair Contract Terms Act |
| A.L.J.R. | Australian Law Journal Reports (1958-) |
| All E.R. | All England Law Reports (1936-) |
| Alm. Del. | Almindelig Del |
| Annal.dr. | Annales de droit (1965-) |
| A.P. | Areios Pagos (Greek Supreme Court in Civil Matters) |
| App.Cas. | Appeal Cases (1875-1890) Law Reports |
| Ar. | See RAJ, below |
| Arch.civ. | Archivio civile |
| Arch.N. | Archeio Nomologias |
| Arr.Cass. | Arresten van het Hof van cassatie/Arrêts de Cassation |
| art(s). | article(s) |
| B. [Bull.] | Bulletin officiel des arrêts de la Cour de cassation |
| B. & Ald | Barnewalk & Alderson's King's Bench Reports (1817-1822) |
| Bull. civ. | Bulletin des arrêts de la Chambre Civile de la Cour de Cassation (1792-) |
| B.& S. | Best & Smith's Queen's Bench Reports (1861-1865) |
| BB | Betriebs-Berater |
| Beav. | Beavan's Rolls Court Reports (1838-66) |
| Betr. | Der Betrieb |
| BGB | Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code) |
| BGBl | Bundesgesetzblatt (Ger.) Federal Law Gazette |
| BGH | Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court) |
| BGHZ | Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen |
| B.I.B.D.C. | Bulletin Institut Belge Droit Comparé |
| BMJ | Boletim do Ministerio da Justica (Portugal) |
| Building L.R. | Building Law Reports (U.K.) |
| BVerfG | Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court) |
| BW | Burgerlijk Wetboek |
| C.A. | Court of Appeal |
| Camb.L.J. | Cambridge Law Journal (1921-) |
| Camp. | Campbell's Nisi Prius Reports (1808-1816) |
| Cass. | Cour de cassation (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg) |
| Cass.civ.1 | Cour de cassation (1st civil chamber) |
| Cass.civ.2 | Cour de cassation (2nd civil chamber) |
| Cass.civ.3 | Cour de cassation (3rd civil chamber) |
| Cass.com. | Cour de cassation (Chambre commerciale et financière) |
| Cass.req. | Cour de cassation (Chambre des requêtes) |
| Cass.soc. | Cour de cassation (Chambre sociale) |
| CBns | Common Bench (new series) |
| CC | Civil Code (Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland) |
| C.C.Proc. | Code of Civil Procedure (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal) |
| CDC | Cuaternos de Derecho y Comercio |
| cf. | confer |
| Chap. | Chapter |
| Ch.App. | Chancery Appeal Reports |
| Ch.D. | Chancery Division (1875-1890) Law Reports |
| Ch. | Chancery Division (1891-) Law Reports |
| CISG | United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods |
| Civ. | See Cass.Civ. |
| CJ | Colectanea de jurisprudência (Portugal) |
| Cm | Command Papers 6th series (1987-) |
| Cmnd. | Command Papers 5th series (1957-86) |
| C.L.R. | Commonwealth Law Reports (Australia) |
| Co. | Company |
| Com. | See Cass.com. |
| Comm.C. | Commercial Code (Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal) |
| Corp. | Corporation |
| C & P | Carrington and Payne's Nisi Prius Reports (1823-1841) |
| C.P.D. | Law Reports, Common Pleas Division (1875-1880) |
| D. | Recueil Dalloz |
| D.H. | Recueil hebdomadaire Dalloz (1924-1940) |
| diss. | Dissertation |
| D.Jur. | Répertoire Dalloz de juriprudence générale |
| D.L.R. | Dominion Law Reports (Canada) |
| D.P. | Dalloz périodique |
| Dr. & Sm | Drewry & Smale's Vice-Chancellor's Reports (1860-1865) |
| E. & B. | Ellis & Blackburn's Queen's Bench Reports (1852-58) |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice |
| ECR | European Court Reports |
| ed. | edition |
| E & E | Ellis & Ellis' Queens Bench Reports (1858-1861) |
| e.g. | exempli gratia |
| EEN | Ephimeris Hellinon Nomikon (Journal of Greek Jurists) |
| EKG | Einheitliches Kaufgesetz ([Hague 1964] Uniform Law of Sales [ULIS]) |
| Enc.giur. | Enciclopedia giuridica |
| Enc.dir. | Enciclopedia del diritto |
| END | Epitheonissi Nautiliakon Dikaion (Review of Maritime Law) |
| E.R. | English Reports |
| Erm.AK | Commentary to the Greek Civil Code |
| Eur. T.S | European Treaty Service |
| EvBl | Evidenz blatt der Rechtsmittelentscheidung (pair of Österreichische Juristenzeitung) |
| EVHGB | Verordnung zur Einführung handelsrechtlicher Vorschriften im Lande Österreich (Implementation of German Commercial Code in Austria in 1938, published RGBL 1938 I 1999) |
| Ex. | Exchequer Reports |
| Exch. | Exchequer Reports |
| Ex.D. | Exchequer Division (Law Reports, 1875-1880) |
| F. | Fraser, Session Cases, 5th series (1898-1906) |
| Fasc. | Fascicule |
| ff. | following |
| Foro It. | Il Foro Italiano |
| F.Supp. | Federal Supplement (United States, 1932-) |
| Gaz.Pal. | Gazette du Palais |
| Giust.civ. | Giustizia civile |
| GmbH | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung |
| Harm. | Harmenopoulos |
| HD | Højesteretdomme (Danish Supreme Court) |
| H.L. | House of Lords |
| Hell.Dni. | Helliniki Dikaiosyni |
| HGB | Handelsgesetzbuch (Austrian and German Commercial Codes) |
| ibid. | ibidem |
| IECL | International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law |
| I.H. | Inner House of Court of Session |
| I.L.R.M. | Irish Law Reports Monthly (1981-) |
| I.L.T.R. | Irish Law Times Reports (1867-) |
| I.R. | Irish Reports (1894-) |
| Ir.Jur.Rep. | Irish Jurist Reports (1935-) |
| I.R.L:R. | Industrial Relations Law Reports (1972-) |
| J. | Mr. Justice (Judge of English High Court) |
| JBl | Jurische Blätten (Austria) |
| J.C.B./B.R.H. | Jurisprudence Commerciale de Bruxelles/ Belgische Rechtsraak in Handelzaken |
| J.Cl. | Jurisclasseur |
| J.Cl.civ. | Jurisclasseur (civil cases) |
| J.C.P. | Jurisclasseur periodique - Semaine juridique |
| J.L. | Jurisprudence de la Cour d'Appel de Liègev |
| J.T. | Journal des Tribunaux |
| J.Cl.Resp.Civ | Jurisclasseur Responsabilité Civile |
| J.P.A R.M.A. | Jurisprudence du Port d'Anvers/ rechtspraak van de Haven van Antwerp |
| K.B. | King's Bench Division (1891-) Law Reports |
| KKO | Korkein oikens (Finland) |
| KSchG | Austrian Consumer Protection Act of 8 March 1979 |
| Law Q.R. | Law Quarterly Review (1885-) |
| lit. | litera |
| L.J. | Lord Justice (Judge of English Court of Appeal) |
| L.J.Ch. | Law Journal Reports, Chancery Division (1883-1949) |
| L.J.K.B. | Law Journal Reports, King's Bench Division (1883-1949) |
| Lloyd's Rep. | Lloyd's List Reports (1951-) |
| LM | Lindenmaier-Möhring Nachschlagewerk des Bundesgerichtshofes (German Supreme Court) |
| loc.cit. | loco citato |
| L.R. | Law Reports (1865-) |
| Ltd. | Limited |
| Mass.Foro It | Massimario de Foro Italiano |
| Mer. | Merivale (1815-1817) |
| Mich.L.Rev. | Michigan Law Review (1902-) |
| Modern L.R. | Modern Law Review (1937-) |
| NBW | Nieuw Nederlands Burgerlijk Wetboek |
| N.C.P.C. | Nouveau Code de Procedure Civile |
| ND | Neon Dikaion (New Law) |
| n. | note |
| Ned.Jur. | Nederlandse Juresprudentie |
| NJA | Nytt Juridiskt Arkiv (Swedish Supreme Court Annual, 1874-) |
| NJW | Neue Juristische Wochenschrift |
| no. | number |
| NoB | Nomiko Vima |
| NV | Naamloze vennootschap |
| ÖBA | Österreichisches Bankar |
| obs. | observation |
| OGH | Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court) |
| O.H. | Outer House of Court of Session |
| O.J.E.C. | Official Journal of the European Communities |
| OLG | Oberlandesgericht (German Court of Appeal) |
| OLGE | Entscheidungen der Oberlandesgerichte |
| op.cit. | opus ciratum |
| Ord. | Ordonnance |
| P. | Pacific Reporter |
| p. | page(s) |
| Pa. | Pennsylvania |
| para. | paragraph |
| Pas. | Pasicrisie (Belgium, Luxembourg) |
| P.D. | Probate Division (1875-1890) Law Reports |
| Principles | The Principles of European Contract Law |
| Q.B. | Queen's Bench Division (1891-) Law Reports |
| Q.B.D. | Queen's Bench Division (1875-1890) Law Reports |
| R | Rettie's Session Cases (Scotland, 1873-98) |
| RabelZ | Rabels Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht |
| RAJ | Reperteri Aranzandi de Jurisprudencia (Spanish Supreme Court) |
| R.C.J.B. | Revue Critiques de Jurisprudence Belge |
| RDC/TBH | Revue de droit commercial/ Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht |
| RDIDC | Revue de droit international et du droit comparé |
| ref(s). | reference(s) |
| Rel. | Tribunal da Relaçã (Portugese Court of Appeal) |
| Rep.Droit civ. | Répertoire Dalloz de droit civil |
| Resp.civ.prev. | Responsabilità civile a prevdenza |
| Rev. | Revuev |
| Rev.crt.d.i.p. | Revue critique de droit international privé |
| Rev.trim.dr.civ. | Revue trimestrielle de droit civil |
| RG | Reichsgericht (German Supreme Court 1871-1945) |
| RGDC/TBBR | Revue générale des droit civil/ Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Burgerlijk Recht |
| RGRK | Reichsgerichtsräte-Kommentar zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch |
| RGZ | Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts in Zivilsachen |
| Riv.Cir.Tra. | Rivista Circulazione e Trasporti |
| Riv.dir.comm. | Rivista del diritto commerciale 1903- |
| Rn. | Randnummer |
| ROHG | Reichsoberhandelsgericht (German Commercial Supreme Court (-1871) |
| ROHGE | Entscheidungen des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts |
| Rob. | Robinson's Scottish Appeal Cases (1840-41) |
| RPD | Revista de Derecho Privado |
| RPfleger | Der Rechtspfleger |
| R.W. | Rechtskundig Weekblad |
| RZ | Österreichische Richterzeitung |
| Rz | Randzeichen |
| S. | Recueil Sirey |
| S. | Shaw's cases (Scotland) |
| s. | section(s) |
| SA | Société Anonyme |
| S.C. | Session Cases |
| Sch. | Schedule(s) |
| SCLR | Scottish Civil Law Reports |
| sent. | sentence(s) |
| seq. | sequentia |
| Sh.Ct. | Sheriff Court |
| SGA | Sale of Goods Act |
| SI | Statutory Instrument (U.K.) |
| SLT | Scots Law Times |
| Som. | Sommaire |
| StGB | Strafgesetzbuch (Austrian Criminal Codes) |
| STJ | Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugese Supreme Court) |
| SZ | Sammlung der Entscheidungen des Östereichischen Obersten Gerichtshofes in Zivil- und Justizverwaltungssachen |
| TBH/RDC | Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Handelsrecht/Revue de droit commerciale |
| TBBR/RGDC | Tijdschrift voor Belgisch Burgerlijk Recht/Revue générale de droit civil |
| Th. | Thesis |
| T.L.R. | Times Law Reports |
| TPR | Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht |
| T.S. | Tribunale Supremo |
| Trib. | Tribunal |
| Trib. | comm. Tribunal de commerce |
| UCC | Uniform Commercial Code (United States) |
| U.f.R. | Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen (Denmark) |
| ULIS | Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods |
| Unidroit | Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts |
| Univ. | University |
| unrep. | Unreported |
| v. | versus |
| VersR | Versicherungsrecht |
| Vol. | Volume |
| WBl | Wirtschaftsrechtliche Blätter (Austria) |
| W.L.R. | Weekly Law Reports |
| W.M. | Wertpapier-Mitteilungen |
| Yale L.J. | Yale Law Journal (1891-) |
| Y.C.A. | Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration |
| ZPO | Zivilprozeßordnung (Austria and Germany) |
Pace Law School Institute of International Commercial Law - Last updated December 4, 2000