In reviewing footnotes in an article, you may well encounter abbreviations or other citation information with which you are unfamiliar. Though The Bluebook and web searches may help in many instances, there are other resources available at Vanderbilt that can help you identify legal abbreviations, some of which specifically discuss foreign materials:
- Cardiff Index to Legal AbbreviationsFree web resource covering English language legal publications from the U.S. and United Kingdom, as well as other major foreign language law publications; publications from 295 jurisdictions featured.
- International Citator and Research Guide byCall Number: Main Level - Reference REF K89 .I58 2018"The "International Citation and Research Guide" (The Greenbook) is tailored to the needs of an international readership by providing information useful for worldwide and highly diverse professionals. The ICRG set, conveniently organized into global regions, is a source of foundational and comprehensive citation standards for scholars working with all types of international and foreign materials. It presents each citation standard in the context of that country or organization's history and legal institutions. It is also a general resource of basic legal background on international organizations and countries that would otherwise be difficult to research. It can be used as a companion to The Bluebook, whose coverage of international sources is necessarily limited. Staff members researched legal as well as other existing governmental citations in order to create and/or interpret and implement citations. The examples reflect local or international citation practice for documents written in English, harmonizing them to provide a flexible global standard of legal citation. Each chapter also has an introduction to provide the country's background and political structure."
Prince's Bieber Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations by Call Number: REF KF246 .B46 2017ISBN: 9780837716251Publication Date: 2017
Prince's Dictionary of Legal Citations by Call Number: Main Level - Reference ; REF KF246 .P73 2021ISBN: 9780837740386Publication Date: 2021Companion to the Bluebook; note that publication primarily covers U.S. sources.- World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations byCall Number: Law Library Main Level REF K89 .K38ISBN: 0899417817
