Index to Legal Citations and Abbreviations

In few fields are abbreviations more abundant or more deeply steeped in history than in law. This index, by an internationally respected author, explains the meaning of 25,000 legal acronyms in current usage. Acronyms range from the 5,000 most up-to-date additions in this edition to those in use for centuries -- covering the legal literature of the U.S., the U.K., the Commonwealth, and Europe. Special features are increased coverage of EC law, the inclusion of dates for law report titles, and a complete alphabetical listing in one sequence.