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CITATION / STYLE GUIDES  Top of page
  • LCANZ- Legal Citations of Aotearoa New Zealand - Online guidance on the citation of all major New Zealand legal journals and law reporting series.
  • New Zealand Law Style Guide - by Geoff McLay, Christopher Murray and Jonathan Orpin.  Use this to help with referencing queries.  Also available Davis Law Short Loan K114 L1 MLA
  • Guide to Theses and Dissertations (PDF)- produced by the University of Auckland Library

See Also:  Australian Guide to Legal Citation Produced by the Editorial Committee of the Melbourne University Law Review; also available Davis Law Quick Reference K114 K1 MEL 

LEGAL ABBREVIATIONS  Top of page
  • LCANZ- Legal Citations of Aotearoa New Zealand - Online guidance for abbreviations of all major New Zealand legal journals and law reporting series.
  • Law Reports Held by the Davis (PDF 39 KB) - search for law report abbreviations.  Includes location details of law reports held in the Davis Law Library by abbreviation
  • Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations - search law report abbreviations AND journal abbreviations, good international coverage, some NZ coverage 
  • Beiber's Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations in Lexis.com  > Legal > Reference > Law.  
    • TIP: Use Restrict by Segment when looking for an abbreviation
      Also available Davis Law Quick Reference K112 BIEc2001    

ENCYCLOPEDIAE  Top of page
  • The Laws of New Zealand in LexisNexis NZ > use General Search Sources > Commentary /Other to search or browse

DICTIONARIES - GENERAL  Top of page
  • Oxford English Dictionary the complete 20 volume Second Edition with over 600,000 words and 2.5 million quotations. Regarded as the definitive authority on the English language.  See also Davis Law Quick Reference K120 OXFn 2003
  • Wakareo - an online Maori to English, and English to Maori dictionary
  • Collins German Dictionary - the 1999 edition online

See Also Internet Sites:

DICTIONARIES - LAW  Top of page
  • Black's Law Dictionary - the complete 8th ed. 2004 in Westlaw > Westlaw International > Shortcuts.  The classic text for the USA.  Also held Davis Law Quick Reference K120.5 G1 BLA 2004
  • Collins Dictionary of Law by W.J. Stewart and Robert Burgess 1996 - covers UK, EU and general business law
  • Lexis.com - explore Legal > Reference > Law, includes: 
    • Ballantines Law Dictionary
    • Dahl's French-English Law Dictionary
    • Dahl's Spanish-English Law Dictionary
    • Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
    • Modern Dictionary for the Legal Professional
  • New Zealand Legal Words and Phrases - located in Quick Reference K120.7 L1 NEW
  • Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions by Kermit L. Hall 1999 - includes over 400 entries on major Supreme Court cases through history 
See Also Internet Sites:
  • A Dictionary of Law (Oxford)  7th ed. 2009.  Covers all jurisdictions where the legal system is founded on English law.  Also held Davis Law Quick Reference K120.5 A1 OXF 2009
  • Glossarist.com - a compendium of internet glossaries and dictionaries on Justice and Law

Contact: davis@auckland.ac.nz

Last Updated: September 7, 2010