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B

Abbreviation Title
B    Barber's Gold Law Cases (S Afr) 1883-1903
Buchanan's Supreme Court Reports, Cape (S Afr) 1868-1879
B & Ad Barnewall and Adolphus' King's Bench Reports 1830-1834
B & Ald Barnewall and Alderson's King's Bench Reports 1817-1822
B & C Barnewall and Cresswell's King's Bench Reports 1822-1830
B & CR Reports of Bankruptcy & Companies (Winding-Up) Cases 1918-1941
B & FT Banking and Financial Training
B & MEL Baker and McKenzie Employment Law
B & MPL Baker and McKenzie Pensions Law
B & S Best and Smith's Queen's Bench Reports 1861-1865
B Dig Bose's Digest, (India)
BA Book of Awards (made under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, New Zealand)
Bac Abr Bacon's Abridgment 7ed 1832
BaCA Barbados Court of Appeal
Bach Bach's Reports (Montana USA) (19-21 Mont)
BACR Brooker's Accident Compensation Reports
Bagl Bagley's Reports (California USA) (16 Cal)
Bagl & H Bagley and Harman's Reports (California USA) (17-19 Cal)
Bah CA Bahamas Court of Appeal
Bail Ct Cas Lowndes and Maxwell's Bail Court Cases 1852-1854
Baild Baildon's Select Cases in Chancery 1364-1471
Bailey Bailey's South Carolina Law Reports (South Carolina USA) 1828-1832 (17-18 SCL)
Bailey Eq Bailey's South Carolina Equity Reports (South Carolina USA) 1830-1831 (8 SC Eq)
Bal Balance: Journal of the Law Society of the Northern Territory
Bald CC Baldwin's US 3rd Circuit Court Reports (USA) 1827-1833
Ball & B Ball and Beatty's Chancery Reports (Ireland) 1807-1814
Ban LJ Banaras Law Journal (India)
Bank LR Banking Law Reports
Bankr & Ins R Bankruptcy and Insolvency Reports 1853-1855
Banks Banks Reports (Kansas USA) (1-5 Kan)
Bann & A Banning and Arden's Patent Cases (USA) 1874-1881
Bann & A Pat Cas Banning and Arden's Patent Cases (USA) 1874-1881
Bar & Arn Barron and Arnold's Election Cases 1843-1846
Bar & Aust Barron and Austin's Election Cases 1842
Bar Gaz Bar Gazette (NSW)
Bar News Bar News - Journal of New South Wales Bar Association
Bar News - Journal of the NSW Bar Association
Bar Review Bar Review
Barb Barber's Reports (Arkansas USA) (14-21 Ark)
Barb Ch Barbour's Chancery Reports (New York USA) 1845-1848
Barc R Barclays Review
Barn Ch Barnardiston's Reports Chancery 1740-1741
Barn KB Barnardiston's Kings Bench Reports 1726-1735
Barnes Barnes' Notes of Cases of Practice in Common Pleas 1732-1760
Barr Barr's Reports (Pennsylvania USA) (1-10 Pa St)
Barrows Barrow's Reports (Rhode Island USA) (18 RI)
BASLP Bulletin of the Australian Society of Legal Philosophy (University of Sydney, Dept of Jurisprudence and International Law)
Batt Batty's King's Bench Reports (Ireland) 1825-1846
Baxt Baxter's Reports (Tennessee USA) 1872-1878 (60-68 Tenn)
Bay    Bay's Reports (Missouri USA) (1-3, 5-8 Mo)
Bay's South Carolina Law Reports (South Carolina USA) 1783-1804 (1-2 SCL)
Baylor LR Baylor Law Review
BB& FLR Butterworths Banking and Financial Law Review
BC    British Columbia (Can)
New South Wales Bankruptcy Cases 1890-1899
BC (Newspr) (Q) Brisbane Courier Reports (Newspaper)
BC (NSW) New South Wales Bankruptcy Cases 1890-1899
BC Envtl Aff L Rev Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
BC Ind & Com L Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review
BC Int'l & Comp L Rev Boston College International and Comparative Law Review
BCA Building Code of Australia
BCA Business Council of Australia (Melbourne)
BCAC British Columbia Appeal Cases 1991-
BCB    Business Council Bulletin
Butterworths Conveyancing Bulletin (NZ)
BCC British Company Law Cases 1983-
BCCA British Columbia Court of Appeal
BCCB Butterworths Consumer Credit Bulletin
BCD British Columbia Decisions (Can) 1972-
BCICL Boston College International and Comparative Law Journal
BCL    Building and Construction Law
Butterworths Current Law (NZ)
BCL Bull Butterworths Company Law Bulletin
BCLB    Butterworths Company Law Bulletin
Butterworths Corporation Law Bulletin
BCLC Butterworths Company Law Cases 1983-
Building and Construction Law Cases
BCLD Butterworths Current Law Digest (NZ)
BCLN Butterworths Company Law News
BCLR British Columbia Law Reports (Can) 1976-
Butterworths Constitutional Law Reports (S Afr)
BCLRC British Columbia Law Reform Commission
BCLRS Building & Construction Legal Reporting Service
BCPC Provincial  Court of British Columbia
BCR    British Columbia Reports (Can) 1867-1947
Butterworths Company Reports (NZ, Continued as Morison's Company Law Reports) 1970-1990
BCSLR Brooker's Company and Securities Law Reports
BCTWLJ Boston College Third World Law Journal
BCWL Bulletin of Canadian Welfare Law
BCWLD British Columbia Weekly Law Digest
Bd Td Board of Trade
Bd Td Arb Board of Trade and Arbitration
BD Trib (WA) Building Disputes Tribunal (WA)
BDC Building Disputes Committee (WA)
BDIL British Digest of International Law 1965-
BDS    Bills Digest Service (Australia Dept of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra)
Bills Digest Service (NSW Parliamentary Library, Sydney)
Beas Beasley's New Jersey Equity Reports (New Jersery USA) 1856-1861 (12, 13 NJ Eq)
Beat Beatty's Irish Chancery Reports 1813-1830
Beav Beavan's Rolls Court Reports 1838-1866
Beav & Wal Beavan & Walford's Railway and Canal Parliamentary Cases 1846
Beaw Beawes', Lex Mercatoria 6 ed 1846
Beck Beck's Reports (Colorado USA) (12-16 Colo; 1 Colo App)
Bedell Bedell's Reports (New York USA) (163-191 NY)
Bee Adm Bee's US Admiralty Reports (USA) 1792-1809 (Appendix to Bee's US District Court Reports) (District of South Carolina)
Bell Bellinger's Reports (Oregon USA) (4-8 Ore)
Bell's Crown Cases Reserved 1858-1860
Bell's House of Lords Appeal Cases (Scotland) 1842-1850
Bell App Bell's House of Lords Appeal Cases (Scot) (1842-50)
Bell Ct of Sess Bell's Session Cases (Scotland) 1790-1795
Bell Ct of Sess fol R. Bell's Decisions, Session Cases (Scotland) 1794-1795
Bell Dict Dec Bell, Dictionary of Decisions, Court of Sessions (Scotland) 1808-1833
Bell Sc App Bell's House of Lords Appeal Cases (Scotland) 1842-1850
Bellewe Bellewe's King's bench Reports tempore Richard II 1378-1400
Belt's Supp Belt's Supplement to Vasey Senior's Chancery Reports 1746-1756
Ben    Benedict's US District Court Reports (New York USA) 1865-1879 (District of New York)
Benloe's King's Bench Reports1531-1628
Benl Benloe's (or Bendloe's) King's Bench Reports 1531-1628
Benn     Bennett's Reports (California USA) (1 Cal)
Bennett's Reports (Missouri USA) (16-21 Mo)
Beor Queensland Law Reports 1876-1878
BEQB Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin
Ber Berton's New Brunswick Reports 1835-1839
Berkeley J Emp & Lab L Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law
Berkeley J Int'l L Berkeley Journal of International Law
Berkeley Tech LJ Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Berkeley Women's LJ Berkeley Women's Law Journal
Bern Ch Cas Bernard's Church Cases (Ireland) 1870-1875
Best & Sm Best & Smith's Queen's Bench Reports 1861-1865
BFIT Bulletin for International Taxation
BFLJ Butterworths Family Law Journal ( NZ-Continues Family Law Bulletin)
BFLR Banking and Finance Law Review
BFSP British and Foreign State Papers 1812/1814-1939
BGHSt Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshof in Strafsachen (Germany)...Reports of the Supreme Federal Court in Criminal Matters 1951-
BGHZ Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshof in Zivilsachen (Germany)...Reports of the Federal Supreme Court in Civil Matters 1951-
BHCR Bombay High Court Reports (India) 1862-1875
BHRC Butterworths Human Rights Cases
BIA    Broadcasting in Australia
Building Industry Authority (NZ)
BIALL British and Irish Association of Law Librarians
Bibb Bibb's Reports (Kentucky USA) 1808-1817 (4-7 Ky)
Bick & H Bicknell and Hawley's Reports (Nevada USA) (10-20 Nev)
BIFD Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation (Amsterdam)
BIICLR British Institute of International and Comparative Law
BILAJ British Insurance Law Association Journal
BILC British International Law Cases
Bill Bill of Rights Review
BILS British International Law Society
Bing Bingham's Common Pleas Reports 1822-1834
Bing NC Bingham, New Cases, English Common Pleas 1834-1840
Binn Binney's Reports (Pennsylvania USA) 1799-1814
BISD GATT Basic Instruments and Selected Documents
Biss & Sm Bissett and Smith's Digest, (S Afr)
Biss CC Bissell's US 7th Circuit Court Reports (USA) 1851-1883
BITB Butterworths International Tax Bulletin
Bitt Rep in Ch Bittleston's Reports in Chambers, Queen's Bench Division 1875-1876, 1883-1884
Bitt W & P Bittleston Wise & Parnell's New Magistrate's and Municipal Corporation Cases 1844-50
BJ Crim British Journal of Criminology
BJAL British Journal of Administrative Law
BJIB & FL Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Finance Law
BJIL Brooklyn Journal of International Law
BJIR British Journal of Industrial Relations
BJLS British Journal of Law and Society
Bl & How Blatchford and Howland's US District Court Reports (USA) 1827-1837 (District of New York)
Bl Com Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
Bl D & Osb Blackham, Dundas and Osborne's Irish Nisi Prius Reports 1846-1848
Bl Pr Cas Blatchford's Prize Cases, District of New York (USA) 1861-1865
Black    Blackerby's Magistrates' Reports 1327-1716
Black's Reports (Indiana USA) (30-53 Ind)
Black (US) Black's United States Supreme Court Reports (USA) 1861-1862 (66-67 US
Black D & O Blackham, Dundas & Osborne's Irish Nisi Prius Reports (Ireland) 1846-1848
Black H Henry Blackstone's Common Pleas Reports 1788-1796
Black W Sir William Blackstone's King's Bench Reports 1746-1780
Blackacre Blackacre (Sydney University Law Society)
Blackf Blackford's Reports (Indiana USA) 1817-1847
Blake Blake's Reports (Montana USA) (1-3 Mont)
Blake & H Blake and Hedges Reports (Montana USA) (2-3 Mont)
Bland Bland's Chancery Reports (Maryland USA) 1811-1832
Blatch & H Blatchford and Howland US District Court Reports (USA) 1827-1837 (District of New York)
Blatch CC Blatchford's US 2nd Circuit Court Reports (USA) 1845-1887
Blatch Pr Cas Blatchford's Prize Cases (USA) 1861-1865 (District of New York)
BLB Australian Banking & Finance Law Bulletin
Australian Banking Law Bulletin (previous title)
Banking Law Bulletin (previous title)
BLD    Bulletin of Legal Developments (British Institute of International and Comparative Law)
Butterworths Law Digest
BLE Business Law Europe
BLEC Business Law Education Centre (Melbourne)
Bleck Bleckley's Reports (Georgia USA) (34-35 Ga)
BLG Ins Law Q Barlow Lyde and Gilbert Insurance Law Quarterly
BLGELR Barlow Lyde and Gilbert Employment Law Review
BLGP & ERD Barlow Lyde and Gilbert Pollution and Environmental Risk Digest
BLI Business Law International
Bli Bligh's House of Lords, Reports 1818-1821
Bli NS Bligh's House of Lords, Reports, New Series 1827-1837
BLISS Building Law Information Subscriber Service
BLJ The Banking Law Journal
BLPR Biotechnology Law and Policy Reporter
BLR   Bahamas Law Reports
Barbados Law Reports 1894-1903
Bengal Law Reports, High Court (India) 1868-1875
Bombay Law Reporter (India) 1899-
Brunei Law Reports 1965-
Building Law Reports 1971-
Business Law Reports (Canada) 1977-1991
Business Law Review
BLR (2d) Business Law Reports, Second Series, (Canada) 1991-
BLRAC Bengal Law Reports, Appeal Cases
BLRPC Bengal Law Reports, Privy Council
Bluett Bluett's Isle of Man Cases 1720-1847
BM & IA Broker's Monthly and Insurance Advisor
BMA Australian Banker
BMC British Maritime Cases 1648-1871
BMLR    Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports
Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports
BNB Bracton's Note Book 1217-1240
Board of Review Decisions Decisions of the Income Tax Board of Review 1925-1951
Bom All India Reporter, Bombay 1914-
Bombay High Court Reports (India) 1862-1875
Indian Law Reports, Bombay 1876-
Indian Rulings, Bombay 1929-1947
Bom AC Bombay Reports, Appellate Jurisdiction (India)
Bom Cr Ca Bombay Reports, Crown Cases (India)
Bom OC Bombay Reports, Original Civil Jurisdiction
Bond Bond's US 6th & 7th Circuit Court Reports (USA) 1856-1871
Bond LR Bond Law Review
Boor Booraem's Reports (California USA) (6-8 Cal)
Bos & P Bosanquet and Puller's Common Pleas Reports 1796-1804
Bos & PNR Bosanquet and Puller's New Reports, Common Pleas 1804-1807
Bost CLR Boston College Law Review
Bost ULR Boston University Law Review
Bould Bouldin's Reports (Alabama USA) (119 Ala)
Boyce Boyce's Reports (Delaware USA) 1909-1919 (24-30 Del)
BPIR Bankruptcy and Personal Insolvency Reports
BPL British Pension Lawyer
BPR Butterworths' Property Reports 1982-
BR Broadcasting Reports 1979-
Br & Col Pr C British & Colonial Prize Cases 1914-1919
Br & Fr Broderick and Fremantle's Ecclesiastical Cases 1840-1864
BR & G Brownlow & Goldesborough's Common Pleas Reports (123 ER)
Br Y Int L British Yearbook of International Law 1920-
BRA    Building Regulation Australia
Butterworths' Rating Appeals 1913-1931
Brac Bracton's Note Book, King's Bench 1217-1240
Bract Bracton, De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
Bracton LJ Bracton Law Journal
Bradf Sur Bradford's New York Surrogate Court Reports 1849-57
Brame Brame's Reports (Mississippi USA) (66-72 Miss)
Branch Branch's Reports (Florida, USA) (1 Fla)
Brant Brantly's Reports (Maryland USA) (80-90 Md)
Brayt Brayton's Reports (Vermont USA) 1815-1819
BRB Butterworths Bill of Rights Bulletin (NZ)
BRC British Ruling Cases 1900-1931
Bresse Bresse's Reports (Illinois USA) 1819-1831(1 Ill)
Brev Brevard's South Carolina Law Reports (South Carolina USA) 1793-1816 (3-5 SCL)
Brew Brewer's Reports (Maryland USA) (19-26 Md)
Brews Brewster's Reports (Pennsylvania, USA) 1856-1873 (4 Pa St)
Brief Law Society of Western Australia Brief
Briefnotes Briefnotes (Public Solicitor's Office, NSW)
Brightly NP Brightly's Pennsylvania Nisi Prius Reports (Pennsylvania USA) 1809-1851
Brisbin Brisbin's Reports (Minnesota USA) (1 Minn)
Brit Cr Cas British Crown Cases
Brit J Criminol British Journal of Criminology
Brit J Delin British Journal of Delinquency
Brit J Ind Rel British Journal of Industrial Relations
Brit J Int'l L British Journal of International Law
Brit J L & Soc'y British Journal of Law and Society
Brit J Law & Soc British Journal of Law and Society
Brit Tax Rev British Tax Review
Brit YB Int'l L British Yearbook of International Law 1920-
BRMB Butterworths Resource Management Bulletin (NZ)
BRMG Brooker's Research Management Gazette (NZ)
Bro Abr Sir R Brooke's Abridgment (1573, 1576,1586 eds)
Bro Adm Brown's US Admiralty Reports (USA) 1859-1875
Bro CC W Brown's Chancery Reports 1778-1794
Bro Ecc Rep Brooke's Ecclesiastical Reports, Privy Council 1850-1872
Bro Just Brown's Justiciary Reports (Scotland) 1842-1845
Bro LR Brooklyn Law Review
Bro NC Sir R Brooke's New Cases, King's Bench 1515-1588
Bro Parl Cas J Brown's Cases in Parliament 1702-1800
Bro Supp to Mor M P Brown's Supplement to Morrison's Dictionary of Decisions, Court of Session (Scotland) 1622-1780
Bro Synop M P Brown's Synopsis of Decisions, Court of Session (Scotland) 1532-1827
Brock    Brockenbrough's Marshall's Decisions, US 4th Circuit Court (USA) 1802-1836
Brock's Bankruptcy Cases 1816-1820
Brod & Bing Broderip and Bingham's Common Pleas Reports 1819-1822
Brod & F Broderick and Fremantle's Ecclesiastical Cases 1840-1864
Brook J Int'l L Brooklyn Journal International Law
Brook L Rev Brooklyn Law Review
Brooks Brooks' Reports (Michigan USA) (106-119 Mich)
Broun Broun's Justiciary Reports (Scotland) 1842-1845
Brown Brown's Chancery Reports 1778-94
Brown's Reports (Mississippi USA) (53-65 Miss)
Brown's Reports (Nebraska USA) (4-25 Neb)
Brown's US Admiralty Reports (USA) 1859-1875 (Western District)
J. Brown's Cases in Parliament 1702-1801
Brown & L Browning and Lushington's Admiralty Reports 1863-1865
Brown & R Brown and Rader's Reports (Missouri USA) (137 Mo)
Brown Ecc Brown's Ecclesiastical Cases 1850-1872
Brown Sup Dec Brown's Supplement to Morison's Dictionary of Decisions (Scotland) 1622-1780
Brown Syn Brown's Synopsis of Decisions, Court of Session (Scotland) 1532-1827
Browne Browne's Reports (Massachusetts USA) (97-109, 112-114 Mass)
Browne & G Browne and Gray's Reports (Massachusetts USA) (110-111 Mass)
Browne & H Browne and Hemingway's Reports (Mississippi USA) (53-58 Miss)
Brownl Brownlow and Goldesborough's Common Pleas Reports 1569-1624
Bruce Bruce's Decisions Court of Session (Scotland) 1714-1715
Brunn Coll Cas Brunner's Collected Cases (USA) 1789-1860
Bruns LC Brunskill's Land Cases (Ireland) 1891-1895
BRW Business Review Weekly
BS Eu Bull Beachcroft Stanleys EU Bulletin
BSAB Barristers' and Solicitors' Admission Board
BSB Butterworths Superannuation Bulletin
BSI British Standards Institution
BT Banking Technology
BTC British Tax Cases
BTG Butterworths Tax Guide
BTLC Butterworths Trading Law Cases 1986-1988
BTPD Busy Tax Practitioners Digest
BTR British Tax Review
BTRLR Brewers' Trade Review Law Reports 1913-1953
BU & GTC Building Units and Group Titles Cases (CCH) 1980-
BU Int'l LJ Boston University International Law Journal
BU L Rev Boston University Law Review
BU Pub Int LJ Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
Buch Buchanan's Appeal Court Reports, Cape of Good Hope (S Afr) 1880-1910
Buchanan's Reports of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope 1868-1879
Buch AC Buchanan's Appeal Court Reports, Cape of Good Hope (S Afr )1880-1910
Buch App Cas E J and J Buchanan's Appeal Court Reports, Cape of Good Hope (S Afr) 1880-181910
Buch Cas Buchanan's Remarkable Cases (Scotland) 1806-1813
Buch ED Cape GH E J Buchanan's Eastern District Reports, Cape of Good Hope (S Afr) 1880-1909
Buch Eq Buchanan's Equity Reports (New Jersey USA) 1906-1915 (71-85 NJ Eq)
Buch J J Buchanan's Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope (S Afr) 1868-1870
Buch Rep E J Buchanan's Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope (S Afr) 1873-1879
Buch SC Rep J Buchanan's Reports of Cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope (S Afr) 1868-1870
Buchanan Buchanan's Reports, Court of Session and Justiciary (Scotland) 1806-1813
Buck Buck's Cases in Bankruptcy 1816-1820
Buff Crim L Rev Buffalo Criminal Law Review
Buff Pub Interest LJ Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal
Buff Women's LJ Buffalo Women's Law Journal
Buffalo LR Buffalo Law Review
Build LM Building Law Monthly
Build LR Building Law Reports 1976-
Bull Cr Soc Bulletin of the Copyright Society of the USA
Bull EC Bulletin of the European Communities
Bull Int Fisc Doc Bulletin of International Fiscal Documentation
Bull L Dev The Bulletin of Legal Developments
Bull Med E Bulletin of Medical Ethics
Bull NP Buller's Law of Nisi Prius
Bull NSPI Bulletin of the National Society of Penal Information
Bulst Bulstrode's King's Bench Reports 1609-1625
Bunb Bunbury's Exchequer Reports 1713-1741
Burgess Burgess Reports (Ohio USA) (16-49 Ohio)
Burks Burks Reports (Virginia USA) (91-98 Va)
Burnett Burnett's Reports (Oregon USA) (20-22 Ore)
Burnett's Reports of the Supreme Territory of Wisconsin (Wisconsin, USA) 1841, 1842-1843
Burr Burrow's King's Bench Reports tempore Mansfield 1757-1771
Burr SC Burrow's Settlement Cases  1733-1776
Bus Ins Business Insurance
Bus L Business and Law  (NZ)
Business Lawyer
Bus LI Business Law International
Bus TP Business Tax Planning
Busb Busbee's North Carolina Reports (North Carolina USA) 1852-1853 (44 NC)
Busb Eq Busbee's North Carolina Equity Reports (North Carolina USA) 1852-1853 (45 NC)
Bush Bush's Reports (Kentucky USA) 1866-1879 (64-77 Ky)
Business L Rev Business Law Review
Buxton Buxton's Reports (North Carolina USA) (123-129 NC)
BVerfGE Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (Germany) ...Reports of the Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court 1952-
BW Banking World
BWCC Butterworth's Workmen's Compensation Cases 1908-1947
BWLJ Berkeley Women's Law Journal
BWT Bull Butterworth's Weekly Tax Bulletin
By LR Baylor Law Review
BYBIL British Yearbook of International Law
BYU Educ & LJ Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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