| AC | Appeal Cases (includes cases of Privy Council, House of Lords and Court of Appeal) |
| ACHR | American Convention on Human Rights |
| ACmHPR | (African Commission) African Commission on Human n and Peoples’ Rights |
| ACtHPR | African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights |
| ADRDM | (American Declaration) Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| AfCHR | African Convention on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
| AIR | All India Reporter |
| ALJR | Australian Law Journal Reports |
| All | Allahabad |
| All E.R. | All England Reporter |
| AP | Andhra Pradesh |
| App no | Application Number |
| art | Article |
| Bom | Bombay |
| C.L.R. | Commonwealth Law Reporter |
| CA | Court of Appeal |
| Cal | Calcutta |
| CC | Constitutional Court |
| cl | Clause |
| Co. | Company |
| Comm. | Commissioner |
| Common L Bull | Commonwealth Law Bulletin |
| CSCE | European Community |
| CWN | Calcutta Weekly Notes |
| D&R | Decisions and Reports (of the EcmHR) |
| Del | Delhi |
| e.g. | Exemplum Gratia (For Example) |
| EC | European Council |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice (EC Court) |
| ECmHr | European Commission of Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| Edn. | Edition |
| EHRR | European Human Rights Reports |
| EU | European Union |
| FCC | Federal Constitutional Court (Germany) |
| FFPA | First Family Privacy Act |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
| IACHR | Inter American Court of Human Rights |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| IRA | Internet Responsibility Act |
| K.B. | Kings Bench |
| Lah | Lahore |
| LR | Law Reporter |
| LRC | Law Reports of the Commonwealth (London, Butterworths) |
| M.P. | Madhya Pradesh |
| Mad | Madras |
| MANU | Manupatra |
| MLM | Mondahi Liberation Movement |
| NJ | New Jersey |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| Ors | Others |
| p. | Page |
| Para. | Paragraph |
| Pat | Patna |
| PC | Privy Council |
| prin | Principle |
| Pun | Punjab And Haryana |
| s | Section |
| SC | Supreme Court |
| SCC | Supreme Court Cases |
| SCN | Show Cause Notice |
| SCR | Supreme Court Reports |
| U.P. | Uttar Pradesh |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| US | United States of America |
| W.L.R. | Weekly Law Reports |
