The journal itself is the authoritative source for its official citation/abbreviation, except that any punctuation should be removed.

This may mean that “Review” is abbreviated differently depending on the journal in question. In New Zealand, Australia and England it is common to abbreviate Review as “R”, while in North America “Review” is abbreviated to “Rev”. If “LR” is used, do not include a space between the letters; if “Rev” is used, include a space between “L” and “Rev”, ie “L Rev”.

For further guidance consult the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations, available at <www.legalabbrevs.cardiff.ac.uk>, for international materials. For New Zealand materials, use the Legal Citations for Aotearoa New Zealand database, available at <www.lcanz.auckland.ac.nz>.

Eg Stephen Todd “Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life” (2005) 27 Syd LR 525.

Eg Kent Greenawalt “Moral and Religious Convictions as Categories for Special Treatment: The Exemption Strategy” (2007) 48 Wm & Mary L Rev 1605.

Note that some journals do not abbreviate “Law Review”.

Where the name or abbreviation of a journal has changed, use the abbreviation adopted by the journal in the volume being cited. For example, the New Zealand Law Review formerly used the abbreviation “NZ Law Review”. From 2008 it has used the abbreviation “NZ L Rev”. It was also formerly known as the New Zealand Recent Law Review.

Eg J K Maxton “Equity” [1994] NZ Recent Law Review 245.

Eg Jesse Wilson “Prior Restraint of the Press” [2006] NZ Law Review 551.

Eg Scott Optican “‘Front-End’/‘Back-End’ Adjudication (Rights Versus Remedies) Under Section 21 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990” [2008] NZ L Rev 409.

For non-legal academic journals, the journal is the authoritative source for its official citation/abbreviation, except that any punctuation should be removed. If no abbreviation is given by the journal, give the journal name in full.