Abbreviations

AC

Appeal Cases

AJCL

American Journal of Comparative Law

AJIL

American Journal of International Law

Appl. No(s).

Application Number(s)

art.

article

arts.

articles

Ass’n

Association

BCLR

Butterworths Constitutional Law Reports

BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BIT

Bilateral Investment Treaty

BV

Bundesverfassung

BVerfG

Bundesverfassungsgericht/ Federal Constitutional Court

BVerfGE

Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court

BYIL

British Yearbook of International Law

cert.

certiorari

CETA

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

cf.

confer

Ch.

Chapter

CH

Confoederatio Helvetica/Swiss Confederation

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

Cir.

Circuit

cl./cll.

clause/clauses

cmt.

comment

col.

column

Commons

House of Commons

Cong.

Congress

Cons. Const.

Conseil constitutionnel

COP 21

Conference of the Parties 21

Corp.

Corporation

Council

Security Council

CRS

Congressional Research Service

CRT

Critical Race Theory

DCAF

Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

DEA

Directorate for European Affairs

DPA

Dayton Peace Agreement

ECHR

Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights)

ECJ

European Court of Justice

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

ed.

edition

ed., eds.

editor, editors

EJIL

European Journal of International Law

EU

European Union

EWHC

The High Court of England and Wales

FAM

Foreign Affairs Manual

Fed. Reg.

Federal Register

FIU

Florida International University

FR

foreign relation

FRL

foreign relations law

FRP

foreign relations power

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GHASC

Supreme Court of Ghana

G7

Group of Seven

HC

House of Commons

HPCR

Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICJ Rep

ICJ Reports

ICLQ

International & Comparative Law Quarterly

ICON

International Journal of Constitutional Law

ICSID Review

Foreign Investment Law Journal

ILC

International Law Commission

ILM

International Legal Materials

Inc.

Incorporated

Ins.

Insurance

Int. J. Semiot Law

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law

IO(s)

international organisation(s)

IPSR

International Political Science Review

ItCC

Italian Constitutional Court

IVG

interruption volontaire de grossesse

J CSL

Journal of Conflict and Security Law

KOF

KOF Swiss Economic Institute (Konjunkturfors-chungsstelle)

LQR

Law Quarterly Review

L. Rev.

Law Review

MC

Magistrate’s Court

MLR

Modern Law Review

MPs

Members of Parliament

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Neb. L. Rev.

Nebraska Law Review

NGO(s)

non-governmental organisation(s)

NIEO

New International Economic Order

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OHR

Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina

PA

Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina

PCA

Permanent Court of Arbitration

PCIJ

Permanent Court of International Justice

Res.

resolution

S.

bills originating from the Senate

SA

South Africa

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SC

Supreme Court

S Ct

Supreme Court Reporter

SCR

Canada Supreme Court Reports

SCR

Indian Supreme Court Reports

Sess.

Session

S. Exec. Rep.

Senate Executive Report

S. Con. Res.

Concurrent resolution originating in the Senate

S.J. Res.

Joint resolution originating in the Senate

S. RES.

Simple resolution originating in the Senate

TPP

Trans-Pacific-Partnership

TTIP

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

TWAIL

Third World Approaches to International Law

UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

UK

United Kingdom

UK Const. L. Blog

United Kingdom Constitutional Law Blog

UKSC

United Kingdom Supreme Court

UKTS

United Kingdom Treaty Series

UN

United Nations

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UN Doc.

United Nations Document (Number)

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNGA

United Nations General Assembly

UNTS

United Nations Treaty Series

US

United States

US

United States Reports

USC

United States Code

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VCLT

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

VP

vice president

VRÜ

Zeitschrift Verfassung und Recht in Übersee

WTO

World Trade Organization

ZAGPHC

Gauteng High Court