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in the Statute Book, decisions of the Finnish Supreme Court and Supreme Administrative Court,
and all proposed legislation.
Note: The commercial publishers, Kauppakaari Oyj, publish a two volume series of the Law of
Finland (Suomen Laki I-II) on an annual basis, which uses a different system of citation.
3.0 Jurisprudence
3.1 The Supreme Court
Cite Supreme Court cases by abbreviated name of the Supreme Court (“KKO”), year, and case
number (all separated by colons):
56
KKO:2001:118.
For cases prior to 1986, also indicate the volume (I or II) in which the case was published after
the year and between hyphens:
KKO:1986-I-1.
KKO:1986-II-1.
Cases of the Supreme Court are published twice yearly in the yearbook Korkeimman oikeuden
ratkaisuja, published by Edita Oyj. They are also available on the internet from the FINLEX
database, as well as the Supreme Court of Finland’s website:
http://www.kko.fi/ennakkoratkaisut.
3.2 The Supreme Administrative Court
Cite Supreme Administrative Court cases by date of the decision [day.month.year], and case
number:
11.09.2001/2122.
Only a selection of those cases deemed by the court to be of pertinent use in the guidance of
future disputes are published in the yearbook of the court, Korkein hallinto-oikeuden vuosikirja
(abbreviated “KHO”). Those selected cases are also available from the FINLEX database, as
well as from the website of the Supreme Administrative Court: http://www.kho.fi/tietop.html.
Those cases selected for publication in the yearbook may also be cited according to the Supreme
Court format:
KHO:1993-B-505.