Aden (to 1963. Now Yemen) |
GI8 |
Afghanistan |
GT12 |
Albania |
GO3 |
Algeria |
GU3 |
Andorra |
GO48 |
Angola |
GU29 |
Anguilla |
GN8 |
Antigua |
GN8 |
Argentine Republic |
GS2 |
Armenia |
GO57 |
Ascension |
GA16 |
Australia (For states of Australia see separate box) |
GD1 |
Austria |
GO5 |
Bahamas |
GN2 |
Bahrain |
GT10a |
Baltic states (in general; see GO51 Estonia, GO52 Latvia, GO53 Lithuania) |
GO50 |
Bangladesh |
GK4 |
Barbados |
GN3 |
Belarus |
GO58 |
Belgium |
GO6 |
Belize |
GN6 |
Benin |
GU23a |
Bermuda |
GN4 |
Bhutan |
GT16 |
Bolivia |
GS3 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
GO66 |
Botswana |
GF9 |
Brazil |
GS4 |
British Antarctic Territory |
GA15 |
British Indian Ocean Territory |
GM3 |
British Somaliland (to 1960. Now Somalia) |
GI6 |
British Virgin Islands |
GN8 |
Bulgaria |
GO7 |
Burma |
GT19 |
Burundi |
GU28 |
Cambodia |
GT21 |
Cameroon (British trust territory to 1961=GH7) |
GU24 |
Canada (For provinces of Canada see separate box) |
GC1 |
Cape Verde |
GU22 |
Cayman Islands |
GN7 |
Central African Republic |
GU25a |
Chad |
GU25b |
Chile |
GS5 |
China |
GT28 |
Colombia |
GS6 |
Comoros |
GT11 |
Costa Rica |
GR4 |
Croatia |
GO67 |
Cuba |
GR5 |
Cyprus |
GO21 |
Czechoslovakia (pre- 1992) |
GO8 |
Czech Republic |
GO55 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
GU25c |
Denmark |
GO9 |
Djibouti |
GU15 |
Dominica |
GN10 |
Dominican Republic |
GR7 |
Ecuador |
GS7 |
Egypt |
GU11 |
Equatorial Guinea |
GU8 |
Estonia |
GO51 |
Ethiopia |
GU13 |
Eswatini |
GF10 |
Falkland Islands |
GA15 |
Fiji |
GM7 |
Finland |
GO12 |
France |
GO13 |
Gabon |
GU25d |
The Gambia |
GH2 |
Georgia |
GO59 |
Germany, Federal Republic |
GO15 |
German Democratic Republic |
GO16 |
Ghana |
GH3 |
Gibraltar |
GA14 |
Gilbert & Ellice Islands (now Kiribati; Tuvalu) |
GM8 |
Greece |
GO20 |
Grenada |
GN10 |
Guatemala |
GR9 |
Guinea |
GU23b |
Guinea Bissau |
GU21 |
Guyana |
GN5 |
Haiti |
GR10 |
Honduras |
GR11 |
Hong Kong |
GM6 |
Hungary |
GO22 |
Iceland |
GO23 |
India |
GK2 (pre 1947=GK1) |
Indonesia |
GT22 |
Iran |
GT4 |
Iraq |
GT5 |
Ireland |
GA7 (pre 1921=GA5) |
Israel |
GT9 |
Italy |
GO24 |
Ivory Coast |
GU23c |
Jamaica |
GN7 |
Japan |
GT34 |
Jordan |
GT6 |
Kazakhstan |
GO60 |
Kenya |
GI2 |
Kiribati |
GM8a |
Korea |
GT32 |
Kosovo |
GO68 |
Kuwait |
GT10b |
Kyrgyzstan |
GO61 |
Laos |
GT21 |
Latvia |
GO52 |
Lebanon |
GT7 |
Lesotho |
GF8 |
Liberia |
GU26 |
Libya |
GU10 |
Liechtenstein |
GO27 |
Lithuania |
GO53 |
Luxembourg |
GO28 |
Macedonia |
GO69 |
Madagascar |
GU31 |
Malawi |
GG4 |
Malaysia (For states of Malaysia see separate box) |
GM4 |
Mali |
GU23d |
Malta |
GO26 |
Mauritania |
GU23e |
Mauritius |
GM2 |
Mexico |
GR2 |
Moldova |
GO54 |
Monaco |
GO29 |
Mongolia |
GT36 |
Montserrat |
GN8 |
Morocco |
GU4 |
Mozambique |
GU30 |
Nauru |
GD10 |
Namibia |
GF6 |
Nepal |
GT15 |
Netherlands |
GO30 |
New Zealand |
GE1 |
Nicaragua |
GR13 |
Niger |
GU23f |
Nigeria |
GH4 |
Niue |
GE3 |
Norway |
GO31 |
Nyasaland (to 1964. Now Malawi) |
GG4 |
Oman |
GT10c |
Pakistan |
GK3 |
Palestine (to 1948) |
RES GJ5 |
Panama |
GR14 |
Papua New Guinea |
GD10 |
Paraguay |
GS10 |
Peru |
GS11 |
Philippines |
GT25 |
Pitcairn |
GM7 |
Poland |
GO32 |
Portugal |
GO33 |
Qatar |
GT10d |
Romania |
GO36 |
Russia |
GO45 |
Rwanda |
GU28 |
St Helena |
GA16 |
St Kitts & Nevis |
GN8 |
St Lucia |
GN10 |
St Vincent |
GN10 |
El Salvador |
GR15 |
San Marino |
GO37 |
Saudi Arabia |
GT10g |
Senegal |
GU23g |
Seychelles |
GM3 |
Sierra Leone |
GH5 |
Singapore |
GM4m |
Slovakia |
GO56 |
Slovenia |
GO70 |
Solomon Islands |
GM9 |
Somalia |
GU16 |
South Africa |
GF1 |
Spain |
GO38 |
Sri Lanka |
GL1 |
Sudan |
GI7 |
Surinam |
GS9 |
Swaziland (Now Eswatini) |
GF10 |
Sweden |
GO42 |
Switzerland |
GO43 |
Syria |
GT8 |
Tajikistan |
GO62 |
Tanganyika (to 1964. Now Tanzania GI9) |
GI4 |
Tanzania |
GI9 |
Thailand |
GT20 |
Tonga |
GM7 |
Togo |
GU23i |
Transjordan (to 1946. Now Jordan) |
GT6 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
GN9 |
Tristan da Cunha |
GA16 |
Tunisia |
GU9 |
Turkey |
GO44 |
Turkmenistan |
GO63 |
Turks & Caicos Islands |
GN7 |
Tuvalu |
GM8b |
Uganda |
GI3 |
Ukraine |
GO64 |
United Arab Emirates |
GT10e |
United Kingdom |
GA2 |
United States of America (For individual states see separate box) |
GP1 |
Upper Volta |
GU23h |
Uruguay |
GS12 |
USSR |
GO45 |
Uzbekistan |
GO65 |
Vanuatu |
GM7 |
Vatican State |
GO46 |
Venezuela |
GS13 |
Vietnam |
GT21 |
Western Samoa |
GE2 |
Yemen, North (Yemen Arab Republic) |
GT10h |
Yemen, South (Peoples' Dem. Rep.) |
GT10f |
Yugoslavia |
GO47 |
Zaire |
GU27 |
Zambia |
GG3 |
Zanzibar (to 1964. Now Tanzania GI9) |
GI5 |
Zimbabwe |
GG2 |
Australian States and Territories | |
Australian Capital Territory | GD2 |
New South Wales | GD3 |
Queensland | GD4 |
South Australia | GD5 |
Tasmania | GD6 |
Victoria | GD7 |
Western Australia | GD8 |
Northern Territory | GD9 |
Australian Dependencies (current and former) | |
Nauru | GD10 & GD10.E.9 |
Norfolk Island | GD10 & GD10.E.13 |
Papua New Guinea | GC10 & GD10.E.1-4 |
British Isles | |
Guernsey | GA10 |
Isle of Man | GA12 |
Jersey | GA9 |
Canadian Provinces and Territories | |
Alberta | GC2 |
British Columbia | GC3 |
Manitoba | GC4 |
New Brunswick | GC5 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | GC11 |
Northwest Territories | GC13 |
Nova Scotia | GC6 |
Ontario | GC7 |
Prince Edward Island | GC8 |
Quebec | GC9 |
Saskatchewan | GC10 |
Yukon Territory | GC12 |
Malaysian States (current and former) | |
Brunei | GM4a |
Johore | GM4b |
Kedah | GM4c |
Kelantan | GM4d |
Melaka (Malacca) | GM4e |
Negeri Sembilan | GM4f |
Pahang | GM4h |
Pulau Pinang (Penang) | GM4i |
Perak | GM4j |
Perlis | GM4o |
Sabah (formerly North Borneo) | GM4g |
Sarawak | GM4k |
Selangor | GM4l |
Singapore | GM4m |
Trengganu | GM4p |
Nigerian States | |
Banchi State | GH4 & GH4.E.43-44 |
Bendel State | GH4 & GH4.E.11-12 |
Benue State | GH4 & GH4.E.39-40 |
Benue-Plateau | GH4 & GH4.E.27-28 |
Bornu State | GH4 & GH4.E.45-46 |
Central-Eastern State | GH4 & GH4.E.31-32 |
Cross River State | GH4 & GH4.E.37-38 |
Eastern Region | GH4 & GH4.E.5-8 |
Gongola State | GH4 & GH4.E.47-48 |
Imo State | GH4 & GH4.E.33-34 |
Kaduna | GH4 & GH4.E.21-22 |
Kano State | GH4 & GH4.E.25-26 |
Kwasa State | GH4 & GH4.E.23-24 |
Lagos State | GH4 & GH4.E.29-30 |
Niger State | GH4 & GH4.E.49-50 |
North-Eastern State | GH4 & GH4.E.19-20 |
North-Western State | GH4 & GH4.E.17-18 |
Northern Region | GH4 & GH4.E.13-16 |
Ogun State | GH4 & GH4.E.53-54 |
Ondo State | GH4 & GH4.E.55-56 |
Oyo State | GH4 & GH4.E.57-58 |
Plateau State | GH4 & GH4.E.41-42 |
Rivers State | GH4 & GH4.E.35-36 |
Sokoto State | GH4 & GH4.E.51-52 |
Western State | GH4 & GH4.E.9-10 |
States of the USA | |
Alabama | GP2 |
Alaska | GP51 |
Arizona | GP3 |
Arkansas | GP4 |
California | GP5 |
Colorado | GP6 |
Connecticut | GP7 |
Delaware | GP8 |
District of Columbia | GP50 |
Florida | GP9 |
Georgia | GP10 |
Hawaii | GP52 |
Idaho | GP11 |
Illinois | GP12 |
Indiana | GP13 |
Indiana | GP13 |
Iowa | GP14 |
Kansas | GP15 |
Kentucky | GP16 |
Louisiana | GP17 |
Maine | GP18 |
Maryland | GP19 |
Massachusetts | GP20 |
Michigan | GP21 |
Minnesota | GP22 |
Mississippi | GP23 |
Missouri | GP24 |
Montana | GP25 |
Nebraska | GP26 |
Nevada | GP27 |
New Hampshire | GP28 |
New Jersey | GP29 |
New Mexico | GP30 |
New York | GP31 |
North Carolina | GP32 |
North Dakota | GP33 |
Ohio | GP34 |
Oklahoma | GP35 |
Oregon | GP36 |
Pennsylvania | GP37 |
Rhode Island | GP38 |
South Carolina | GP39 |
South Dakota | GP40 |
Tennessee | GP41 |
Texas | GP42 |
Utah | GP43 |
Vermont | GP44 |
Virginia | GP45 |
Washington | GP46 |
West Virginia | GP47 |
Wisconsin | GP48 |
Wyoming | GP49 |
GO1 |
Europe as a whole |
GO1.A |
European international organizations in general, European Patent Office. |
GO1.A1 |
The European Union (formerly Community) (EU) |
GO1.A6 |
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) |
GO1.A8 |
European Economic Community (Common Market) (EEC) |
GO1.A10 |
European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) |
GO1.A20 |
Council of Europe (CE) |
GO1.A25 |
European Commission of Human Rights (and European Court of Human Rights and Convention) |
GO1.A30 |
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) |
GO1.A35 |
OECD (Only used for when a European organization. Otherwise see SG) |
GO1.A36 |
European Monetary Agreement |
GO1.A45 |
Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) (an agency of the UN) |
GO1.A50 |
Western European Union |
GO1.A55 |
Benelux |
GO1.A60 |
Nordic Council |
GO1.A80 |
Other European organizations |
B. |
Legal and constitutional history; legal biography |
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C. |
Constitutional and administrative law and procedure |
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C.1 |
General works on constitutions, legal system, constitutional law and government |
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C.2 |
Executive |
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C.3 |
Legislative and consultative assemblies, elections, parliamentary practice |
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C.4 |
Judiciary, administration of justice, courts, legal education, legal profession |
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C.5 |
Rights and persons and status:
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C.6 |
Administrative law (works on the actual body of rules by which the executive functions of the administrative officers are to be exercised), delegated legislation, judicial review, ombudsman |
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C.7 |
Public administration (including works on the departmental set-up of the administrative body and on the officers themselves):
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C.8 |
Finance, quotas, payments, rating, tariffs, taxation |
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C.9 |
Local government, codes (municipal), public health, inns and innkeepers |
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C.10 |
Military law (including naval and air force law), National security (including control of armaments and defence generally) |
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D. |
General works on civil law countries and common law countries where SJ cannot be used. Also volumes containing more than one code on differing subjects |
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D.1 |
Civil law, customary law, contract, agency, property, ethnology |
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D.2 |
Commercial law:
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D.3 |
Civil procedure (including bankruptcy & evidence) |
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D.4 |
Criminal law and procedure and criminology |
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D.5 |
Labour law and social security:
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D.6 |
Transport (including air law where specifically European) | |||
D.7 |
External relations (both inter-organizational and with governments). Includes co-ordination and diplomacy but excludes defence (see C.10). |
Examples of subdivisions by subject:
France (GO13) |
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Legal and constitutional history |
GO13.B |
Constitutional law |
GO13.C.1 |
Administrative law |
GO13.C.6 |
Civil law: persons, property, obligations |
GO13.D.1 |
Civil procedure |
GO13.D.3 |
Criminal law and civil procedure |
GO13.D.4 |
Employment law |
GO13.D.5 |
Transport |
GO13.D.6 |
External relations |
GO13.D. |
E. |
Statutes, collections of laws, ordinances, treaty series, etc. (but not codes) |
F. |
Practice manuals |
G. |
Law reports |
H. |
Digests, abridgements, reports of Attorneys General |
J. |
Periodicals |
K. |
Thesis |
L. |
Festschriften |
Examples of subdivisions by form of publication:
England and Wales (GA2) |
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Legislation |
GA2.E |
Practice manuals |
GA2.F |
Law reports |
GA2.G |
Digests |
GA2.H |
Journals |
GA2.J |