SA5 |
Jurisprudence and legal theory, natural law, political philosophy |
SA20 |
Feminist jurisprudence |
SB5 |
General: Civil law and common law |
SB10 |
History |
SB15 |
Procedure: System of courts, evidence, legal aid |
SB20 |
Legal profession, legal education, professional conduct, legal research |
SB25 |
Constitutional and administrative, income tax (church and state) |
SB30 |
Criminal law and procedure, criminology |
SB35 |
Obligations and contract, consumer credit |
SB40 |
Commercial law ; unfair competition |
SB45 |
Tort and delict |
SB50 |
Family law, personal status, medical law |
SB55 |
Property, mining, trade-marks, copyright (see also SH35), agriculture |
SB60 |
Industrial, labour and social |
SB65 |
Communications, broadcasting, press, freedom of speech, transport, censorship |
SB70 |
Unification and codification of law (except within a single jurisdiction, including federal jurisdictions). |
SB75 |
Miscellaneous, urban law |
SB80 |
Computers and automation |
SC5 |
General |
SC10 |
Oriental law: Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Persia, East of Mediterranean and South Europe |
SC15 |
Greek law (including papyrological), Pre-Roman |
SC20 |
Pre-Renaissance Roman law - works of reference |
SC25 |
Pre-Renaissance Roman law - texts, treatises, etc. |
SC35 |
More specialised works on Pre-Renaissance Roman law |
SC40 |
Civil law: 15th to 19th centuries (as practised in Europe, excluding Roman-Dutch law), Germany 15th century to 17th century. (17th century - introduction of Justinian Roman law) |
SD5 |
General |
SE5 |
General |
SF5 |
General |
SG5 |
International law: general |
SG10 |
History |
SG20 |
Diplomacy, relations, arbitration |
SG25-30 |
Cases & digests |
SG35 |
Treaties |
SG40 |
Treaties: texts |
SG45 |
Nationality |
SG55 |
Neutrality |
SG65 |
Sovereignty |
SG70 |
Maritime law |
SG75 |
International economic law, expropriation, pollution, environmental control |
SG78 |
International Taxation |
SG80 |
War, peace |
SG85 |
Human rights (including refugees, etc.), Red Cross, the individual, communications e.g. freedom of speech, medical |
SG90 |
Air law, space law, hovercraft, international communications and broadcasting |
SG95 |
International criminal law and extradition (trials); international terrorism |
SG100 |
International industrial, labour and social law. Atomic energy |
SH5 |
General |
SH10 |
Jurisdiction |
SH15 |
Domicil |
SH20 |
Law of persons (including corporations) |
SH25 |
Family law |
SH30 |
Obligations |
SH35 |
Property, international copyright |
SH40 |
Succession |
SH45 |
Foreign judgments |
SH50 |
Procedure, bankruptcy |
SI5 |
General |
Classification for books on common law subjects from the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. (N.B. Louisiana and Quebec have civil law systems).
SJ25 |
Common law generally, legal system, law reform |
SJ75 |
Contract, sale, agency, fraud, hire-purchase, gaming, consumer credit |
SJ100 |
Corporations and company law, partnership, securities; privatisation |
SJ125 |
Commercial and mercantile law, insurance, carriage of goods, cartels and monopolies, anti-trust (USA), advertising, products liability, consumer protection, accounting, franchising, banking |
SJ150 |
Criminal law and procedure (including criminal codes of common law countries) and criminology (of all countries) |
SJ175 |
Family law, domestic relations, children, divorce, abortion, aged |
SJ200 |
Equity, surety, trusts, charities |
SJ225 |
Evidence |
SJ250 |
Industrial & employment law, master and servant, trade unions |
SJ275 |
Drafting and interpretation of statutes and documents |
SJ300 |
Real property, land law and property generally, agricultural law and game law, fisheries, mining law, town and country planning |
SJ325 |
Personal property, copyright, patents, trademarks (see SH35 for international copyright) |
SJ350 |
Practice and procedure (civil), remedies, bankruptcy, legal aid, rules of court, forms, advocacy (but see SB for legal profession), arbitration (general) |
SJ375 |
Succession (including death duties); wills |
SJ400 |
Tort, delict, etc., defamation, negligence, passing-off |
SJ425 |
Insanity, forensic medicine, medical law |
SJ430 |
Forensic science |
SJ440 |
Law relating to professions e.g. theatrical law, architectural and engineering law |
SJ475 |
Miscellaneous (including burial laws), atomic energy, meetings, bribery, animals |
SJ500 |
Highways (including railways, canals, rivers) |