Classification
The library has a separate section for each jurisdiction and for each of certain subjects. Within each section, materials are shelved according to the following general scheme below.
| 10-90 | Legislation |
| 100-160 | Law reports |
| 200 | Digests of cases and statutes |
| 300 | Periodicals |
| 400 | Bibliographies (For bibliographies of national laws, see Reference section) |
| 450 | Legal dictionaries (For language dictionaries, see Reference section) |
| 500 - | Textbooks and other monographs |
Exceptions
In most sections all textbooks and monographs have the shelfmark 510. Only the following sections are subdivided by subject: United Kingdom, Roman law , Public international law, Criminology click to take you to that section or scroll down the page. This list gives the subdivisions of these subjects.
United Kingdom (jurisdiction of England & Wales)
K 1 English Legal Reference
Halsbury’s Laws, Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents, Atkin’s Court Forms (Legal Dictionaries see KL 40)
KB English Legal Biographies & Memoirs, Trials
KA 70.F5 Law and Finance
KC 214 English Extradition Law
KD English Church Law
KL English Common Law
KL 1 - KL 44 Legal System (note KL 40 English Legal Dictionaries) KL 50 - KL 119 Legal Profession KL 130 - KL 149 Legal Education & Training KL 155 - KL 179 Legal Research, Law Reform KL 200 - KL 319 Administration of Justice (organization, powers, jurisdictions of courts)
KM English Public Law
| KM 1 - KM 29 | General works |
| KM 31 - KM 141 | Constitutional and administrative law (general) |
| KM 171 - KM 199 | Citizenship |
| KM 201 - KM 229 | Civil and human rights |
| KM 231 - KM 259 | Government |
| KM 300 - KM 307 | Administrative Law |
| KM 331 - KM 354 | Public finance |
| KM 355 – KM 359 | Taxation |
| KM 361 - KM 391 | Local Government |
| KM 400 – KM 416 | Military law (includes martial law) |
| KM 500 – KM 565 | Criminal law |
| KM 570 - KM 690 | Criminal procedure |
KN English Private Law
| KN 5 | Law of obligations (general works on both contract & tort) |
| KN 10 – KN 25 | Contracts, restitution, agency |
| KN 30 - KN 39 | Torts |
| KN 50 - KN 58 | Property law (general works, ownership) |
| KN 60 - KN 93 | Real Property |
| KN 94 - KN 98 | Environmental law, planning law |
| KN 100 - KN 118 | Personal Property (For negotiable instruments, stocks & shares see KN304-306) |
| KN 111 - KN 114 | IP, copyright, industrial property, patents |
| KN 120 - KN 143 | Inheritance and succession |
| KN 150 - KN 169 | Law of Persons |
| KN 170 - KN 176 | Family Law |
| KN 180 - KN 182 | Social security, social services, community care |
| KN 184 | Education, arts, museums |
| KN 185 - KN 186 | Public health, medical law |
| KN 190 - KN 198 | Employment law, industrial relations law |
| KN 200 – KN 235 | Equity |
| KN 250 - KN 255 | Commercial law, trade law |
| KN 256 | Commercial arbitration |
| KN 260 - KN 279 | Company law |
| KN 266 | Competition law |
| KN 280 - KN 287 | Sale of goods |
| KN 284 | Consumer protection |
| KN 290 - KN 295 | Insurance |
| KN 300 - KN 315 | Finance, investment |
| KN 320 - KN 329 | Transport (except maritime) |
| KN 330 - KN 338 | Maritime law |
| KN 340 - KN 346 | Communications, media law |
| KN 347 - KN 348 | Computer law, computer technology |
| KN 349 | Censorship |
| KN 350 - KN 397 | Procedure (general works, civil procedure) (For criminal procedure see KM 570-690) |
Roman Law
| 500 | General |
| 510-601 | Legal sources and literature |
| 610 | Dictionaries |
| 620-625 | Lay sources and literature |
| 630 | Law of persons |
| 635 | Law of property |
| 640-642 | Law of obligations |
| 645 | Law of succession |
| 650 | Law of actions and procedure |
| 655 | Criminal law |
| 660 | Constitutional law |
| 670 | Jurisitic epigraphy and papyrology, and the law of Greco-Roman Egypt |
| 675 | Byzantine law |
| 680 | Collected and collective works and historiography |
| 690 | Encyclopaedias and bibliographies |
Criminology and penology
| 500 | General history and theory of criminology; surveys of crime |
| 520 | Classification of crimes; criminality of special classes |
| 525 | Female delinquency |
| 530 | Crimes against the person |
| 535 | Sexual offences and offences against decency |
| 540 | Crimes of addiction |
| 545 | Political crimes |
| 550 | Crimes against public order |
| 560 | Crimes against property |
| 565 | Motor vehicle offences |
| 570 | Detection and prevention of crime; criminal science |
| 575 | History and organization of the police, including biography and memoirs |
| 580 | Secret police and political repression |
| 590 | History of crime and collected cases |
| 595 | Individual crimes and cases |
| 600 | General history and theory of penology |
| 620 | Imprisonment |
| 625 | Political prisons and concentration camps |
| 630 | Corporal punishment |
| 640 | Capital punishment |
| 660 | Other sanctions -- e.g. fines, exile, etc. |
| 670 | Probation, parole and after-care |
| 700 | Juvenile delinquency |
| 710 | Juvenile courts |
| 720 | Treatment of juvenile delinquency |
Public International Law
a) Treaties and State Papers
| 5 | Consolidated Treaty Series (Parry) |
| 8 | Recueil de Traites (Martens) |
| 10 LN | League of Nations Treaty Series |
| 10 UN | United Nations Treaty Series |
| 14 | Indexes of multilateral treaties deposited with United Nations |
| 18 | Indexes of treaties |
| 20 | Collections of treaties (unofficial) |
| 25 | European Treaty Series |
| 26 | European conventions and agreements (Council of Europe) |
| 50 | National treaty series (divided by country) |
| 90 | British and Foreign State Papers |
b) Law reports
| 100 | General collections |
| 120 | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| 121 | International Court of Justice: reports |
| 122 | International Court of Justice: pleadings |
| 123 | Unofficial collections |
| 130 | Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| 135 | Collections of arbitral awards |
| 140 | Individual arbitration tribunals: proceedings and awards |
| 150 | European Court of Human Rights |
c) Periodicals, bibliographies and dictionaries
| 300 | Periodicals |
| 400 | Bibliographies |
| 450 | Legal dictionaries |
d) Textbooks and monographs
| 500 | General and theory |
| 510 | History |
| 520 | Title to territory |
| 530 | The state (as a legal entity) |
| 535 | Dependent states and special regimes |
| 540 | State succession |
| 545 | Recognition |
| 550 | Servitudes |
| 555 | State responsibility |
| 560 | Jurisdiction of states |
| 565 | Nationality |
| 570 | Human rights |
| 575 | European Court of Human Rights: literature |
| 580 | International crimes |
| 590 | Economic law |
| 600 | Atomic energy |
| 610 | Social legislation and organisation |
| 620 | Transport and communications (except sea, air and space) |
| 630 | Law of the sea and waterways |
| 640 | Air law |
| 650 | Space law |
| 660 | International relations |
| 670 | Treaties (theory etc.) |
e) International organisations
| 680 | History and general |
| 681 | General and regional political organisations |
| 685 | League of Nations: texts about the LN |
| 687 | United Nations: texts about about the UN |
| 700 | Peace and disarmament |
f) International disputes and arbitration
| 710 | General and theory |
| 720 | International courts and tribunals: general |
| 725 | Permanent Court of International Justice, International Court of Justice |
| 730 | Permanent court of Arbitration: literature |
| 740 | Individual arbitration tribunals: literature |
| 750 | War and armed conflict |
| 760 | Termination of war (including specific peace treaties) |