Library Catalogue
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Arrangement of the collections
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Course Collection (ground floor) - multiple copies of essential course texts. Many of the current editions of legal textbooks will be in the Course Collection.
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First floor - law books and law reports (shelved by jurisdiction followed by subject) and law journals shelved alphabetically.
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English Law (classmarks beginning KD) - statutes, statutory instruments, general law reports and digests are at the start of the KD sequence in that order.
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Useful classmarks for law include:
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Subject
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Classmark
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Companies, Bankruptcy, Regulation, Monopolies
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KD2040 to KD2220
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Comparative law
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K540 to K5570
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Conflict of laws
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K7051 to K7690
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Courts, procedure, evidence (UK)
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KD6850 to KD7640
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Criminal law/procedure (UK)
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KD7850 to KD8464
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European comparative law
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KJC
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European human rights
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KJC
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EC law
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KJE
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International Court of Justice
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JX1971.6
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International law & International Relations
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JX/JZ/KZ
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Jurisprudence
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K237 to K487
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Labour law (UK)
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KD3001 to KD3177
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Law Reports (UK, general)
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KD190 to KD300
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Law of the sea
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JX4408 to JX4449
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Law of the United Kingdom
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KD125 to KD8464
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Law of war
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JX4505 to JX5397
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Revenue/Taxation (UK)
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KD5320 to KD5694
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Treaties
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JX120 to JX1195
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UK legislation
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KD125 to KD180
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United Nations
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JX 1976-7
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United States
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KF
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Full list of the classmarks used for law, see Library of Congress classmarks|
To see what the Library aims to collect, please see our Collection Development Policy for Law|.