BISAC SUBJECT HEADINGS

2008 Edition
Approved: November 20, 2008
Posted: December 18, 2008
 

LAW

 

An asterisk (*) denotes a heading that is new for the 2008 Edition.

 

Step 2:  Once you have selected your major heading, determine the specific term which describes your book. 
 

LAW000000    LAW / General

LAW001000    LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice

                     LAW / Admiralty see Maritime

LAW102000    LAW / Agricultural

LAW002000    LAW / Air & Space

LAW003000    LAW / Alternative Dispute Resolution

LAW004000    LAW / Annotations & Citations

LAW005000    LAW / Antitrust

LAW006000    LAW / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation

LAW007000    LAW / Banking

LAW008000    LAW / Bankruptcy & Insolvency

LAW009000    LAW / Business & Financial

LAW010000    LAW / Child Advocacy

                     LAW / Children see Family Law / Children

LAW011000    LAW / Civil Law

LAW012000    LAW / Civil Procedure

LAW013000    LAW / Civil Rights

LAW014000    LAW / Commercial / General

LAW014010    LAW / Commercial / International Trade

LAW103000    LAW / Common

LAW015000    LAW / Communications

LAW016000    LAW / Comparative

LAW104000    LAW / Computer & Internet

LAW017000    LAW / Conflict of Laws

LAW018000    LAW / Constitutional

LAW019000    LAW / Construction

LAW020000    LAW / Consumer

LAW021000    LAW / Contracts

                     LAW / Copyright see Intellectual Property / Copyright

LAW022000    LAW / Corporate

LAW105000    LAW / Corporate Governance

LAW023000    LAW / Court Records

LAW024000    LAW / Court Rules

LAW025000    LAW / Courts

LAW026000    LAW / Criminal Law / General

LAW026010    LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders

LAW026020    LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing

LAW027000    LAW / Criminal Procedure

LAW028000    LAW / Customary

LAW106000    LAW / Defamation

LAW029000    LAW / Depositions

LAW030000    LAW / Dictionaries & Terminology

LAW031000    LAW / Disability

LAW094000    LAW / Discrimination

                     LAW / Divorce see Family Law / Divorce & Separation

                     LAW / Domestic Relations see headings under Family Law

LAW092000    LAW / Educational Law & Legislation

LAW107000    LAW / Elder Law

LAW108000    LAW / Election Law

LAW032000    LAW / Emigration & Immigration

                     LAW / Employment see Labor & Employment

LAW033000    LAW / Entertainment

LAW034000    LAW / Environmental

LAW101000    LAW / Essays

LAW035000    LAW / Estates & Trusts

LAW036000    LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility

LAW037000    LAW / Evidence

LAW038000    LAW / Family Law / General

LAW038010    LAW / Family Law / Children

LAW038020    LAW / Family Law / Divorce & Separation

LAW038030    LAW / Family Law / Marriage

LAW041000    LAW / Forensic Science

                     LAW / Franchising see Business & Financial

LAW043000    LAW / Gender & the Law

LAW044000    LAW / General Practice

LAW109000    LAW / Government / General

LAW039000    LAW / Government / Federal

LAW089000    LAW / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal

LAW046000    LAW / Health

LAW047000    LAW / Housing & Urban Development

                     LAW / Human Rights see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights

                     LAW / Immigration see Emigration & Immigration

LAW110000    LAW / Indigenous Peoples

LAW049000    LAW / Insurance

LAW050000    LAW / Intellectual Property / General

LAW050010    LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright

LAW050020    LAW / Intellectual Property / Patent

LAW050030    LAW / Intellectual Property / Trademark

LAW051000    LAW / International

LAW111000    LAW / Judicial Power

LAW052000    LAW / Jurisprudence

LAW053000    LAW / Jury

LAW054000    LAW / Labor & Employment

LAW055000    LAW / Land Use

LAW112000    LAW / Landlord & Tenant

LAW056000    LAW / Law Office Management

                     LAW / Legal Assistants see Paralegals & Paralegalism

LAW059000    LAW / Legal Education

LAW060000    LAW / Legal History

LAW061000    LAW / Legal Profession

LAW062000    LAW / Legal Services

LAW063000    LAW / Legal Writing

LAW113000    LAW / Liability

                     LAW / Libel & Slander see Defamation

LAW064000    LAW / Litigation

LAW100000    LAW / Living Trusts

                     LAW / Living Wills see Right to Die

LAW095000    LAW / Malpractice

LAW066000    LAW / Maritime

                     LAW / Marriage see Family Law / Marriage

LAW096000    LAW / Media & the Law

                     LAW / Mediation see Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation

LAW093000    LAW / Medical Law & Legislation

LAW067000    LAW / Mental Health

LAW114000    LAW / Mergers & Acquisitions

LAW068000    LAW / Military

LAW069000    LAW / Natural Law

LAW070000    LAW / Natural Resources

                     LAW / Negotiation see Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation

LAW071000    LAW / Paralegals & Paralegalism

                     LAW / Patent see Intellectual Property / Patent

LAW115000    LAW / Pension Law

LAW097000    LAW / Personal Injury

LAW098000    LAW / Practical Guides

LAW116000    LAW / Privacy

                     LAW / Professional Responsibility see Ethics & Professional Responsibility

LAW074000    LAW / Property

LAW075000    LAW / Public

LAW076000    LAW / Public Contract

LAW077000    LAW / Public Utilities

LAW078000    LAW / Real Estate

LAW079000    LAW / Reference

LAW080000    LAW / Remedies & Damages

LAW081000    LAW / Research

LAW082000    LAW / Right to Die

LAW099000    LAW / Science & Technology

LAW083000    LAW / Securities

                     LAW / Separation see Family Law / Divorce & Separation

LAW084000    LAW / Sports

                     LAW / Study & Teaching see Legal Education

LAW086000    LAW / Taxation

                     LAW / Technology see Science & Technology

LAW087000    LAW / Torts

                     LAW / Trademark see Intellectual Property / Trademark

LAW088000    LAW / Trial Practice

                     LAW / Urban Development see Housing & Urban Development

LAW090000    LAW / Wills

LAW091000    LAW / Witnesses

 

If you can't find the code you're looking for:

Please go back and review other Major Subjects to find an alternate

code or use our feedback form to suggest revisions to the next version

of the list.

 

 Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
 
 ã 2008, Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
 
 All rights reserved.  No part of the attached documents may be distributed or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the express permission of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.