BISAC Subject Headings List, Law
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LAW
| 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 |
| LAW / Corporate Governance see Corporate or BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / 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 / 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 | |
| LAW117000 | LAW / Transportation |
| LAW088000 | LAW / Trial Practice |
| LAW / Urban Development see Housing & Urban Development | |
| LAW090000 | LAW / Wills |
| LAW091000 | LAW / Witnesses |
If your title does not have subject content, i.e. a blank book, please use the Non-Classifiable term below. Otherwise, use the Subject/General term in the closest descriptive area.
NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
Please note that the BISAC Subject Headings List is governed by the following copyright notice.
© 2012, 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.











