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BISAC Subject Headings List, Law

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LAW


LAW000000LAW / General
LAW001000LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
LAW / Admiralty see Maritime
LAW102000LAW / Agricultural
LAW002000LAW / Air & Space
LAW003000LAW / Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW004000LAW / Annotations & Citations
LAW005000LAW / Antitrust
LAW006000LAW / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation
LAW007000LAW / Banking
LAW008000LAW / Bankruptcy & Insolvency
LAW009000LAW / Business & Financial
LAW010000LAW / Child Advocacy
LAW / Children see Family Law / Children
LAW011000LAW / Civil Law
LAW012000LAW / Civil Procedure
LAW013000LAW / Civil Rights
LAW014000LAW / Commercial / General
LAW014010LAW / Commercial / International Trade
LAW103000LAW / Common
LAW015000LAW / Communications
LAW016000LAW / Comparative
LAW104000LAW / Computer & Internet
LAW017000LAW / Conflict of Laws
LAW018000LAW / Constitutional
LAW019000LAW / Construction
LAW020000LAW / Consumer
LAW021000LAW / Contracts
LAW / Copyright see Intellectual Property / Copyright
LAW022000LAW / Corporate
LAW / Corporate Governance see Corporate or BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance
LAW023000LAW / Court Records
LAW024000LAW / Court Rules
LAW025000LAW / Courts
LAW026000LAW / Criminal Law / General
LAW026010LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders
LAW026020LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
LAW027000LAW / Criminal Procedure
LAW028000LAW / Customary
LAW106000LAW / Defamation
LAW029000LAW / Depositions
LAW030000LAW / Dictionaries & Terminology
LAW031000LAW / Disability
LAW094000LAW / Discrimination
LAW / Divorce see Family Law / Divorce & Separation
LAW / Domestic Relations see headings under Family Law
LAW092000LAW / Educational Law & Legislation
LAW107000LAW / Elder Law
LAW108000LAW / Election Law
LAW032000LAW / Emigration & Immigration
LAW / Employment see Labor & Employment
LAW033000LAW / Entertainment
LAW034000LAW / Environmental
LAW101000LAW / Essays
LAW035000LAW / Estates & Trusts
LAW036000LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility
LAW037000LAW / Evidence
LAW038000LAW / Family Law / General
LAW038010LAW / Family Law / Children
LAW038020LAW / Family Law / Divorce & Separation
LAW038030LAW / Family Law / Marriage
LAW041000LAW / Forensic Science
LAW / Franchising see Business & Financial
LAW043000LAW / Gender & the Law
LAW044000LAW / General Practice
LAW109000LAW / Government / General
LAW039000LAW / Government / Federal
LAW089000LAW / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal
LAW046000LAW / Health
LAW047000LAW / Housing & Urban Development
LAW / Human Rights see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
LAW / Immigration see Emigration & Immigration
LAW110000LAW / Indigenous Peoples
LAW049000LAW / Insurance
LAW050000LAW / Intellectual Property / General
LAW050010LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright
LAW050020LAW / Intellectual Property / Patent
LAW050030LAW / Intellectual Property / Trademark
LAW051000LAW / International
LAW111000LAW / Judicial Power
LAW052000LAW / Jurisprudence
LAW053000LAW / Jury
LAW054000LAW / Labor & Employment
LAW055000LAW / Land Use
LAW112000LAW / Landlord & Tenant
LAW056000LAW / Law Office Management
LAW / Legal Assistants see Paralegals & Paralegalism
LAW059000LAW / Legal Education
LAW060000LAW / Legal History
LAW061000LAW / Legal Profession
LAW062000LAW / Legal Services
LAW063000LAW / Legal Writing
LAW113000LAW / Liability
LAW / Libel & Slander see Defamation
LAW064000LAW / Litigation
LAW100000LAW / Living Trusts
LAW / Living Wills see Right to Die
LAW095000LAW / Malpractice
LAW066000LAW / Maritime
LAW / Marriage see Family Law / Marriage
LAW096000LAW / Media & the Law
LAW / Mediation see Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation
LAW093000LAW / Medical Law & Legislation
LAW067000LAW / Mental Health
LAW114000LAW / Mergers & Acquisitions
LAW068000LAW / Military
LAW069000LAW / Natural Law
LAW070000LAW / Natural Resources
LAW / Negotiation see Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation
LAW071000LAW / Paralegals & Paralegalism
LAW / Patent see Intellectual Property / Patent
LAW115000LAW / Pension Law
LAW097000LAW / Personal Injury
LAW098000LAW / Practical Guides
LAW116000LAW / Privacy
LAW / Professional Responsibility see Ethics & Professional Responsibility
LAW074000LAW / Property
LAW075000LAW / Public
LAW076000LAW / Public Contract
LAW077000LAW / Public Utilities
LAW078000LAW / Real Estate
LAW079000LAW / Reference
LAW080000LAW / Remedies & Damages
LAW081000LAW / Research
LAW082000LAW / Right to Die
LAW099000LAW / Science & Technology
LAW083000LAW / Securities
LAW / Separation see Family Law / Divorce & Separation
LAW084000LAW / Sports
LAW / Study & Teaching see Legal Education
LAW086000LAW / Taxation
LAW / Technology see Science & Technology
LAW087000LAW / Torts
LAW / Trademark see Intellectual Property / Trademark
LAW117000LAW / Transportation
LAW088000LAW / Trial Practice
LAW / Urban Development see Housing & Urban Development
LAW090000LAW / Wills
LAW091000LAW / 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

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