DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
Codes Revised statutes 
Law digests (of statutes) 
Reports 
Use .4 U. S. supreme court; .41 U. S. circuit and district courts; .415 Periodical 
collections of various states; e. g. Eastern Reporter, etc; .42 Reports of individual 
states 
.5 Digests of cases 
346 British statutes and cases 
Divided like 345. Includes all reports in English language except U. S. reports 
347 Treatises American and English private law 
,01 Philosofy .02 Compends .03 Dictionaries .04 Essays .05 Periodicals 
.06 Societies, bar associations .08 Polygrafy .o9 History 
Put law of special topics with subject; e. g. Insurance law, 368. Divisions 
,i-.8 may be disregarded and all English law textbooks arranged in one alfabet by 
authors. An elaborate division, similar to Medicin, wil be publisht after further 
revision 
Peisons Legal capacity 
Realty 
Chattels Movables 
Contracts 
Torts 
Family law and inheritance 
Commercial and maritime 
Equity 
Civil trials Procedure 
91 Civil trials 
02 Pleading 
93 Forms 
94 Evidence Testimony in general not limited to civil trials 
05 Remedies 
06 Justises of the peace Notaries Sheriff 
97 Organization of courts 
98 Jurisdictions 
09 History of special courts 
348 Church law 
349 Law other than American and British 
Divided like 930-999, and under each modern state divided after a o like 345 with 
071-079 used for Treatises like 347; e. 8. 349.44075 is French law of torts, 
349.4402 is French code; or, if preferd, 347 may be used to include treatises on 
law in any country and 071-079 be disregarded after country subdivisions of 349. 
Roman law is divided: 
Roman law 
01 Philosofy .02 Compends .03 Dictionaries .04 Essays .05 Periodicals 
.06 Societies .07 Education .08 Polygrafy .o9 History 
Sources: Ante-Justinian 
“ Justinian 
History and criticism of sources 
Institutes: ancient Roman law 
Pandects: modern “ “ 
Treatises on special topics Divided like 347 
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371 
372 
373 
374 
375 
24y 
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