BISAC Subject Headings List
Law
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LAW
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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
LAW120000 LAW / Animal Law
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
LAW118000 LAW / Drugs & the 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 Law & Legal Systems
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
LAW119000 LAW / Islamic
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
LAW121000 LAW / Reform & Transformation *
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
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