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Monash Law classification system

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I Reference materials:
A Bibliographies, encyclopaedias, digests, dictionaries, directories etc.
II Primary source materials:
B Statutes and subordinate legislation
C Law reports
D Government publications
III Serial publications:
E Periodicals, including regular conferences
IV Treatises:
F General; jurisprudence; legal history; constitutional law
FA Constitutional law and general public law
G Administrative law
H Defence and military law
J5-15 Industrial law
J30-47 Taxation
J48 Accounting
J50-90 Criminal law and criminology
K Private law; equity; torts; commercial law; contracts
L Property
M Industrial property; natural resources law; environmental law; remedies
N10-20 Controls on use of property
N40-55 Company law
N70-99 Family law; social welfare law
P10 Evidence
P20-40 Procedure
P55 Conflicts of laws
P70-90 Comparative law & ecclesiastical law
R5-960 Foreign law
V Repealed.
VI Documentary sources:
T Treaties, international courts, digests
VII Official records of international organisations
U Organisations, conferences, unifications of law
VIII Serial publications:
V Repealed
IX Treatises:
W5-20 General works
W25-60 States
W70-90 The individual
X5-10 Law of the sea
X20-25 Air and space law
X30-35 Treaty law, administration of foreign affairs
X45-85 International disputes and settlement
Y10-25 International crimes & offences
Y40-45 Trade
Y60-90 International law in relations to other subjects
X Miscellaneous:
Z75 Medicine generally
Z80 Law relating to other professions
Z90 Biographies
Z95 Fiction etc.
 

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