Find Law print textbooks in the library using the shelfmark

Shelfmark labels

Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is the classification system we use to arrange books on our library shelves by subject.

DDC gives each subject area a number and these are displayed on spine labels on the books (shelfmarks). The books are then shelved in number order.

When you know the author or title of a book you can search for it on Library Search, find out it’s shelfmark, and then locate it on the library shelf.  You can also use shelfmarks to browse books in a particular subject area, and you do this by knowing the DDC number for the subject you’re researching.

Here are the numbers that we use for some of the main areas in Law (but remember this is just a guide and you’ll need to check Library Search for your particular subject area):

340.07

Legal skills

340.1

Philosophy and theory of law

341

International law

341.242

European Union law

342 Public and constitutional law

342.42085

Human rights law

345.42

Criminal law (England and Wales)

346.42015

Family law

346.4202

Contract law

346.4203

Tort

346.42043

Land law

346.42048

Intellectual property law

346.4205

Equity and trusts

346.42052

Succession

346.42066

Company law

346.4207

Commercial law

 

 

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