ILS Guides: Moody
Harvard Law School's International Legal Studies Library collects laws of all
foreign jurisdictions, except for the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland
and Australia, which are collected in the Langdell Anglo-American Collection.
At the ILS Library, foreign law
is classified using Harvard's own Moody classification system. This system arranges
materials first by jurisdiction, then by form, subject, author,
and in some instances, date.
This system uses a
three-part call number: the first part indicates jurisdiction, the second part defines the
book by form (first digit) and subject (last two digits); and the third part contains
other identifying information, such as a very abbreviated form of the author's name or the
title.
A decimal extension of
the number that makes up the second part is sometimes used to designate a further
subdivision of the subject.
For example: FRA
962 ALE, where: FRA=France
900s=treatises
62=constitutional law ALE=author
Using the Moody
classification system can make legal research in foreign jurisdictions easier. For
instance, all judicial reports are classified in the 500s, all constitutions in the 100s,
et cetera. In any jurisdiction, you can go to the call number you are interested in and browse
the shelf for books on your area of interest.
Also, in
HOLLIS, you can perform a Browse Search the "Other Call Number"
option to find materials in your subject area.
For example, to find
treatises on commercial law in the UAE, perform a Browse Search using the "Other Call Number" selection from the drop down
menu. Enter UAE 929. (UAE=United
Arab Emirates 900s=treatises 29=commercial law).
Form Categories
Following are the form
categories indicated by the first digit of the second part of the call number:
| Class 010-020 |
Reference and bibliography |
| Class 100 |
Constitutions |
| Class 200 |
Compilations
of laws |
| Class 300 |
Laws &
Commentaries |
| Class 400 |
Administrative
regulations |
| Class 500 |
Judicial
reports |
| Class 600 |
Legislative
documents |
| Class 700 |
Administrative
reports |
| Class 800 |
Periodicals |
| Class 900 |
Treatises |
Subject List
Following is an alphabetical list of
some of the subjects used in the Moody system:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W YZ
| Accounting | 43 |
| Administration of justice | 97 |
| Administrative law | 67 |
| Agency | 37 |
| Agriculture | 48 |
| Air law | 54 |
| Antitrust law | 47 |
| Banking & finance | 33 |
| Bankruptcy | 42.1 |
| Business planning | 36 |
| Civil procedure | 91 |
| Civil service | 68 |
| Collected essays | 04 |
| Commercial arbitration | 41 |
| Commercial law | 29 |
| Commercial paper | 31 |
| Communications | 55 |
| Computers & the law | 55.6 |
| Constitutional & political theory | 63 |
| Constitutional law | 61-62 |
| Contracts | 25 |
| Copyright | 44 |
| Corporations | 39 |
| Creditors' rights | 42 |
| Crimes against persons & property | 83 |
| Crimes against public safety | 82 |
| Criminal law | 80 |
| Criminal procedure | 93 |
| Criminal responsibility | 81 |
| Criminology | 86 |
| Damages | 24 |
| Economic policy | 71 |
| Education | 77
| | Equity | 92 |
| Evidence | 94 |
| Executive | 66 |
| Family law | 13 |
| General studies | 03 |
| Government contracts | 27 |
| Government corporations | 40 |
| Health | 76 |
| Insurance | 35 |
| Judicial assistance | 95 |
| Jurisprudence | 06 |
| Juvenile delinquency | 87 |
| Labor law | 57 |
| Land use & planning | 75 |
| Landlord & tenant | 18 |
| Legal education | 07 |
| Legal history | 05 |
| Legal liability | 11 |
| Legal profession | 08 |
| Legal research | 07.3 |
| Legislature | 65 |
| Local government | 69 |
| Maritime law | 53 |
| Medical jurisprudence | 88 |
| Military justice | 89 |
| Mortgages | 17 |
| National defense | 70 |
| Natural resources | 50 |
| Negligence | 23 |
| Notariat | 98 |
| Obligations | 21 |
| Parent & child | 14 |
| Patents & trademarks | 45 |
| Penology | 85 |
| Persons | 12 |
| Police | 79 |
| Politics & government | 64 |
| Practice & procedure | 90 |
| Private law | 10 |
| Probate | 98 |
| Property | 15 |
| Public finance | 72 |
| Public law | 60 |
| Public property | 74 |
| Quasi contracts | 28 |
| Real property | 16 |
| Reference works | 01 |
| Regulated utilities | 51 |
| Regulatory offenses | 84 |
| Religion | 78 |
| Sales | 30 |
| Secured transactions | 32 |
| Securities | 34 |
| Social legislation | 56 |
| Social security | 58 |
| Social welfare | 59 |
| Succession | 19 |
| Suretyship & guarantee | 26 |
| Taxation | 73 |
| Torts | 22 |
| Trades & crafts | 49 |
| Transportation | 52 |
| Trials | 96 |
| Trusts & trustees | 20 |
| Unfair competition | 46 |
| Unincorporated associations | 38 |
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Jurisdictional Symbols
Following is a list of the jurisdictional symbols used in the ILS Library:
A
B C D E
F G H I
J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W YZ
| Aden | AD |
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Albania | ALB |
| Algeria | ALG (FRA/AL; FRA/ALG) |
| ANCIENT LAW | ANCIENT * |
| Andorra | AND |
| Angola | ANG (POR/AN) |
| Anguilla | BWI/LI/A |
| Antigua | ANT (BWI/LI/AN) |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia (Republic) | ARM |
| Aruba | NET/AR |
| Australia | AU * |
| Austria | AUS |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
| Bahamas | BA |
| Bahrain | BAH (PERS/B) |
| Bangladesh | BAN (PAK/E) |
| Barbados | BAR (BWI/B) |
| Basutoland | BSA/BA |
| Bechuanaland | BSA/BE |
| Belarus | BE |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Belize | BRH |
| Benin | BEN (DAH) |
| Bermuda Islands | BER |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Borneo | BOR |
| Bosnia & Hercegovina | BOS |
| Botswana | BOT (BSA/BE) |
| Brazil | BRA |
| British Guiana | BRG |
| British Honduras | BRH |
| British Solomon Islands | WEST/BS (SOL) |
| British Somaliland | EA/SO (SOM) |
| British South Africa | BSA |
| British Virgin Islands | BWI/LI/V |
| British West Africa | BWA |
| British West Indies | BWI |
| Brunei | BRU |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
| Burkina Faso | BURK (UPP) |
| Burma | BUR |
| Burundi | BURU |
| Cambodia | CA |
| Cameroon | CAM |
| Canada | CAN * |
| CANON LAW | CANON * |
| Cape Verde | CAV (POR/CA) |
| Cayman Islands | BWI/C |
| Central African Republic | CEN |
| Ceylon | CEY (SRI) |
| Chad | CHA |
| Chile | CHI |
| China (People's Republic) | CHIN-PR |
| China (Taiwan) | CHIN |
| Colombia | COL |
| COMPARATIVE LAW | COMP * |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | CON-R |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | CON (ZAI) |
| Congo, Belgian | CON (ZAI) |
| Costa Rica | COS |
| Cote d'Ivoire | IVO (FREN) |
| Croatia | CRO |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Cyprus | CYP |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
| Dahomey | DAH (BEN) |
| Denmark | DEN |
| Djibouti | DJI (FRA/SOM) |
| Dominica | DO (BWI/W/D) |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt | EGY (UAR) (UAR/E) |
| El Salvador | SAL |
| Equatorial Guinea | EQU |
| Eritrea | ERI |
| Estonia | EST (USSR/E) |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| Falkland Islands | FAL |
| Fiji | FIJ |
| Finland | FIN |
| France | FRA |
| French Equatorial Africa | FRE |
| French Indochina | IN-F |
| Gabon | GAB |
| Gambia | GAM |
| Georgia (Republic) | GEO |
| Germany | GER |
| Germany (Dem. Republic) | GER-DR |
| Ghana | GHA (GOL) |
| Gibraltar | GIB |
| Gilbert & Ellice Islands | WEST/G (WEST/K; TUV; WEST/TU) |
| Gold Coast | GOL(GHA) |
| Greece | GRE |
| Grenada | GREN (BWI/W/G) |
| Guatemala | GUA |
| Guinea-Bissau | GUIB (POR/GU) |
| Guinea | GUI |
| Guyana | BRG |
| Haiti | HAI |
| Honduras | HON |
| Hong Kong | HONG |
| Hungary | HUN |
| Iceland | ICE |
| India | IN |
| Indonesia | IND |
| Iran | IR |
| Iraq | IRA |
| Ireland (Eire) | IRE * |
| Israel | ISR |
| Italy | ITA |
| Ivory Coast | IVO (FREN) |
| Jamaica | JAM (BWI/J) |
| Japan | JAP |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Kenya | KNY (EA/K) |
| Kiribati | KIR (WEST/K; WEST/G) |
| Korea, North | KOR-DR |
| Korea, South | KOR |
| Kuwait | KUW |
| Kyrgyzstan | KYR |
| Laos | LAO |
| Latvia | LAT (USSR/L) |
| Lebanon | LEB |
| Leeward Islands | BWI/LI |
| Lesotho | LES (BSA/BA) |
| Liberia | LI |
| Libya | LIB |
| Liechtenstein | LIE |
| Lithuania | LIT (USSR/LI) |
| Luxemburg | LUX |
| Macedonia | MAC |
| Madagascar | M |
| Malawi | MAL (RHO) |
| Malaysia | MALA (MA) |
| Maldives | MALD |
| Mali | MALI |
| Malta | MALT |
| Marshall Islands | MAR |
| Mauritania | MAU |
| Mauritius | MAUR (EA/M) |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Micronesia (Federated States) | MICR |
| Moldova | MOL |
| Monaco | MO |
| Mongolia | MON |
| Montserrat | BWI/LI/M |
| Morocco | MOR |
| MOSLEM LAW | MOSLEM * |
| Mozambique | MOZ (POR/MO) |
| Namibia | NAM |
| Nauru | NAU |
| Nepal | N |
| Netherlands | NET |
| New Hebrides | WEST/NH; (VAN) |
| New Zealand | NEZ * |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
| Niger | NIG |
| Nigeria | NIGE |
| Norway | NOR |
| Nyasaland | RHO/NY (RHO) |
| Oman | OMA (PERS) |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Palau | PAL |
| Palestinian National Authority | PALE |
| Panama | PAN |
| Papua New Guinea | PAP (AU/NEG; AU/P; AU/PNG) |
| Paraguay | PAR |
| Persian Gulf States | PERS (OMA: KUW) |
| Peru | PERU |
| Philippines | PHI |
| Poland | POL |
| Portugal | POR |
| Qatar | QAT (PERS/Q) |
| ROMAN LAW | ROMAN * |
| Romania | RUM |
| Russia (Federation) | RUSS |
| Russia (pre-Soviet) | RUS (USSR) |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | STK (BWI/LI/S; BWI/LI/A) |
| Saint Lucia | STL (BWI/W/SL) |
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | STV (BWI/W/SV) |
| Salvador | SAL |
| Samoa |
SAM (NEZ/W) |
| San Marino | SAN |
| Sao Tome and Principe | SAO (POR/S) |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Senegal | SEN (FREN) |
| Serbia and Montenegro | SER |
| Seychelles | SEY (EA/SE) |
| Sierra Leone | SIE (BWA/SI) |
| Singapore | SIN |
| Slovenia | SLON |
| Slovakia | SLOK |
| Solomon Islands | SOL (WEST/BS.) |
| Somalia | SOM |
| South-West Africa | SOUW |
| South Africa | SOU |
| South Georgia & Sandwich Islands | SOUG |
| Soviet Union | USSR |
| Spain | SPA |
| Sri Lanka | SRI (CEY) |
| Straits Settlement | MA/ST |
| Sudan | SUD |
| Surinam | SUR (NET/SUR) |
| Swaziland | SWA (BSA/S) |
| Sweden | SWE |
| Switzerland | SWI |
| Syria | SYR |
| Taiwan | CHIN |
| Tajikistan | TAJ |
| Tanganyika | EA/TA |
| Tanzania | TAN (EA/TAN) |
| Thailand | THA |
| Togo | TOGO |
| Tonga | TON |
| Trinidad & Tobago | TRI (BWI/T) |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkey | TUR |
| Turkmenistan | TURK |
| Turks & Caicos | BWI/TU |
| Tuvalu | TUV (WEST/TU; WEST/G) |
| Uganda |
UGA (EA/U) |
| Ukraine | UKR |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repub. | USSR (RUSS;RUS) |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE |
| United Arab Republic | UAR (UAR/E) |
| United Kingdom | UK * |
| United States | US * |
| Upper Volta | UPP (BURK) |
| Uruguay | URU |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| Vanuatu | VAN (WEST/NH) |
| Vatican City | VA |
| Venezuela | VEN |
| Vietnam | VIE |
| Vietnam, North | VIE-DR |
| West Africa | WES |
| West Indies | (BWI) |
| Western Pacific High Commission | WEST |
| Yemen | YEM |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
| Zaire | ZAI (CON) |
| Zambia | ZAM (RHO/N) |
| Zanzibar | EA/Z |
| Zimbabwe | ZIM (RHO/S) |
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Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional
locations for materials related to the country. Please note that some of the
jurisdictional symbols still in use are anachronistic, but the Library does not always
have the time nor funding to correct records for such a large collection when political
changes take place.
* = Denotes juristictional abbreviations no longer in use for current materials. Older Materials still bear this abbreviation.