KF Modified TEST 123

Class Number

Concept

Law of common law jurisdictions.
Note: Includes mixed systems with heavy common law influence i.e. Scotland, Louisiana, South Africa, Sri Lanka, etc..

Bibliography.
Cross Reference: Manuals of legal bibliography and legal research and on the use of law books (How to find the law) see KF240.
1 General.
2 Checklists of statutes.
3 Checklists of law reports.
4 Library catalogs. Union lists.
6 Sales catalogs. Want lists. Duplicates.
8 Indexes to periodical literature, society publications, collections.
16-154
  • Note: Common law primary materials and finding aids are not classed at present (* indicates a number which may be used).

Parliamentary material (Y).
Note: Does not include bills (3 readings), statutes, regulations, gazettes and indexes to legislation; nor does it include any secondary material on Parliament. Special committees are classed with the subject.
24 Canada (Province of), 1841-1866.
25 Canada (Federal Government).
26 Alberta.
27 British Columbia.
28 Manitoba.
29 New Brunswick.
30 Newfoundland and Labrador.
31 Nova Scotia.
32 Ontario.
33 Prince Edward Island.
34 Quebec.
35 Saskatchewan.
36 Northwest Territories.
36.5 Nunavut.
37 Yukon.

Table for span KF 25-37

House of Commons (Federal)/Assemblies (Provincial), Combined Chamber. Under each:

.A2 Debates
.A21 Indexes to Debates (older material)
.A3 Proceedings and Orders of the Day
.A4 Votes and Proceedings
.A42 Journals
.A421 Indexes to Journals
.A5 Documents and sessional papers
.A6A-Z Committees (Standing and Of the Whole, by significant word)
.A7 Other miscellaneous documents: e.g. old annual departmental reports, lists of members

Joint Committees (House and Senate). Under each:

.P4A-Z By significant word

Senate (Federal) or Upper House (Provincial). N.B. Quebec to 1968 only. Under each:

.S3 Debates
.S4 Minutes of proceedings
.S45 Journals
.S6A-Z Committees (Standing and Of the Whole, by significant word)
.S7 Miscellaneous documents

Congressional documents.
11 American State Papers.
12 United States congressional serial set.

Bills.
16
  • Prints.
18
  • Digests.
  • Calendars.
    • Senate.
20.8
      • General.
21
      • By committee, A-Z.
    • House.
21.8
      • General.
22
      • By committee, A-Z.

Committee hearings.
  • Joint.
24.8
    • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
      • Note: Subarranged by title.
25
    • Monographs. By committee and initial date of hearings.
  • Senate.
    • Standing committees.
25.8
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
26
      • Monographs. By committee and initial date of hearings.
    • Special and select committees.
26.3
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
26.5
      • Monographs. By committee and initial date of hearings.
  • House.
    • Standing committees.
26.8
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
27
      • Monographs. By committee and initial date of hearings.
    • Special and select committees.
27.3
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
27.5
      • Monographs. By committee and initial date of hearings.

Committee reports.
29.7
  • General collections.
  • Joint.
29.8
    • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
      • Note: Subarranged by title.
30
    • Monographs. By committee, A-Z, and date of original publication.
  • Senate.
30.7
    • General collections.
    • Standing committees.
30.8
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
31
      • Monographs. By committee, A-Z, and date of original publication.
    • Special and select committees.
31.3
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
31.5
      • Monographs. By committee, A-Z, and date of original publication.
  • House.
31.7
    • Monographs. By committee, A-Z, and date of original publication.
    • Standing Committees.
31.8
      • Serials. By committee, A-Z, and date of original publication.
        • Note: Subarranged by title.
32
      • Monographs. By committee, A-Z, and date of original publication.

Miscellaneous documents (Collections).
  • Note: Class individual miscellaneous documents with the appropriate subject
33
  • Senate. By date.
34
  • House. By date.
35 Congressional record.
  • Note: Class here editions of the Congressional Record and all predecessor publications, disregarding title changes and treating as one publication with continuous numbering

Debates.
37
  • Senate.
38
  • House.

Other legislative documents.
40
  • Index to the proceedings.
  • History of bills and resolutions. Legislation passed or vetoed.
42
    • Serials.
42.2
    • Monographs. By date.
43
  • Daily digest.
  • Journals.

      • Under each:

        .A2-29 Official editions arranged chronologically
        .A3-Z Unofficial editions. By editor or publisher
45
    • Senate.
46
    • House.
47
    • Presidential messages. By date.
  • Cross Reference: Class here only presidential messages regarding legislation. For other messages, see J80-82
47.5
    • Recommended legislation.
48
    • United States Code. Congressional and Administrative News.
49
  • Other materials relating to legislative history, A-Z.
    • .C57 Congressional daily
      .C58 Congressional hearings calendar
      .C6 Congressional index (Commerce Clearing House)
      .C62 Congressional Information Service
      .C65 Congressional quarterly
      .C653 Congress and the Nation
      .L43 Legislative reference checklist
      .T56 THOMAS
      .W5 Witness index to hearings

Statutes and administrative regulations.

Session laws. Statutes at large.
50
  • Serials.
51
  • Monographs. By initial date of session.
  • Codification. Revision of statutes.
53
    • Legislative documents. By date.
56
    • Code commissions. Revision committees. By committee, A-Z.
      • Note: For commissions or committees limited to a specific subject, see the subject.
59
    • Code revision bills.

Compilations of statutes.
60
  • United States Revised Statutes.
  • United States Code.
    • Official editions.
61
      • Serials.
62
      • Monographs. By date of edition.
62.5
    • Unofficial editions. By editor or publisher.
      • Note: Not further subarranged by date.
63
    • Supplemental services.
  • Other general compilations.
    • Comprehensive.
64
      • Unannotated. By date.
65
      • Annotated. By editor, A-Z.
68
    • Selective. By editor, A-Z.
70
  • Administrative regulations.
    • .A2 Federal Register
      .A3 Code of Federal Regulations
70
  • Proclamations and executive orders.
    • .A473 Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders
      .A5 Other general compilations
      .A55 Indexes
      .A8-Z Other. By editor, title, etc.
Cross Reference: Attorneys General's opinions see KF5406.
75 Digests of statutes.
78 Citators to statutes and/or administrative regulations.
  • Note: Citators to both reports and statutes are classed with citators to reports
80 Indexes to statutes.
85 Digests of and indexes to state legislation.
90 Other bibliographic aids. Tables of popular names.

Law reports and related materials.
Note: Federal and regional reports.
Cross Reference: Regional reports including selected federal decisions are classed with regional reports. Reports of individual states or territories are classed with the law of the respective jurisdiction.
Cross Reference: For reports relating to particular subjects, and for reports of courts of limited jurisdiction other than those listed below see relevant subject.
Cross Reference: For federal court rules see KF8816-KF8821.

Under each court or court system, and within each reporter system:

Table A, 1 number

(0) Reports
.1 Digests
.2 Citators. Tables of cases overruled, etc.
.4 Conversion tables. Blue books
.6 General indexes
.7 Dockets of cases pending
.9 Records and briefs

Table B, Cutter number

.x Reports
.x1 Digests
.x2 Citators. Tables of cases overruled, etc.
.x3 Conversion tables. Blue books
.x4 General indexes
.x5 Dockets of cases pending
.x6 Records and briefs

Federal courts.
101
  • Supreme Court. (Table A, p. 8).
101.8
    • Selective reports (other than by subject). By editor, A-Z.
101.9
  • Supreme Court (Commonwealth countries (Y)).
  • Lower courts.
    • Note: Including Supreme Court and lower courts combined.
105
    • General. Various courts. (Table A, p. 8).
  • Cross Reference: Federal rules decisions see KF8830
    • Intermediate appellate courts. Circuit courts of appeals. Courts of appeal.
110
      • General. Collective. (Table A, p. 8).
    • Circuit courts.
    • District courts.
120
      • Collective and by circuit (Table A, p. 8).
122
      • Particular courts. By district, A-Z (Table B, p. 8).
125
      • Other courts, A-Z. (Table B, p. 8).
        • Note: Cutter numbers to be assigned according to distinguishing part of the name of the court.
127
    • Digest and indexes of federal decisions.
128
    • Decisions of federal courts in, or of cases before federal courts arising in, particular states, by state, A-Z.
  • Cross Reference: Cf. KFC47 (California); KFN5047 (New York); State table 47 (other states). (KF Modified users prefer KF128 by state, A-Z since KF Modified does not use State Tables)

State courts.
  • Note: Reports covering all states, including territories and the District of Columbia, or selected states, or state federal courts. Selective reporting systems
132
  • American Law Reports (Table A, p. 8).
    • Note: Including ALR Federal.
133
  • Other, A-Z (Table B, p. 8).

Regional reports.
  • National Reporter system.
    • Cross Reference: Federal rules decisions see KF8830.
    • Particular regions. By title, A-Z (Table B, p. 8).
135
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