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Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials
Moys Classification and Thesaurus for Legal Materials The Moys Classification Scheme is a system of library classification for legal materials. It was designed by Betty Moys and first published in 1968. It is used primarily in law libraries in many common law jurisdictions such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Schedule The…
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Thesaurus
A Thesaurus is an online database or a book of synonyms and near-synonyms in a written language, usually arranged conceptually, although dictionary arrangement is not uncommon. The first thesaurus of the English language, published in 1852, was compiled by Peter Mark Roget. For an online […]
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Hicks Classification System
Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…
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Hicks Classification System
Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…
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Classification System
Library of Congress Classification System in Law LibrariesThe follow definition of Library of Congress Classification System is of use in law library research: A classification system developed by the Library of Congress for its collection, and used by most of the nation's college and […]
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Thesaurus Locorum Communium Jurisprudentiae: ex Axiomatibus
Thesaurus Locorum Communium Jurisprudentiae: ex Axiomatibus Details of the Thesaurus Locorum Communium Jurisprudentiae: ex Axiomatibus Publisher: Lipsig: Joh. Friderici Gleditsch Year of Publication: 1691 About the Author: Agostinho Barbosa (1590-1649) In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law): “Agostinho Barbosa was born near Guimarães, Portugal on 17 September 1590,…
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Thesaurus Locorum Communium Jurisprudentiae: ex Axiomatibus
Thesaurus Locorum Communium Jurisprudentiae: ex Axiomatibus Details of the Thesaurus Locorum Communium Jurisprudentiae: ex Axiomatibus Publisher: Lipsig: Joh. Friderici Gleditsch Year of Publication: 1691 About the Author: Agostinho Barbosa (1590-1649) In the words of the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas School of Law): “Agostinho Barbosa was born near Guimarães, Portugal on 17 September 1590,…
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Legal Ontologies
Legal Ontologies Note: for more information about legal ontologies, read the legal metadata website here. Legal Ontologies are the expression of the metadata section of legal documents according to a formalized ontology language such as OWL. They have proved crucial for representing, processing and retrieving legal information, “Legal ontologies differ from ontologies in other fields…
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Classification of Law
Classifying Law Note: see also Law Classification in this Encyclopedia In many countries, laws originate from three main sources: previous judicial decisions (common law), parliament/s (acts, statutes or legislation), and the Constitution (constitutional law). Legal Systems Legal Systems Civil Law Legal System Common Law Legal System Customary Law System Mixed Legal System Muslim Law System…
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Legal Thesaurus
A legal Thesaurus is an effective tool for the organization of legal materials. The UNCITRAL Thesaurus on the CISG,[1] provides a helpful outline of the contents of each Article of the Sales Convention. The Roget’s Thesaurus provides a list of synonyms. But they are not a controlled vocabulary, containing all the possible preferred terms and…
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European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies
European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies has approximately 8,400 descriptors, and numerous non-descriptors. It provides a wellstructured and wide-ranging ” terminological tool” of controlled vocabulary with which to describe the subject content and format of all kinds of literature and material (books, reports, essays,…
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Classification for Law Libraries
Classification for Law Libraries Moys Classification Introduction to the First Edition Part 1: Principles of Library Classification for Law books In compiling a library classification for any special subject, whether it be law, engineering or literature, the general rules of classification, such as the exclusiveness of categories and the comprehensiveness of the sum total of…
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Classification schemes in the UK
Classification schemes in the UK “Class K, may be the dominant classification scheme in the United States, but a 2007 survey indicated that only 5% of law libraries surveyed in the UK are using Class K.(1) Most of the UK law libraries (41%) are still maintaining their own in-house scheme, with the next largest number…
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Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms
Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms Subject headings have traditionally been assigned to describe the content of the work. Genre/form terms, on the other hand, describe what an item is, not what it is about. The subject heading Famous Cases, with appropriate subdivisions, would be assigned to a book about famous cases. A cataloger assigning headings…
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Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system is one of the world’s most widely used library classification system; but not in law libraries. The four-volume print last edition includes thousands of updates added to the system over the past seven years. The electronic version, WebDewey, enhances the print updates with online updated…