Juristic Acts

Classification

There is literary warrant for juristic acts. Among the places to look for works about this subject matters are the works with the following Library of Congress Classification (LCC) K numbers:
KK1047 (Law of Germany – Civil law. Bürgerliches Recht – Concepts and principles. Allgemeiner Teil – Legal transactions. Rechtsgeschäfte – General)
KK1048 (Law of Germany – Civil law. Bürgerliches Recht – Concepts and principles. Allgemeiner Teil – Legal transactions. Rechtsgeschäfte – Juristic acts. Rechtmässige Handlungen)
KKH504 (Italy – General – Civil law – General principles – Acts and events – General)
KJV487 (Law of France РCivil law. Droit civil РJuristic facts and acts. Causalit̩ juridique РJuristic acts. Actes juridiques РGeneral).

The Library of Congress Classification also has a very general number for juristic acts: K270 (Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence – Jurisprudence. Theory and philosophy of law – Acts and events – Juristic acts).

That number K270 would suggest placement, in the Dewey classification system, in 340.1, and indeed works on juristic acts have been classed in 340.1 in the Dewey decimal classification. Nevertheless, there is clearly a narrower meaning of juristic acts.

“Juristic acts” and “Contracts”

In the Library of Congress Subject Headings “Juristic acts” and “Contracts” are related terms. In the Library of Congress Classification, juristic acts and contracts are not as close together as the Dewey system (or, at least, in the proposals), but there is clear link to contracts by a see reference, at least under German law (see: from KK1090.22 Law of Germany – Civil law. Bürgerliches Recht – Concepts and principles. Allgemeiner Teil – Legal transactions. Rechtsgeschäfte – Contracts to KK1640 – KK1686 – Law of Germany – Civil law. Bürgerliches Recht – Obligations. Schuldrecht – Contracts. Vertragsrecht).

There is a problem with “Juristic acts” and “Contracts” being related terms i the Dewey classification system: if “juristic acts are a more general and comprehensive category” than contracts, and contracts approximate the whole of 346.02 (“Subdivisions are added . . . for contracts alone” ), then juristic acts cannot logically be placed in a subdivision of 346.02 at 346.021.

Therefore, the team of the Dewey classification system proposed to make only juristic acts approximate the whole of 346.02 and to move the comprehensive number for contracts to 346.022, then develop 346.021 for general considerations of juristic acts.

Juristic acts, contracts, and agency

Subdivisions are added for juristic acts, contracts, and agency together, for juristic acts alone for contracts alone

Class juristic acts dealing with a specific legal aspect not provided for here with the aspect in 342-347, e.g., personal property 346.047

General considerations of juristic acts

Including cause, form, object, declaration of will.

Contracts

Contracts includes comprehensive works on liability. It also covers sale, loan, contracts dealing with a specific legal aspect not provided for here (e.g., partnership contracts) class contracts concerning a specific nonlegal subject and roofing contracts.

It also covers government liability, liability of schools, of school officials, of school districts, criminal liability, and extracontractual liability.

346.022 *General considerations of Contracts

Including breach of contract, parties to contract, rescission, subcontracting

Class here comprehensive works on liability

Class general considerations of contracts applied to specific kinds of contracts in 346.023-346.025
Class sale in 346.072; class loan in 346.073. Class contracts dealing with a specific legal aspect not provided for here with the aspect in 342-347, e.g., partnership contracts 346.0682; class contracts concerning a specific nonlegal subject with the subject, plus notation 0687 from Table 1, e.g., roofing contracts 695.0687

For government liability, see 342.088; for liability of schools, of school officials, of school districts, see 344.075; for criminal liability, see 345.04; for specific kinds of contracts, see 346.023-346.025; for extracontractual liability, see 346.03