Schiller Classification

The Schiller classification system is a locally-developed system for classifying foreign, comparative, pre-literate, ancient, medieval, and religious law materials. A call number in the Schiller classification system is comprised of an abbreviation to designate a legal system, followed by a number indicating the specific subject area within the system.

Topical Divisions in the Schiller Classification

• 0-99 Reference (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 100-199 Sources of the Law (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 110 Statutes (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 120 Codes (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 130 Customs (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 140 Jurists (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 150 Court Reports & Digests (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 160 Public Documents (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 170 Non-Legal Sources (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 180 Local Sources (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 190 History (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 200-299 Jurisprudence (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 300-399 Law of Persons (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 400-499 Property (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 450 Succession (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 500-599 Obligations (Contracts & Torts) (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 600-699 Commercial Law (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 700-799 Civil Procedure (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 800-899 Criminal Law & Procedure (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 900-999 Public Law (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 910 Constitutional Law (Schiller Call Number/s)
• 930 Administrative Law (Schiller Call Number/s)

Alphabetical List of Law Prefixes

• Af African law
• Af AL Algerian law
• Af An Angola law Basutoland law see Lesotho law Bechuana law see Botswana law
• Af Ben Benin law [former Dahomey law]
• Af Bots Botswana law
• Af BuF Burkina Faso law [former Upper Volta law]
• Af Bur Burundi law
• Af Cam Cameroon law
• Af Cent.R Central African Republic law
• Af Chad Chad law
• Af Con Congo (Democratic Republic) law [former Belgian Congo law]
• Af Con.R Congo (Brazzaville) law [former French Congo law] Dahomey law see Benin law
• Af E.A East African law
• Af.Eri Eritrean law
• Af Eth Ethiopian law
• Af Fr.A Union africaine et malgache law
• Af Fr.Eq French Equatorial African law
• Af Fr.W French West African law (from 1895 to 1958)
• Af Gab Gabon law Af Gam Gambia law
• Af Gha Ghana law
• Af Gui Guinea law
• Af Gui.B Guinea-Bissau law
• Af HCT High Commission Territories law
• Af Iv.C Ivory Coast law
• Af Ken Kenya law
• Af Les Lesotho law
• Af Lib Liberian law
• Af Libya Libyan law
• Af Mal Madagascar law [former Malagasi Republic law, 1958-1976] Malagasy Republic law see Madagascar law
• Af Malw Malawi law [see also Nyasaland]
• Af Mali Mali law
• Af Maur Mauritanian law
• Af Maur.Is Mauritius law
• Af Mor Moroccan law
• Af Moz Mozambique law
• Af Nam Namibian law
• Af Nig Nigerian law
• Af Nig.R Niger law
• Af Ny Nyasaland law [see also Malawi law]
• Af R&N Rhodesia and Nyasaland law [see also Malawi law] [see also Zambia law] [see also Zimbabwe law]
• Af Rh Rhodesia (Northern) law see also Zambia law]
• Af Rw Rwanda law
• Af S.R Rhodesia (Southern) law [see also Zimbabwe law]
• Af SaT Sao Tome and Principe law
• Af Sen Senegal law
• Af Si.L Sierra Leone law
• Af Som Somalia law South African law – use So.
• Af Southwest African law see Namibian law
• Af Sud Sudanese law
• Af Swazi Swaziland law
• Af Tan Tanzanian law Tanganyikan law [incl. Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar) [see also Zanzibar law]
• Af Tog Togo law
• Af Tun Tunisian law
• Af UAS Union of African States law Upper Volta law see Burkina Faso law
• Af Ug Uganda law
• Af W.A West African law Zaire law see Congo (Democratic Republic) law
• Af Zam Zambian law
• Af Zan Zanzibar law [see also Tanganyikan law]
• Af Zim Zimbabwe law [see also Rhodesia (Southern) law]
• Afg Afghanistan law
• Alb Albanian law
• And Andorran law
• Ang Anguilla law
• Ant Antigua and Barbuda law
• Arm Armenian law
• Aus Austrian law [from 1811; before 1811 use M.Ger]
• Aze Azerbaijan law
• Bah Bahamas law
• Bahr Bahrain law
• Ban Bangladesh law
• Bar Barbados law
• Bel Belgian law [from 1794]
• Bela Belarus (Byelorussian) law
• Ber Bermuda Islands law
• Bhu Bhutanese law
• Bos Bosnia and Hercegovina law
• Bru Brunei law
• BrV British Virgin Islands law
• Bul Bulgarian law
• Bur Burmese law
• Cam Cambodian law
• CaV Cape Verde law
• Cay.Is Cayman Islands law
• Ceylon law see Sri Lanka law
• Ch Chinese law (Modern) [from 1912 to 1949]
• Ch.HK Hong Kong law
• Ch.M Manchurian law
• Ch.P Chinese law (People’s Republic) for mainland China from 1949]
• Ch.R Chinese law (Republic) [for Taiwan from 1949]
• Cro Croatian law
• Cyp Cyprus law
• Cz Czechoslovakian law
• Cze Czech Republic law
• Danz Danzig law
• Den Denmark law
• Dutch law see Netherlands law
• Dom Dominica law
• E.Tim East Timor law
• Eg Egyptian law (Modern)
• El Salvador law see Sp.Sal
• Est Estonian law
• Fa.Is Falkland Islands law
• Fiji Fiji law
• Fin Finnish law
• French Guiana see Fr; for British Guyna see Guy
• Fr French law [from 1789]
• Geo Georgia (Republic) law
• Ger German law [from 1806 to 1949 and from Oct. 3, 1990] Germany (West) law [from 1949 through Oct. 2, 1990]
• Ger.D Germany (East) law [from 1949 through Oct. 2, 1990]
• Gib Gibraltar law
• Gr Greek law (Modern)
• Gren Grenada law
• Guy Guyana law (British) [for French Guiana see Fr]
• Holland law see Netherlands law
• Hun Hungarian law
• Hong Kong law see Ch.HK
• Ice Icelandic law
• Ind Indian law
• IndCh Indochinese law [to include Annamite, Cochin Chinese, Tongking]
• Indo Indonesian law
• Iran Iranian law
• Iraq Iraq law
• Is Israeli law
• It Italian law [from 1796]
• Jam Jamaica law
• Jor Jordan law
• Jpn Japanese law
• Jugo Yugoslav law Serbia and Montenegro law [through 2006]
• Kampuchea law see Cambodia law
• Kaz Kazakhstan law
• Kiri Kiribati law
• Kor Korean law (South)
• Kor.P Korean law (North)
• Kos Kosovar law
• Kuw Kuwait law
• Kyr Kyrgystan law
• Laos Laos law
• Lat Latvian law
• Latin American law see Spanish American law
• Leb Lebanon law
• Lee.Is Leeward Islands law
• LeW.Is Leeward and Windward Islands law
• Lie Liechtenstein law
• Lit Lithuanian law
• Lux Luxemburg law
• Mac Macedonian law
• Mal Malaysian law
• Malta Malta law
• Manchurian law see Ch.M
• Mar.Is Marshall Islands law
• Mic Micronesian law
• Mold Moldova law
• Mon Monacan law
• Mong Mongolian law
• Mont Montenegro law
• Monts Montserrat law
• Nau Nauru law
• Nep Nepalese law
• Neth Netherlands law [from 1795] New Guinea law see Papua New Guinea law
• No.Mar Northern Mariana Islands law
• Nor Norwegian law
• Om Oman law
• PaG Papua New Guinea law
• Pak Pakistan law
• Pal Palestinian National Authority
• Palau Palau law
• Persian law see Iranian law
• Phil Philippine law
• Philippine Islands law [before 1947]
• Pol Polish law
• Por Portuguese law [from 1826]
• Ro Romanian law
• Rumanian law see Romanian law
• Rus Russian law [before Nov. 7, 1917]
• Rus.F Russian law (Federation) [after Dec. 12, 1991]
• Rus.S Russian law (Soviet) [from Nov. 7, 1917 through Dec. 12, 1991]
• Saint Kitts-Nevis law see StKN
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines law see StVG
• Sam Samoa law
• Sau Saudi Arabian law
• Ser Serbian law [from 2006] Serbia and Montenegro law [through 2006], see: Jugo
• Sey Seychelles law
• Siamese law see Thailand law
• Sin Singapore law
• Slova Slovak law
• Slove Slovenian law
• So.Af South African law
• Solo Solomon Islands law
• Sp Spanish law [from 1808]
• Sp.A Spanish American law [incl. Central American law]
• Sp.Ar Argentine law
• Sp.Be Belize law
• Sp.Bol Bolivian law
• Sp.Br Brazilian law
• Sp.Ch Chilean law
• Sp.Col Colombian law
• Sp.Cos Costa Rican law
• Sp.Cu Cuban law
• Sp.Dom Dominican Republic law
• Sp.Ec Ecuador law
• Sp.Gua Guatemala law
• Sp.Hai Haiti law
• Sp.Hon Honduras law
• Sp.Mex Mexican law
• Sp.Nic Nicaraguan law
• Sp.Pan Panama law
• Sp.Par Paraguay law
• Sp.Pe Peruvian law
• Sp.Sal El Salvador law
• Sp.Ur Uruguay law
• Sp.Ven Venezuelan law
• Sri.L Sri Lanka law
• StH Saint Helena law
• StKN Saint Kitts-Nevis law
• StL Saint Lucia law
• StVG Saint Vincent and the Grenadines law
• Sur Surinam law
• Swe Swedish law
• Swi Swiss law [from 1800]
• Syr Syrian law
• TaC.Is Turks and Caicos Islands law
• Taiwan law see Ch.R
• Taj Tajikistan law
• Thai Thailand law
• Tibetan law see
• Chinese law (People’s Republic)
• Tonga Tonga law
• Trin Trinidad and
• Tobago law
• TrJ Transjordan law
• Tur Turkish law
• Turkm Turkmenistan law
• UAE United Arab Emirates law
• UAR United Arab Republic law
• Ukr Ukrainian law
• Uzb Uzbek law
• Vat Vatican City law
• Viet Vietnamese law
• Viet.D Vietnamese law (Democratic Republic)
• West Indies law
• Win.Is Windward Islands law
• WPa.Is Western Pacific Islands law
• Western Samoa law see Samoa law
• Ye Yemen law
• Yemen law (People’s Democratic Republic)
• Yugoslav law see Jugo