Library of Congress Classification:Class K -- Law

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Class K: Law is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the sub-classes of Class K.

K - Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence

KB-KBX - Religious law

KB - General and comparative religious law

KBM - Jewish law. Halakhah

KBP - Islamic law. Sharia

KBR - History of canon law (Christian) to late 19th cent.

KBS - Canon law of the Eastern Christian churches (This schedule is currently under development)

KBU - Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church

KBX - Canon law of Protestant churches (This schedule is currently under development)

KD-KDK - British Isles

KD - United Kingdom. England. Wales

KDC - Scotland

KDE - Northern Ireland

KDG - Isle of Man. Channel Islands

KDK - Ireland

KDZ - Western hemisphere (general & comparative). North America (general & comparative). Bermuda. Greenland. St. Pierre et Miquelon

KE-KEZ - Canada

KE - Canada (general)

KEA - Alberta

KEB - British Columbia

KEM - Manitoba

KEN - New Brunswick. Newfoundland. Northwest Territories. Nova Scotia. Nunavut

KEO - Ontario

KEP - Prince Edward Island

KEQ - Québec

KES - Saskatchewan

KEY - Yukon Territory

KEZ - Cities, towns, etc.

KF-KFZ - United States

KF - United States (general)

KFA-KFW - individual states

KFX - Cities, towns, etc.

KFZ - Extinct jurisdictions. Confederate States of America

KG-KHW - Latin America & Caribbean

KG - Latin America (general & comparative). Central America & Caribbean (general & comparative)

KGA - Belize

KGB - Costa Rica

KGC - El Salvador

KGD - Guatemala

KGE - Honduras

KGF - Mexico

KGG - Nicaragua

KGH - Panama

KGJ - West Indies & Caribbean area (general & comparative). Anguilla

KGK - Antigua & Barbuda. Aruba

KGL - Bahamas. Barbados. British Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, West Indies, Windward Islands

KGM - Cayman Islands

KGN - Cuba

KGP - Curaçao. Dominica

KGQ - Dominican Republic.

KGR - Dutch Leeward Islands, West Indies, Windward Islands. French West Indies, Grenada, Guadeloupe

KGS - Haiti

KGT - Jamaica. Martinique. Montserrat

KGU - Navassa islands

KGV - Puerto Rico

KGW - Saba. St Kitts, Nevis & Anguilla. St. Lucia. St. Vincent & the Grenadines. St. Eustatius. St. Maarten

KGX - Trinidad & Tobago

KGY - Turks & Caicos Islands

KH - South America (general & comparative)

KHA - Argentina

KHC - Bolivia

KHD - Brazil

KHF - Chile

KHH - Colombia

KHK - Ecuador

KHL - Falkland Islands

KHM - French Guiana

KHN - Guyana

KHP - Paraguay

KHQ - Peru

KHR - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

KHS - Suriname

KHU - Uruguay

KHW - Venezuela

KIA-KIX - Law of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. (These schedules are currently under development)

KJ-KKZ - Europe

KJ - History of law in Europe. Law of ancient European tribes (Celts, etc.)

KJA - Roman law. Byzantine law

KJC - Regional and comparative law

KJE - Regional organization and integration. European Union

KJG - Albania

KJH - Andorra

KJJ - Austria

KJK - Belgium. Bosnia & Hercegovina (1992-; cf. KKZ)

KJM - Bulgaria. Croatia (1992-; cf. KKZ)

KJN - Cyprus

KJP - Czechoslovakia. Czech Republic (1993-)

KJQ - Slovakia (1993-)

KJR - Denmark

KJS - Estonia

KJT - Finland

KJV - France (general)

KJW - France (regions, provinces, departments, etc.; cities, towns, etc.)

KK - Germany. West Germany

KKA - East Germany

KKB - German states and provinces (A-Pr)

KKC - German states and provinces (Ps-Z)

KKE - Greece

KKF - Hungary

KKG - Iceland

KKH - Italy. Kosovo (2008-)

KKI - Latvia

KKJ - Liechtenstein. Lithuania

KKK - Luxembourg. Macedonia (1992-; cf. KKZ). Malta

KKL - Monaco. Montenegro (2006-; cf. KKS, KKZ)

KKM - Netherlands

KKN - Norway

KKP - Poland

KKQ - Portugal

KKR - Romania

KKS - San Marino. Serbia & Montenegro (2003-; cf. KKZ, KKL). Slovenia (1992-)

KKT - Spain

KKV - Sweden

KKW - Switzerland

KKX - Turkey

KKY - Ukraine (post-Soviet, 1991-; cf. KLP)

KKZ - Yugoslavia

KL-KPW - Asia and Eurasia

KL - History of law in the ancient Middle East (Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, etc.). Eurasia (general & comparative)

KLA - Russia (pre-Soviet). Soviet Union (general). Commonwealth of Independent States

KLB - Russia (Federation, 1992-; cf. KLA, KLN)

KLD - Armenia (to 1991; cf. KMF)

KLE - Azerbaijan

KLF - Belarus

KLH - Georgia

KLM - Moldova

KLN - Russia (as a Soviet Republic; cf. KLA, KLB)

KLP - Ukraine (as a Soviet Republic; cf. KKY). Transcaucasian Federation

KLQ - Bukharskaia N.S.R.

KLR - Kazakhstan. Khorezmskaia S.S.R.

KLS - Kyrgyzstan

KLT - Tajikistan

KLV - Turkmenistan

KLW - Uzbekistan

KM - Asia (general & comparative)

KMC - Middle East. Southwest Asia (regional comparative and uniform law)

KME - Middle East. Southwest Asia (regional organization and integration)

KMF - Armenia (1991-; cf. KLD). Bahrain

KMG - Gaza (cf. KMM)

KMH - Iran

KMJ - Iraq

KMK - Israel

KML - Jerusalem

KMM - Jordan. West Bank. Palestinian National Authority

KMN - Kuwait

KMP - Lebanon

KMQ - Oman. Palestine (to 1948)

KMS - Qatar

KMT - Saudi Arabia

KMU - Syria

KMV - United Arab Emirates

KMX - Yemen.

KMY - Yemen, South (to 1990)

KNC - South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia (regional comparative and uniform law)

KNE - South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia (regional organization and integration)

KNF - Afghanistan

KNG - Bangladesh

KNH - Bhutan

KNK - Brunei

KNL - Burma

KNM - Cambodia

KNN - China (to 1949)

KNP - Taiwan (1949-)

KNQ - China (People's Republic, 1949-)

KNR - Hong Kong (to 1997)

KNS - India (general)

KNT - India (States and union territories, A-L)

KNU - India (States and union territories, M-Z; cities, towns, etc.)

KNV - French Indochina (to 1946)

KNW - Indonesia. East Timor

KNX - Japan (general & prefectures)

KNY - Japan (cities, towns, etc.)

KPA - Korea. South Korea

KPC - North Korea

KPE - Laos

KPF - Macau (to 1999)

KPG - Malaysia

KPH - Malaysia (cont.). Maldives

KPJ - Mongolia

KPK - Nepal

KPL - Pakistan

KPM - Philippines

KPP - Singapore

KPS - Sri Lanka

KPT - Thailand

KPV - Vietnam (to 1945). North Vietnam (1945-1975). Vietnam (1975-)

KPW - South Vietnam

KQ-KTZ - Africa

KQ - History of law in Africa. Extinct jurisdictions. Customary law

KQC - Regional comparative and uniform law

KQE - Regional organization and integration

KQG - Algeria

KQH - Angola

KQJ - Benin

KQK - Botswana

KQM - British Central Africa Protectorate

KQP - British Somaliland (to 1960)

KQT - Burkina Faso

KQV - Burundi

KQW - Cameroon

KQX - Cape Verde

KRB - Central African Republic

KRC - Chad

KRE - Comoros

KRG - Congo (Brazzaville)

KRK - Djibouti

KRL - East Africa Protectorate

KRM - Egypt (United Arab Republic) (cf. KL)

KRN - Eritrea

KRP - Ethiopia

KRR - French Equatorial Africa

KRS - French West Africa

KRU - Gabon

KRV - Gambia

KRW - German East Africa

KRX - Ghana

KRY - Gibraltar

KSA - Guinea

KSC - Guinea-Bissau

KSE - Equatorial Guinea. Ifni

KSG - Italian East Africa. Italian Somaliland

KSH - Côte d'Ivoire

KSK - Kenya

KSL - Lesotho

KSN - Liberia

KSP - Libya

KSR - Madagascar

KSS - Malawi

KST - Mali

KSU - Mauritania

KSV - Mauritius. Mayotte

KSW - Morocco

KSX - Mozambique

KSY - Namibia

KSZ - Niger

KTA - Nigeria

KTC - Réunion

KTD - Rwanda

KTE - Saint Helena

KTF - Sao Tome and Principe

KTG - Senegal

KTH - Seychelles

KTJ - Sierra Leone

KTK - Somalia

KTL - South Africa

KTN - Spanish West Africa. Spanish Sahara

KTQ - Sudan

KTR - Swaziland

KTT - Tanzania

KTU - Togo

KTV - Tunisia

KTW - Uganda

KTX - Congo (Democratic Republic). Zaire

KTY - Zambia. Zanzibar

KTZ - Zimbabwe

KU-KWW - Pacific area

KU - Australia (general)

KUA - Australian Capital Territory

KUB - Northern Territory

KUC - New South Wales

KUD - Queensland

KUE - South Australia

KUF - Tasmania

KUG - Victoria

KUH - Western Australia

KUN - Norfolk Island. Cities, towns, etc.

KUQ - New Zealand

KVB - Regional comparative and uniform law: Australia and New Zealand

KVC - Regional comparative and uniform law: Other Pacific area jurisdictions

KVE - Regional comparative and uniform law: Regional organization and integration

KVH - American Samoa. British New Guinea

KVL - Cook Islands

KVM - Easter Island

KVN - Fiji

KVP - French Polynesia. German New Guinea

KVQ - Guam

KVR - Kiribati

KVS - Marshall Islands. Micronesia. Midway Islands

KVU - Nauru. Netherlands New Guinea

KVW - New Caledonia

KWA - Niue

KWC - Northern Mariana Islands

KWE - Pacific Islands Trust Territory

KWG - Palau

KWH - Papua New Guinea

KWL - Pitcairn Island. Solomon Islands

KWP - Tonga

KWQ - Tuvalu

KWR - Vanuatu

KWT - Wake Island. Wallis and Futuna Islands

KWW - Samoa. Western Samoa

KWX - Antarctica

KZ - Law of Nations. International law

KZA - Law of the sea

KZD - Space law. Law of outer space