KF Modified for use in Canadian law libraries

The page consists of cataloguing specifications prepared by LIRM for use by Coutts on shelf-ready material.

The Law Library uses KF Modified For Use in Canadian Law Libraries (KF Modified) for common law countries for treatises (locations LAWSTK and LAWOVR).

Statutes, digests, reports, and legislative material (locations LAWSTA, LAWDIG, LAWREP and LAWLEG) use the regular LC classification.

Note on Comparative Law

Comparative law material covering a topic in common law countries is classed in KF Modified by subject.

The following table indicates the common law countries and whether LC or KF Modified is used.

K

1-7720

Law (General)

Accept Note on Comparative Law

201-487

Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory of law

Accept Note on Comparative Law

520-5582

Comparative law. International uniform law

Accept Note on Comparative Law

7000-7720

Conflict of laws

Accept Note on Comparative Law

Religious Law

KB

Comparative religious law

Accept

KBP

Islamic law

Accept

KBR

History of Canon law

Accept

KBU

Law of the Roman Catholic Church. The Holy See

Accept

Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland

KF Modified

KD

51-9500

England and Wales

KF Modified

8850-9312

Local laws of England

KF Modified

9320-9355

Local laws of Wales

KF Modified

9400-9500

Wales

KF Modified

KDC

51-990

Scotland

KF Modified

KDE

21-580

Northern Ireland

KF Modified

KDG

26-540

Isle of Man. Channel Islands

KF Modified

KDK

21-1950

Ireland (Eire)

KF Modified

KDZ

0-4999

America. North America 
[Including Mexico]

Accept

1100-1199

Organization of American States

Accept

Law of Canada

KF Modified

KE

1-9450

Federal law. Common and collective provincial law

KF Modified

Individual provinces and territories

KEA

0-599

Alberta

KF Modified

KEB

0-599

British Columbia

KF Modified

KEM

0-599

Manitoba

KF Modified

KEN

0-599

New Brunwick

KF Modified

1200-1799

Newfoundland

KF Modified

5400-5009

Northwest Territories

KF Modified

7400-7999

Nova Scotia

KF Modified

KEO

0-1199

Ontario

KF Modified

KEP

0-599

Prince Edward Island

KF Modified

KEQ

0-1199

Quebec

KF Modified

KES

0-599

Saskatchewan

KF Modified

KEY

0-599

Yukon Territory

KF Modified

KEZ

0-9999

Individual cities, A-Z

KF Modified

Law of the United States

KF Modified

KF

1-9827

Federal law. Common and collective state law

KF Modified

Individual states

KF Modified

KFA

0-599

Alabama

KF Modified

1200-1799

Alaska

KF Modified

2400-2999

Arizona

KF Modified

3600-4199

Arkansas

KF Modified

KFC

0-1199

California

KF Modified

1800-2399

Colorado

KF Modified

3600-4199

Connecticut

KF Modified

KFD

0-599

Delaware

KF Modified

1200-1799

District of Columbia

KF Modified

KFF

0-599

Florida

KF Modified

KFG

0-599

Georgia

KF Modified

KFH

0-599

Hawaii

KF Modified

KFI

0-599

Idaho

KF Modified

1200-1799

Illinois

KF Modified

3000-3599

Indiana

KF Modified

4200-4799

Iowa

KF Modified

KFK

0-599

Kansas

KF Modified

1200-1799

Kentucky

KF Modified

KFL

0-599

Louisiana

KF Modified

KFM

0-599

Maine

KF Modified

1200-1799

Maryland

KF Modified

2400-2999

Massachusetts

KF Modified

4200-4799

Michigan

KF Modified

5400-5999

Minnesota

KF Modified

6600-7199

Mississippi

KF Modified

7800-8399

Missouri

KF Modified

9000-9599

Montana

KF Modified

KFN

0-599

Nebraska

KF Modified

600-1199

Nevada

KF Modified

1200-1799

New Hampshire

KF Modified

1800-2399

New Jersey

KF Modified

3600-4199

New Mexico

KF Modified

5000-6199

New York

KF Modified

7400-7999

North Carolina

KF Modified

8600-9199

North Dakota

KF Modified

KFO

0-599

Ohio

KF Modified

1200-1799

Oklahoma

KF Modified

2400-2999

Oregon

KF Modified

KFP

0-599

Pennsylvania

KF Modified

KFR

0-599

Rhode Island

KF Modified

KFS

1800-2399

South Carolina

KF Modified

3000-3599

South Dakota

KF Modified

KFT

0-599

Tennessee

KF Modified

1200-1799

Texas

KF Modified

KFU

0-599

Utah

KF Modified

KFV

0-599

Vermont

KF Modified

2400-2999

Virginia

KF Modified

KFW

0-599

Washington

KF Modified

1200-1799

West Virginia

KF Modified

2400-2999

Wisconsin

KF Modified

4200-4799

Wyoming

KF Modified

KFX

0-9999

Individual cities, A-Z

KF Modified

KFZ

1800-2399

Northwest Territory

KF Modified

8600-9199

Confederate States of America

KF Modified

KG

0-999

Latin America (General)

Accept

3000-3999

Mexico and Central America (General)

Accept

KGA

0-9000

Belize

Accept

KGB

0-9000

Costa Rica

Accept

KGC

0-9800

El Salvador

Accept

KGD

0-9990

Guatemala

Accept

KGE

0-9990

Honduras

Accept

KGF

0-9900

Mexico

Accept

KGG

0-9800

Nicaragua

Accept

KGH

0-8000

Panama

Accept

9000-9499

Panama Canal Zone

Accept

West Indies. Caribbean area

KGJ

0-999

General

KF Modified

7000-7499

Anguilla

KF Modified

KGK

0-499

Antigua and Barbuda

KF Modified

1000-1499

Aruba

KF Modified

KGL

0-499

Bahamas

KF Modified

1000-1499

Barbados

KF Modified

2000-2499

Bonaire

KF Modified

3000-3499

British Leeward Islands

KF Modified

4000-4499

British Virgin Islands

KF Modified

5000-5999

British West Indies

KF Modified

6000-6499

British Windward Islands

KF Modified

KGM

0-499

Cayman Islands

KF Modified

KGN

0-9800

Cuba

Accept

KGP

0-499

Curagao

Accept

2000-2499

Dominica

Accept

KGQ

0-9800

Dominican Republic

Accept

KGR

0-499

Dutch Leeward Islands (General)

Accept

1000-1499

Dutch West Indies (Netherlands Antilles)

Accept

2000-2499

Dutch Windward Islands (General)

Accept

3000-3499

French West Indies (General)

Accept

4000-4499

Grenada

Accept

5000-5499

Guadeloupe

Accept

KGS

0-9000

Haiti

Accept

KGT

0-499

Jamaica

KF Modified

1000-1499

Martinique

Accept

2000-2499

Montserrat

Accept

KGU

0-499

Navassa Islands

Accept

KGV

0-8200

Puerto Rico

Accept

KGW

0-499

Saba

Accept

2000-2499

Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts), Nevis, and Anguilla

Accept

3000-3499

Saint Lucia

Accept

5000-5499

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Accept

7000-7499

Sint Eustatius

Accept

KGX

8000-8499

Sint Maarte

Accept

0-499

Trinidad and Tobago

KF Modified

KGY

0-499

Turks and Caicos Islands

Accept

KGZ

0-499

Virgin Islands of the United States

KF Modified

KH

0-999

South America (General)

Accept

KHA

0-9800

Argentina

Accept

KHC

0-8200

Bolivia

Accept

KHD

0-9900

Brazil

Accept

KHF

0-9800

Chile

Accept

KHH

0-9900

Colombia

Accept

KHK

0-9990

Ecuador

Accept

KHL

0-9000

Falkland Islands

Accept

KHM

0-9000

French Guiana

Accept

KHN

0-9000

Guyana

Accept

KHP

0-9700

Paraguay

Accept

KHQ

0-9800

Peru

Accept

KHS

0-9000

Surinam

Accept

KHU

0-9800

Uruguay

Accept

KHW

0-9900

Venezuela

Accept

Europe

Accept

KJ

2-1040

History of Law

Accept

160-1040

Germanic law

Accept

KJA

2-3660

Roman law

Accept

KJC

0-9799

Regional comparative and uniform (Europe)

Accept

KJE

0-9570

Regional comparative and uniform (European Community or European Union)

Accept

KJG

0-4999

Albania

Accept

KJH

0-499

Andorra

Accept

KJJ

0-4999

Austria

Accept

KJ K

0-4999

Belgium

Accept

KJ M

0-4999

Bulgaria

Accept

KJN

0-499

Cyprus

Accept

KJP

0-4999

Czechoslovakia

Accept

KT R

0-4999

Denmark

Accept

KJT

0-4999

Finland

Accept

France

Accept

KJV

2-9158

National laws

Accept

KJW

51-4360

Individual regions, provinces, departments, etc.

Accept

5201-9600

Individual cities

Accept

Germany

Accept

KK

2-9799.3

Germany and West Germany

Accept

KKA

7-9796

East Germany

Accept

KKB

KKC

Individual states, provinces. and cities

Accept

KKE

0-4999

Greece

Accept

KKF

0-4999

Hungary

Accept

KKG

0-499

Iceland

Accept

KKH

0-4999

Italy

Accept

KKJ

0-499

Liechtenstein

Accept

KKK

0-499

Luxembourg

Accept

1000-1499

Malta

Accept

KKL

0-499

Monaco

Accept

KKM

0-4999

Netherlands

Accept

KKN;

0-4999

Norway

Accept

KKP

0-4999

Poland

Accept

KKQ

0-4999

Portugal

Accept

KKR

0-4999

Romania

Accept

KKS

0-499

San Marino

Accept

KKT

0-4999

Spain

Accept

KKW

0-4999

Switzerland

Accept

KKX

0-4999

Turkey

Accept

KKY

04-499

Vatican City

Accept

KKZ

0-4999

Yugoslavia

Accept

KL

2-5915

History of law. The ancient orient

Accept

2-135

General

Accept

147-177

Ancient legal systems compared

Accept

190-420

Sources

Accept

700-2215

Mesopotamia. Assyro-Babylonian 1aw

Accept

1000-1299

Sumer

Accept

1600-1899

Assyria

Accept

2200-2499

Babylonia

Accept

2800-3099

Egypt

Accept

3500-3799

Elam

Accept

4110-4399

Greek law

Accept

4700-4999

Hittite law

Accept

5300-5599

Persia

Accept

5900-6199

Phoenicia

Accept

KLA

KLW

0-

490

Eurasia

Turkey, see KKX

KLA

0-9999

Russia. Soviet Union

Accept

85-248

History of law

Accept

122-248

By period

Accept

474-478

Regional division. Subregions

Accept

2020-2025

Public law

Accept

2050-2260

Constitutional law

Accept

KLB

0-6499

Russia (Federation, 1992-

Accept

KLD

0-490

Armenia (Republic)

Accept

KLE

0-490

Azerbaijan

Accept

KLF

0-490

Belarus (Republic)

Accept

Estonia, see K.JS

Accept

KLH

0-490

Georgia (Republic)

Accept

Latvia, see KKI

Accept

Lithuania, see KKJ

Accept

KLM

0-490

Moldova

Accept

KLN

0-489

Russian S.F.S.R. (to 1991)

Accept

KLP

0-4989

Ukraine

Accept

KLP

9000-9499

Zakavkazskai'l Sot'lialisticheskai-A Federativnai'h Sovetskai'a Respublika (to 1936)

Accept

KLQ

0-499

Bukharskafa Narodnafa Sovetskafa Respublika (to 1924)

Accept

KLR

0-490

Kazakhstan

Accept

KLR

1000-1499

Khorezmska:Ca Sovetskafa Sotsialisticheskai'a Respublika (to 1924)

Accept

KLS

0-490

Kyrgyzstan

Accept

KLT

0-490

Tadjikistan

Accept

KLV

0-490

Turkmenistan

Accept

KLW

0-490

Uzbekistan

Accept

KM-KPZ

Asia

KM

0-999

General

Accept

KKC

KKY

0-

489

Middle East. Southwest Asia

Accept

KMC

0-799

Regional comparative and uniform

Accept

KMF

0-293.5

Armenia (to 1921)

Accept

KMF

l000-1490

Bahrain

Accept

KMG

0-489

Gaza

Accept

KMH

0-4990

Iran

Accept

KM.J

0-4990

Iraq

Accept

KMK

0-4990

Israel

Accept

KML

0-490

Jerusalem

Accept

KMM

0-490

Jordan

Accept

KMM

500-994

West Bank (Territory under Israeli occupation, 1967- )

Accept

KMN

0-499

Kuwait

Accept

KMP

0-490

Lebanon

Accept

KMQ

0-490

Oman

Accept

KMQ

1000-1499

Palestine (to 1948)

Accept

KMS

0-490

Qatar

Accept

KMT

0-4990

Saudi Arabia

Accept

Southern Yemen, see KKY

Accept

KKU

0-490

Syria

Accept

KKV

0-9870

United Arab Emirates

Accept

KMX

1000-1526

Yemen

Accept

KMY

0-489

Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) (to 1990)

Accept

KNC

KPW

0-

489

South Asia. Southeast Asia. East Asia

KNC

0-999

Regional comparative and uniform law

Accept

KNE

150-499

Regional organization and integration

Accept

KNF

l-4990

Afghanistan

Accept

KNG

0-4990

Bangladesh

Accept

KNH

0-490

Bhutan

Accept

KNK

0-490

Brunei

Accept

KNL

0-4990

Burma

Accept

MM

0-4990

Cambodia

Accept

KNN

0-9000

China

Accept

KNN

9-80

Sources

Accept

89-93

Legal education

Accept

94-96

Legal profession

Accept

132-460

By period

Accept

5100-7599

Provinces (Sheng)

Accept

KNP

0-599

China (Republic, 1949- ). Taiwan

Accept

KNQ

0-9665

China (People's Republic, 1949-

Accept

KNR

0-489

Hong Kong

After July 1, 1997 became a special jurisdiction of China continuing the previous legal system, unless a conflict of Constitution or foreign policy.

KF Modified
(exception - after July 1, 1997 for Constitution or foreign policy)

KNS

KNU

0-

9665

India

KF Modified

KNS

17-25.6

Law reports and related materials

KF Modified

85-288

History of law

KF Modified

122-288

By period

KF Modified

350-439

Indic peoples. Ethnic groups

KF Modified

480-481

Conflict of laws

KF Modified

1710-1726

Public law

KF Modified

1734-1800

Constitutional law

KF Modified

KNT

KNU

0-

9665

States, cities, etc.

KF Modified

KNV

0-489

French Indochina

Accept

KNW

0-4990

Indonesia

Accept

IM

KNY

0-

220

Japan

Accept

KNX

122-224

By period

Accept

474-479

Regional division

Accept

2000-2020

Public law

Accept

2050-2535

Constitutional law

Accept

2920-2935

Administrative and political divisions

Accept

KNY

10-220

Cities, etc.

Accept

KPA

0-4990

Korea. South Korea

Accept

KPC

0-4990

Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Accept

North Korea

Accept

KPE

0-4990

Laos

Accept

KPF

0-489

Macao

Accept

KPG

KPH

0-

4990

Malaysia

KF Modified

KPH

5000-5490

Maldives

Accept

KPJ

0-490

Mongolia

Accept

KPK

0-490

Nepal

Accept

KPL

0-4990

Pakistan

KF Modified

KPM

0-4990

Philippines

Accept

KPP

0-499

Singapore

KF Modified

KPS

0-4990

Sri Lanka

KF Modified

KPT

0-4990

Thailand

Accept

KPV

0-8094

Vietnam

Accept

KPW

0-489

Vietnam. South Vietnam

Accept

KQ

KTZ

2-

490

Africa

KQ

2-197

History of law

Accept

2010-9000

Law of indigenous peoples

Accept

KQC

0-999

Regional comparative and uniform law

Accept

KQE

10-1249

Regional organization and integration

Accept

KQG

0-4990

Algeria

Accept

KQH

0-4990

Angola

Accept

KQJ

0-490

Beni

Accept

KQK

0-490

Botswana

KF Modified

KQM

0-499

British Central Africa Protectorate

Accept

KQP

0-499

British Indian Ocean Territory

Accept

KQP

1000-1499

British Somaliland

Accept

KQT

0-490

Burkina Faso

Accept

KQV

0-490

Burundi

Accept

KQW

0-8020

Cameroon

Accept

KQX

0-490

Cape Verde

Accept

KRB

0-490

Central African Republic

KF Modified

KRC

0-490

Chad

Accept

KRE

0-490

Comoros

Accept

KRG

0-490

Congo

Accept

KRK

0-490

Djibouti

Accept

KRL

0-499

East Africa Protectorate

KF Modified

KRM

l-4990

Egypt

Accept

KRP

0-4990

Ethiopia

Accept

KRR

0-499

French Equatorial Africa

Accept

KRS

0-499

French West Africa

Accept

KRU

0-490

Gabo

Accept

KRV

0-489

Gambia

KF Modified

KRW

0-499

German East Af rica

Accept

KRX

0-4990

Ghana

KF Modified

KRY

0-499

Gibraltar

Accept

KSA

0-490

Guinea

Accept

KSC

0-490

Guinea-Bissau

Accept

KSE

0-490

Equatorial Guinea

Accept

KSE

600-699

Ifni

Accept

KSG

0-499

Italian East Africa

Accept

KSG

1000-1499

Italian Somaliland

Accept

KSH

0-4990

Ivory Coast

Accept

KSK

0-4990

Kenya

KF Modified

KSL

0-490

Lesotho

KF Modified

KSN

0-490

Liberia.

KF Modified

KSP

0-4990

Libya

Accept

KSR

0-490

Madagascar

Accept

KSS

0-490

Malawi

KF Modified

KST

0-490

Mali

Accept

KSU

0-490

Mauritania

Accept

KSV

0-490

Mauritius

Accept

KSV

5000-5490

Mayotte

Accept

KSE

1-4990

Morocco

Accept

KSX

0-4990

Mozambi

Accept

KSY

0-4990

Namibia

KF Modified

KSZ

0-490

Niger

Accept

KTA

0-9150

Nigeria

KF Modified

KTC

0-499

Réunion

Accept

KTD

0-490

Rwanda

Accept

KTE

0-490

Saint Helena

Accept

KTF

0-490

Sao Tome and Principe

Accept

KTG

0-4990

Senegal

Accept

KTH

0-490

Seychelles

KF Modified

KTJ

0-490

Sierra Leone

KF Modified

KTK

0-490

Somalia

Accept

KTL

0-9560

South Africa, Republic of
KTL acceptable for Roman-Dutch law material which can not be fitted into KF Modified

KF Modified

KTN

0-499

Spanish West Africa (to 1958)

Accept

KTN

600-699

Spanish Sahara (to 1975)

Accept

KTQ

0-4990

Sud

Accept

KTR

0-490

Swaziland

KF Modified

KTT

0-9910

Tanzania

KF Modified

KTU

0-490

Togo

Accept

KTV

0-4990

Tunisia

Accept

KTW

0-490

Uganda

KF Modified

KTX

0-4990

Zaire

Accept

KTY

0-490

Zambia

Accept

KTY

1500-1599

Zanzibar (to 1964)

KF Modified

KTZ

0-490

Zimbabwe

KF Modified

KU

KWV

0-

490

Pacific Area

KU-KUN

0-3050

Australia

KF Modified

KU

350-399

Law of Australian peoples. Aborigines

KF Modified

KUQ

0-4990

New Zealand

KF Modified

KV

KWW

350-

490

Pacific area jurisdictions (except for Australia and New Zealand)

KVC

0-999

Regional comparative and uniform law

Accept (except for Australia and New Zealand)

KVE

200-349

Regional organization and integration

Accept (except for Australia and New Zealand)

KVH

0-490

American Samoa

Accept

KVH

1000-1499

British New Guinea (Territory of Papua)

KF Modified

KVL

0-489

Cook Islands

Accept

KVM

0-489

Easter Island

Accept

KVN

0-490

Fiji

KF Modified

KVP

0-100

French Polynesia

Accept

KVP

1000-1099

German New Guinea (to 1914)

Accept

KVQ

0-490

Guam

Accept

KVR

0-490

Kiribati

Accept

KVS

0-490

Marshall Islands

Accept

KVS

500-990

Micronesia (Federated States)

Accept

KVS

2500-2999

Midway Islands

Accept

KVU

0-499

Nauru

Accept

KVU

1000-1099

Netherlands New Guinea (to 1963)

Accept

KVW

0-490

New Caledonia

Accept

KWA

0-489

Niue

Accept

KWC

0-490

Northern Mariana Islands

Accept

KWE

0-499

Pacific Islands (Trust Territory)

Accept

KWG

0-490

Palau

Accept

KWH

0-490

Papua New Guinea

KF Modified

KWL

0-499

Pitcairn Island

Accept

KWL

0-2000-2490

Solomon Islands

KF Modified

KWP

0-490

Tonga

Accept

KWQ

0-490

Tuvalu

Accept

KWR

0-490

Vanuatu

Accept

KWT

0-489

Wake Island

Accept

KWT

2000-2490

Wallis and Futuna Islands

Accept

KWW

0-490

Western Samoa

Accept

KWX

1-950

Antarctica

Accept

KWX

341-500.5

Antarctic Treaty System

Accept

KZ

1-7000

Law of Nations

Accept

KZA

1000-5300

Law of the Sea

Accept

KZD

1000-7000

Space Law, Law of Outer Space

Accept

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06/12/13 - changed KTL South Africa to KF Modified ;10/0722 - added KBP;

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