Before it adopted the Library of Congress Classification system, Harvard Law School used an in-house call number system known as the Moody system.
The Moody system arranges materials first by 1) jurisdiction; 2) form and subject; and 3) author. In some instances it will also include a date.
The Moody call number for the book Droit Constitutionnel et Institutions Politiques by Raymond Barraine is FRA 962 BAR
FRA 962 BAR indicates
1. Jurisdiction:
2. Form & Subject
3. Author
To use the Moody classification system to browse older materials in HOLLIS.
Using the tables below identify the country, form and subject you are interested in.
Example: To find older treatises on commercial law in the United Arab Emirates, use UAE 929 ( (UAE=United Arab Emirates 900s=treatises 29=commercial law).
In HOLLIS, go to Starts With/Browse in the top menu and select Call Number Other and search your call number.
Some of the symbols used in the Moody system are anachronistic or do not reflect modern sensibilities. The Library does not always have the time nor funding to correct records for such a large collection when political changes take place. Please note that no new materials use these call numbers.
Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional locations for materials related to the country.
* = Denotes juristictional abbreviations no longer in use for current materials. Older Materials still bear this abbreviation.
| Country Name | Abbreviation |
| Aden | AD |
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| Albania | ALB |
| Algeria | ALG (FRA/AL; FRA/ALG) |
| ANCIENT LAW | ANCIENT |
| Andorra | AND |
| Angola | ANG (POR/AN) |
| Anguilla | BWI/LI/A |
| Antigua | ANT (BWI/LI/AN) |
| Argentina | ARG |
| Armenia (Republic) | ARM |
| Aruba | NET/AR |
| Australia | AU |
| Austria | AUS |
| Azerbaijan | AZE |
| Bahamas | BA |
| Bahrain | BAH (PERS/B) |
| Bangladesh | BAN (PAK/E) |
| Barbados | BAR (BWI/B) |
| Basutoland | BSA/BA |
| Bechuanaland | BSA/BE |
| Belarus | BE |
| Belgium | BEL |
| Belize | BRH |
| Benin | BEN (DAH) |
| Bermuda Islands | BER |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Borneo | BOR |
| Bosnia & Hercegovina | BOS |
| Botswana | BOT (BSA/BE) |
| Brazil | BRA |
| British Guiana | BRG |
| British Honduras | BRH |
Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional locations for materials related to the country.
* = Denotes juristictional abbreviations no longer in use for current materials. Older Materials still bear this abbreviation.
| Country Name | Abbreviation |
| British Solomon Islands | WEST/BS (SOL) |
| British Somaliland | EA/SO (SOM) |
| British South Africa | BSA |
| British Virgin Islands | BWI/LI/V |
| British West Africa | BWA |
| British West Indies | BWI |
| Brunei | BRU |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
| Burkina Faso | BURK (UPP) |
| Burma | BUR |
| Burundi | BURU |
| Cambodia | CA |
| Cameroon | CAM |
| Canada | CAN |
| CANON LAW | CANON |
| Cape Verde | CAV (POR/CA) |
| Cayman Islands | BWI/C |
| Central African Republic | CEN |
| Ceylon | CEY (SRI) |
| Chad | CHA |
| Chile | CHI |
| China (People's Republic) | CHIN-PR |
| China (Taiwan) | CHIN |
| Colombia | COL |
| COMPARATIVE LAW | COMP |
| Congo (Brazzaville) | CON-R |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | CON (ZAI) |
| Congo, Belgian | CON (ZAI) |
| Costa Rica | COS |
| Cote d'Ivoire | IVO (FREN) |
| Croatia | CRO |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Cyprus | CYP |
| Czech Republic | CZE |
Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional locations for materials related to the country.
| Country Name | Abbreviation |
| Dahomey | DAH (BEN) |
| Denmark | DEN |
| Djibouti | DJI (FRA/SOM) |
| Dominica | DO (BWI/W/D) |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Ecuador | ECU |
| Egypt | EGY (UAR) (UAR/E) |
| El Salvador | SAL |
| Equatorial Guinea | EQU |
| Eritrea | ERI |
| Estonia | EST (USSR/E) |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| Falkland Islands | FAL |
| Fiji | FIJ |
| Finland | FIN |
| France | FRA |
| French Equatorial Africa | FRE |
| French Indochina | IN-F |
| Gabon | GAB |
| Gambia | GAM |
| Georgia (Republic) | GEO |
| Germany | GER |
| Germany (Dem. Republic) | GER-DR |
| Ghana | GHA (GOL) |
| Gibraltar | GIB |
| Gilbert & Ellice Islands | WEST/G (WEST/K; TUV; WEST/TU); KIR |
| Gold Coast | GOL(GHA) |
| Greece | GRE |
| Grenada | GREN (BWI/W/G) |
| Guatemala | GUA |
| Guinea-Bissau | GUIB (POR/GU) |
| Guinea | GUI |
| Guyana | BRG |
Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional locations for materials related to the country.
* = Denotes jurisdictional abbreviations no longer in use for current materials. Older Materials still bear this abbreviation.
| Country Name | Abbreviation |
| Haiti | HAI |
| Honduras | HON |
| Hong Kong | HONG |
| Hungary | HUN |
| Iceland | ICE |
| India | IN |
| Indonesia | IND |
| Iran | IR |
| Iraq | IRA |
| Ireland (Eire) | IRE |
| Israel | ISR |
| Italy | ITA |
| Ivory Coast | IVO (FREN) |
| Jamaica | JAM (BWI/J) |
| Japan | JAPAN |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ |
| Kenya | KNY (EA/K) |
| Kiribati | KIR (WEST/K; WEST/G) |
| Korea, North | KOR-DR |
| Korea, South | KOR |
| Kuwait | KUW |
| Kyrgyzstan | KYR |
| Laos | LAO |
| Latvia | LAT (USSR/L) |
| Lebanon | LEB |
| Leeward Islands | BWI/LI |
| Lesotho | LES (BSA/BA) |
| Liberia | LI |
| Libya | LIB |
| Liechtenstein | LIE |
| Lithuania | LIT (USSR/LI) |
| Luxemburg | LUX |
| Macedonia | MAC |
| Madagascar | M |
| Malawi | MAL (RHO) |
| Malaysia | MALA (MA) |
| Maldives | MALD |
| Mali | MALI |
| Malta | MALT |
| Marshall Islands | MAR |
| Mauritania | MAU |
| Mauritius | MAUR (EA/M) |
| Mexico | MEX |
| Micronesia (Federated States) | MICR |
| Moldova | MOL |
| Monaco | MO |
| Mongolia | MON |
| Montenegro | MONT; YUG/MO* |
| Montserrat | BWI/LI/M |
| Morocco | MOR |
| MOSLEM LAW | MOSLEM |
| Mozambique | MOZ (POR/MO) |
Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional locations for materials related to the country.
* = Denotes jurisdictional abbreviations no longer in use for current materials. Older Materials still bear this abbreviation.
| Country Name | Abbreviation |
| Namibia | NAM |
| Nauru | NAU |
| Nepal | N |
| Netherlands | NET |
| New Hebrides | WEST/NH; (VAN) |
| New Zealand | NEZ * |
| Nicaragua | NIC |
| Niger | NIG |
| Nigeria | NIGE |
| Norway | NOR |
| Nyasaland | RHO/NY (RHO) |
| Oman | OMA (PERS) |
| Pakistan | PAK |
| Palau | PAL |
| Palestinian National Authority | PALE |
| Panama | PAN |
| Papua New Guinea | PAP (AU/NEG; AU/P; AU/PNG) |
| Paraguay | PAR |
| Persian Gulf States | PERS (OMA: KUW) |
| Peru | PERU |
| Philippines | PHI |
| Poland | POL |
| Portugal | POR |
| Qatar | QAT (PERS/Q) |
| ROMAN LAW | ROMAN * |
| Romania | RUM |
| Russia (Federation) | RUSS |
| Russia (pre-Soviet) | RUS (USSR) |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | STK (BWI/LI/S; BWI/LI/A) |
| Saint Lucia | STL (BWI/W/SL) |
| Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | STV (BWI/W/SV) |
| Salvador | SAL |
| Samoa | SAM (NEZ/W) |
| San Marino | SAN |
| Sao Tome and Principe | SAO (POR/S) |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU |
| Senegal | SEN (FREN) |
| Serbia and Montenegro | SER |
| Seychelles | SEY (EA/SE) |
| Sierra Leone | SIE (BWA/SI) |
| Singapore | SIN |
| Slovenia | SLON |
| Slovakia | SLOK |
| Solomon Islands | SOL (WEST/BS.) |
| Somalia | SOM |
| South-West Africa | SOUW |
| South Africa | SOU |
| South Georgia & Sandwich Islands | SOUG |
| Soviet Union | USSR |
| Spain | SPA |
Jurisdictional abbreviations in parentheses indicate additional locations for materials related to the country.
* = Denotes jurisdictional abbreviations no longer in use for current materials. Older Materials still bear this abbreviation.
| Country Name | Abbreviation |
| Sri Lanka | SRI (CEY) |
| Straits Settlement | MA/ST |
| Sudan | SUD |
| Surinam | SUR (NET/SUR) |
| Swaziland | SWA (BSA/S) |
| Sweden | SWE |
| Switzerland | SWI |
| Syria | SYR |
| Taiwan | CHIN |
| Tajikistan | TAJ |
| Tanganyika | EA/TA |
| Tanzania | TAN (EA/TAN) |
| Thailand | THA |
| Togo | TOGO |
| Tonga | TON |
| Trinidad & Tobago | TRI (BWI/T) |
| Tunisia | TUN |
| Turkey | TUR |
| Turkmenistan | TURK |
| Turks & Caicos | BWI/TU |
| Tuvalu | TUV (WEST/TU; WEST/G) |
| Uganda | UGA (EA/U) |
| Ukraine | UKR |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Repub. | USSR (RUSS;RUS) |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE |
| United Arab Republic | UAR (UAR/E) |
| United Kingdom | UK |
| United States | US* |
| Upper Volta | UPP (BURK) |
| Uruguay | URU |
| Uzbekistan | UZB |
| Vanuatu | VAN (WEST/NH) |
| Vatican City | VA |
| Venezuela | VEN |
| Vietnam | VIE |
| Vietnam, North | VIE-DR* |
| West Africa | WES* |
| West Indies, British |
BWI* |
| West Indies (Federation) | LI* |
| Western Pacific High Commission | WEST* |
| Yemen | YEM |
| Yugoslavia | YUG* |
| Zaire | ZAI* (CON) |
| Zambia | ZAM (RHO/N*) |
| Zanzibar | EA/Z* |
| Zimbabwe | ZIM (RHO/S*) |
Form categories are indicated by the first digit in the numerical part of the Moody call number.
|
Class
|
Type of Legal Material |
| Class 010-020 |
Reference and bibliography |
| Class 100 | Constitutions |
| Class 200 | Compilations of laws |
| Class 300 | Laws & Commentaries |
| Class 400 | Administrative regulations |
| Class 500 | Judicial reports |
| Class 600 | Legislative documents |
| Class 700 | Administrative reports |
| Class 800 | Periodicals |
| Class 900 | Treatises |
Subject classifications are indicated by the second and third digits of the call number.
| Accounting | 43 |
| Administration of justice | 97 |
| Administrative law | 67 |
| Agency | 37 |
| Agriculture | 48 |
| Air law | 54 |
| Antitrust law | 47 |
| Banking & finance | 33 |
| Bankruptcy | 42.1 |
| Business planning | 36 |
| Civil procedure | 91 |
| Civil service | 68 |
| Collected essays | 04 |
| Commercial arbitration | 41 |
| Commercial law | 29 |
| Commercial paper | 31 |
| Communications | 55 |
| Computers & the law | 55.6 |
| Constitutional & political theory | 63 |
| Constitutional law | 61-62 |
| Contracts | 25 |
| Copyright | 44 |
| Corporations | 39 |
| Creditors' rights | 42 |
| Crimes against persons & property | 83 |
| Crimes against public safety | 82 |
| Criminal law | 80 |
| Criminal procedure | 93 |
| Criminal responsibility | 81 |
| Criminology | 86 |
| Damages | 24 |
| Economic policy | 71 |
| Education | 77 |
| Equity | 92 |
| Evidence | 94 |
| Executive | 66 |
| Family law | 13 |
| General studies | 03 |
| Government contracts | 27 |
| Government corporations | 40 |
| Economic policy | 71 |
| Education | 77 |
| Equity | 92 |
| Evidence | 94 |
| Executive | 66 |
| Family law | 13 |
| General studies | 03 |
| Government contracts | 27 |
| Government corporations | 40 |
| Health | 76 |
| Insurance | 35 |
| Judicial assistance | 95 |
| Jurisprudence | 06 |
| Juvenile delinquency | 87 |
| Labor law | 57 |
| Land use & planning | 75 |
| Landlord & tenant | 18 |
| Legal education | 07 |
| Legal history | 05 |
| Legal liability | 11 |
| Legal profession | 08 |
| Legal research | 07.3 |
| Legislature | 65 |
| Local government | 69 |
| Maritime law | 53 |
| Medical jurisprudence | 88 |
| Military justice | 89 |
| Mortgages | 17 |
| National defense | 70 |
| Natural resources | 50 |
| Negligence | 23 |
| Notariat | 98 |
| Obligations | 21 |
| Parent & child | 14 |
| Patents & trademarks | 45 |
| Penology | 85 |
| Persons | 12 |
| Police | 79 |
| Politics & government | 64 |
| Practice & procedure | 90 |
| Private law | 10 |
| Probate | 98 |
| Property | 15 |
| Public finance | 72 |
| Public law | 60 |
| Public property | 74 |
| Quasi contracts | 28 |
| Real property | 16 |
| Reference works | 01 |
| Regulated utilities | 51 |
| Regulatory offenses | 84 |
| Religion | 78 |
| Sales | 30 |
| Secured transactions | 32 |
| Securities | 34 |
| Social legislation | 56 |
| Social security | 58 |
| Social welfare | 59 |
| Succession | 19 |
| Suretyship & guarantee | 26 |
| Taxation | 73 |
| Torts | 22 |
| Trades & crafts | 49 |
| Transportation | 52 |
| Trials | 96 |
| Trusts & trustees | 20 |
| Unfair competition | 46 |
| Unincorporated associations | 38 |
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