EDUG 340: Law Working Group

Terms of reference |
Timetable, working plan, meetings |
Members

Terms of reference

The European DDC Users Group (EDUG) - 340 Law Working Group

exists to improve the 340 Law provision for legal systems in Europe rooted in civil law;
gives recommendations to the EPC and the Dewey editorial team;
reports about proposals at EDUG's annual business meeting.

Improvements in DDC 340 should be realistic expansions, relocations, add notes or entries on the basis of existing classes according to the literary warrant in Europe. There could not be created a neutral classification scheme for civil and common law. The aim is to make sure that every European law topic fits somewhere in the DDC 340 classes.

The focus restricted to the European viewpoint, proposals should emphasize:

Differences between civil and common law within the branches of law and the sources, also within the legal profession.
Treatment of administrative law.
Treatment of penal law and criminology.
Treatment of European Union law.
Better organization of 343 Military, defense, public property, public finance, tax, commerce (trade), industrial law.
Better organization of 346 private law.
Expansions for courts.

For further information about the background to the group, see OCLC's Proposal for 340 working group.

Timetable, working plan, meetings

20 Aug 2007
- First meeting of the group at WLIC 2007, Durban, South Africa. An informal agenda is available. OCLC's Proposal for 340 working group was discussed.
9 Apr 2008
- Meeting of the group at EDUG's annual business meeting, Frankfurt, Germany. An agenda is available. A brief report of the meeting is included in the minutes of the EDUG annual meeting 2008.
Nov 2008
- The Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee discussed selected proposals of EDUG 340 at their EPC 130 meeting.
12 Aug 2008
- Meeting of the group at WLIC 2008, Québec City, Canada.
27 Apr 2009
- Meeting of the group at EDUG's annual business meeting, Vienna, Austria. A brief report of the meeting is available.

Members of the working group

Yvonne Jahns, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (chair)
Federica Paradisi, Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze