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British Library policy statements for authorized access point for legal work: Anglo-American legacy instructions

Prerecording

Recording

Recording an unstructured description

Recording a structured description

Option

British Library: Apply if an authorized access point has been established.

Option

British Library: Apply if no authorized access point has been established.

Option

British Library: Apply if no authorized access point has been established.

Base authorized access points for legal work

Option

British Library: Apply.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Authorized access points for a law governing one jurisdiction

Authorized access points for a law governing two or more jurisdictions

Authorized access points for an administrative regulation, etc., that is a law

Option

British Library: Apply.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Authorized access points for a bill or draft of legislation

Authorized access points for an ancient law, a certain medieval law, a customary law, etc.

Authorized access points for an administrative regulation, etc., promulgated by a government agency, etc., that is not a law

Authorized access points for a law and a derived regulation, etc., issued together

Condition Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply.

Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Authorized access points for a compilation of administrative regulations, etc.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Authorized access points for rules governing a single court

Authorized access points for a compilation of rules governing two or more courts of a single jurisdiction

Authorized access points for other compilations of court rules

Option

British Library: Apply.

Constitutions, charters, etc., of international intergovernmental bodies

Constitutions, charters, etc., of non-jurisdictional bodies

Option

British Library: Apply.

Authorized access points for a treaty

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Authorized access points for a protocol, amendment, etc.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Authorized access points for a compilation of treaties

Option

British Library: Apply.

Report of one court

Reports ascribed to a reporter by name

Reports not ascribed to a reporter by name

Reports of two or more courts

One reporter or collaborating reporters responsible for the reports

One reporter or collaborating reporters not responsible for the reports

Option

British Library: Apply.

Condition Option

British Library: Apply if applicable.

Citations, digests, etc.

Authorized access point for criminal proceedings and appeals

Proceedings and appeals involving one defendant

Proceedings and appeals involving two or more defendants

Authorized access points for civil and other noncriminal proceedings and appeals

Proceedings and appeals involving one defendant

Actions brought by two or more persons or bodies

Indictments

Option

British Library: Apply.

Charges to juries

Judicial decisions

Judicial opinions

Records of one party

Briefs, pleas, etc.

Courtroom arguments

Compilations of proceedings, etc.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Additional elements and designations in authorized access points for legal work

Option

British Library: Apply.

Additional elements in authorized access points representing laws, etc.

Option

British Library: Apply.

Additional elements in authorized access points representing treaties

Single treaties

Option

British Library: Apply.

Compilations of treaties

Option

British Library: Apply.

Data provenance

Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Option

British Library: Do not apply.

Recording an identifier

Recording an IRI

Document Date: 2025/06/06
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-f61fa41c-1caa-11ee-2884-09173F13E4C5

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