Area of knowledge or study of the principles and regulations established in a state or community by some authority and binding on its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. Also the professional practice that deals with these principles and regulations and legal procedure.

law(discipline)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,U)
legal studies(,U,English-NP,UF,U,U)
studies, legal(,U,English-NP,UF,U,U)
rechten(vakgebied)　(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
rechtspraak(,U,Dutch-NP,UF,U,U)
derecho(disciplina)　(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
法律(學科)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,,)
fa lü (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
fǎ lǜ (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
fa lü (P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Activities Facet
........Disciplines (facet)
............disciplines
................social sciences
....................law (discipline)

practitioner(s)/student(s) are....	people in law
thing(s) needing context are....	legal concepts
activity/event involved is....	legal functions

Dutch....	Kennis- of studiegebied van de principes en reglementen zoals die in een land of gemeenschap zijn vastgesteld door een autoriteit en die bindend zijn voor het volk, ofwel in de vorm van wetgeving of door gebruiken en beleidsvormingen die zijn erkend en worden uitgevoerd door gerechtelijke besluitvorming. Ook de beroepsmatige praktijk die zich bezighoudt met deze principes en reglementen en met de gerechtelijke procedure.
Spanish....	Área del conocimiento o estudio de los principios y regulaciones establecidas en un estado o comunidad por alguna autoridad y que compromete a las personas, tanto en la forma de legislación o de costumbre y políticas, reconocidos e implementado por decisión judicial. También la práctica profesional que trata con esos principios y regulaciones y procedimientos legales.
Chinese (traditional)....	在國家或社群中由官方設立之原則與法規的知識或研究領域。或以法規的形式，或由司法認定與實施的常規與政策，來約束其人民。亦指與上述原則、法規及司法程序有關的專業實務。

law(discipline)............	[VP]
.................	Black's Law Dictionary (1979) law
.................	Garner, Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (1987) law
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) law
.................	Oxford English Dictionary (1989) law
.................	Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs (1967-) Vol. 3, 1367; law
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) law
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) law
.................	Thesaurus of Sociological Indexing Terms (1992) law
.................	UNESCO Thesaurus (1977) law
.................	Worcester Art Museum Library, List of subject headings, unpub. (1976) law
.................	Avery Index (1963-) law
.................	Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993) law
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-) law
legal studies............	[VP]
.................	Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Professional Programs (1967-) 1877
studies, legal............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
rechten(vakgebied)............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
rechtspraak............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
derecho(disciplina)............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Fairshild, Diccionario de Sociología (1966) 88
法律(學科)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 March 21, 2012
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 21, 2012
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) legal offices; precoor.; law offices
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982) land: law
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) precoor.; Law and art; Law and architecture
.................	Avery Index (1963-) legal offices; precoor.; law offices
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules offices, legal
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

Getty AAT: 300054412 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300054412
ASDC Union Catalog： law 、legal studies 、studies, legal 、rechten 、rechtspraak 、derecho 、法律 、fa lü 、fǎ lǜ 、fa lü