Law Content Types

Where a law content type has been provided by OUP, to be captured in a metaDescribes element with a predicate of 'law-content-type', use the short code from the below table.

The below table also contains authtype mappings, to help recognize document types for capture. If a document maps to multiple authtypes, then you should look at its secondary content types to verify which one it is, or query OUP.

Full title	Short code	Authtype
Arbitral awards	arbaward	Case report
Arbitral decisions	arbdec	Case report
Arbitral rules	arbrule	Instrument
Bibliographies	bib	Commentary document
Bilateral investment treaties	bit	Instrument
Bilateral treaties	bt	Instrument
Book content	book	Commentary document
Chronologies	chron	Commentary document
Constitutional amendments	constamend	Instrument
Constitutional foundation documents	constfound	Instrument
Constitutional overviews (by jurisdiction)	constover	Commentary document
Constitutionally related documents	constrel	Instrument
Court of First Instance decisions	cfi	Case report
Current constitutions	const	Instrument
Decisions	deci	Instrument
Declarations	dec	Instrument
Digest articles	digart	[n/a]
Digest books	digbook	[n/a]
Digest cases	digcase	[n/a]
Digest instruments	diginst	[n/a]
Digest other material	digother	[n/a]
Diplomatic correspondence	dipcorr	Commentary document
Domestic court decisions	natdec	Case report
EEA joint committee decisions	eeajc	Instrument
EFTA decisions	[n/a]	Case report
Encyclopedia entries	encyc	Encyclopedia article
EU decisions	eudec	Instrument
EU directives	eudir	Instrument
EU regulations	eureg	Instrument
European Commission decisions	[n/a]	Case report
European Commission green papers	ecgp	Instrument
European Commission guidelines	ecgui	Instrument
European Commission notices	ecnot	Instrument
European Commission recommendations	ecrec	Instrument
European Commission state aid decisions	ecsad	Instrument
European Commission white papers	ecwp	Instrument
European Court of Justice decisions	ecj	Case report
Guidance	guid	Instrument OR Commentary
Initiating documents	initia	Case report
Institutional rules	instrule	Instrument
International court decisions	intdec	Case report
Investment treaty overviews (by jurisdiction)	tov	Commentary document / treaty overview
Joint venture decisions	jv	Case report
Journal articles	ja	Commentary document
Memoranda of understanding	memor	Instrument
Merger decisions	merdec	Case report
Model laws	modlaw	Instrument
Model treaties	modt	Instrument
Multilateral treaties	mt	Instrument
National court rules	[n/a]	Instrument
National draft legislation	natdraft	Instrument
National institutional rules	[n/a]	Instrument
National legislation	natleg	Instrument
NCA decisions	ncadec	Case report
Non-merger decisions	nmdec	Case report
Notes	note	Commentary document
Official publications	offpub	Commentary document
OPIC decisions	opic	Case report
Other commentary and analysis	othercom	Commentary document
Parliamentary debates	pardeb	Commentary document
Practice directions	pracdir	Case report
Press release	inst	Commentary document
Reports	report	Commentary document
Reservations	reserv	Instrument
Resolutions	reso	Instrument
Restatements	restat	Commentary document
Rules of international courts	rulesint	Instrument
Speech	speech	Commentary document
State aid decisions	sadec	Case report
State pleadings	statplea	Instrument
Statements	minist	Instrument OR Commentary document
Supporting instruments	suppinst	Instrument
Travaux preparatoires	trav	Instrument
UK act	ukact	Instrument
UK green papers	ukgp	Instrument
UK SI	uksi	Instrument
UK white papers	ukwp	Instrument
UN GA resolutions	ungares	Instrument
UN SC resolutions	unscres	Instrument
Update notes	upnote	Commentary document
Yearbook articles	yrbook	Commentary document