List of areas of law

The following is a list of major areas of legal practice and important legal subject-matters.

For list of legal terms see: List of legal topics and list of legal terms

By topic

• Administrative law
• Admiralty law / Maritime law
• Alcohol law
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Antitrust law
• Aviation law
• Business law
• Business organizations
• Competition law
• Computer law
• Constitutional law
• Construction law
• Contract law
• Copyright law
• Corporations law
• Criminal law
• Cryptography law
• Cyber law
• Drug control law
• Elder law
• Employment law
• Entertainment Law
• Environmental law
• Evidence
• Family law
• Firearm law
• Food law
• Health law
• Immigration law
• Intellectual property law
• International Law
• Internet law
• Juvenile law
• Labour law/Labor law
• Martial law
• Military law
• Nationality law
• Obscenity law
• Parliamentary law
• Patent law
• Privacy law
• Procedural law
• Property law
• Public health law
• Social Security disability law
• Space law
• Statutory law
• Tax law
• Trademark law
• Water law