Although the legislation applied to the whole country, it formally consisted of four different law books, one for each of the four jurisdictions (Gulating, Frostating, Eidsivating and Borgarting).
Selv om lovværket gjaldt for hele Norge, bestod det formelt af fire forskellige lovbøger, et for hvert af de fire lagting: (Gulating, Frostating, Eidsivating og Borgarting).