The Library also has national responsibility to collect legal material (law reports, legislation, official gazettes) for specific regions. They include:
There are various guides to researching the law of the People’s Republic of China:
English translations of Chinese laws and regulations, judicial cases, legal news and gazettes.
Contains:
Contains:
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Index of Western language monographs, journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings and anthologies on all parts of Asia published since 1971
Worldlii – East Asia
Provides links to free websites containing general legal information on East Asia and for each country within each region. Provides links to primary resources (case law, legislation and constitutions) for each country, where available.
AsianLII
Contains Chinese legislation and related documents that have been translated into English.
Lehman, Lee and Xu
Chinese law firm website with full text of selected Chinese laws and regulations in English.
Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China
Hong Kong Legal Information Institute
Provides free access to the primary legal materials of Hong Kong SAR of the People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong Dept. of Justice Bilingual Laws Information System
Free database providing access to the laws of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Judiciary
Provides information on the Judiciary of the Hong Kong SAR of the People's Republic of China. Also allows access to the full text of judgments and practice directions (since 1993).
Asian Law Online
A free, online bibliographic database of books, chapters in books, journal articles and theses that relate to Asian legal systems. Produced by the Asian Law Centre, University of Melbourne.
Need some extra help with your research?
SOAS students and staff may attend Library training sessions or arrange an individual training sessions with the subject librarian, Carly Lockett, via the booking link here or by emailing cl74@soas.ac.uk