Wednesday 21 December 2016

ICLR (The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting) Database Guide Created

ICLR (The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting) is the authorised publisher of The Law Reports for the Superior & Appellate Courts of England & Wales.

ICLR's law reporters cover cases decided by the following courts and tribunals: The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, The Court of Justice of the European Union, The Court of Appeal (Civil Division), The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), The Queen's Bench Division of the High Court, including the Divisional Court, The Chancery Division of the High Court, The Family Division of the High Court, The Court of Protection, The Employment Appeal Tribunal, The Upper Tribunal, The Court Martial Appeal Court, The Consistory Court, The Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved, The Chancery Court of York. As well as the official Law Reports, ICLR publishes the Weekly Law Reports, the Industrial Cases Reports, the Business Law Reports, the Public and Third Sector Law Reports and the Consolidated Index to leading law reports.


CUHK users can access ICLR through A-Z Databases: Law or search the database name on CUHK Library’s Catalogue. CUHK users can also access some UK law reports on Lexis HK and Westlaw Asia.

For details, please visit: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/infoguide/database/iclr 


ICLR
 
ICLR Database Guide

Friday 2 December 2016

最高人民法院数字图书馆 / The Eastlaw Digital Library - Supreme People’s Court of the People's Republic of China



The Supreme People’s Court of the People's Republic of China  has officially launched its new initiative called the ‘Digital Library’. 

The Eastlaw Library is the official and biggest digital library for juristic writings and records created by the Supreme People’s Court of the People's Republic of China.

The digital library is divided into six sections, while eight databases and 15 special columns have been set up to offer more specialized legal resources including  rare records of cases from ancient China, famous cases from different historical periods, and well-known foreign cases.

The library is mainly written in Chinese though some resources are in English.

This digital library is also listed in Useful Websites: PRC  under Legal Resources section on our Law Library’s website.

 
最高人民法院数字图书馆 / The Eastlaw Library

中国古代案例库

The Eastlaw digital library has been listed on our Law Library's Useful Websites: PRC - Legal Resources

Thursday 24 November 2016

Westlaw Next Current Awareness Guide Updated

To view the latest updates on Westlaw Next Current Awareness Guide, please visit http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/infoguide/awareness/WestlawNext

Westlaw Next Current Awareness Guide Page
 

Thursday 29 September 2016

New Databases added into A-Z Databases List - Law

CUHK Library has acquired a number of new databases recently. Some of them are related to the area of Law. CUHK users can find them on our A-Z Databases List - Law. New resources are marked with the a "New" icon.   

The new databases include:

- Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange (To be found under "All Subjects")
- Bloomsbury Collections
- De Gruyter Online
- PrimeLaw
- Routledge Handbooks Online
- 東京審判資源庫


A-Z Database: Law
New databases marked with "New" icon

Tuesday 13 September 2016

Lee Quo Wei Law Library Newsletter Issue 5 Aug/Sep 2016




Inside the Issue:
- Wolters Kluwer / CCH PrimeLaw
- Practical Skills Guide
- Free Videos: How to Find a Reported and an Unreported Law Case
- Library Database Training Schedule
- New Features on LibGuides
- PKULaw Database Guide
- Latest Law Blog Entries
- New Additions List for Law 


Law Library Newsletters on Law Library Guides Page

Lee Quo Wei Law Library Newsletter Issue 5 Aug/Sep 2016

Friday 9 September 2016

PrimeLaw Database Guide



PrimeLaw Database Guide has been created on LibGuides: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/infoguide/database/primelaw


PrimeLaw Database Guide
 

United States Treaty Series on the Law Library of Congress

The United States Treaty Series has been added to the Law Library of Congress website. "This collection includes treaties that the United States signed with other countries from 1776 to 1949. The collection consists of 13 volumes: four volumes of multilateral treaties, eight volumes of bilateral treaties and one volume of an index".

For details, please visit: http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/09/united-states-treaties-added-to-the-law-library-website/?loclr=eaiclb

United States Treaty Series
 

Wednesday 17 August 2016

Free Videos on How to Find a Reported and an Unreported Law Case



The Law Library has created videos to assist students in finding reported and unreported law cases: 



On the “How to" Guides homepage, users can also find a various videos on how to use CUHK library resources and services: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Howtoguides
 
The Law Library has also created guides about using law report citations and locating cases in free sources.

"How to" Guides Homepage
 Video on How to Find a Reported Law Case Using a Citation
 
Video on How to Find an Unreported HK Case



Law Report Citations Guide

Locating Cases Guide

Tuesday 16 August 2016

New Features on the Law LibGuides


For easy searching, the Law Library has inserted CUHK EasySearch and Google Scholar search boxes on each LibGuide on the Law Library’s webpage. To better facilitate communication between our users, the Law Library has included different channels of communication in our Need Help box.

CUHK Library Collections and Google Scholar search boxes


Need Help box including different channels of communication