New Look: Subject Guides to Resources

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has created “subject guides to resources" for courses in the LLB, JD/LLM and PCLL programmes every semester since 2008.  These guides include major resources, textbooks, law reports, journals etc., on the relevant subjects to assist legal research for that subject.

We have created a new template for these subject guides to resources for Term 2 2012/13 on the Law Library webpage for easy browsing and navigating.

The print copies are also available at the Law Library and the Legal Resources Centre. You can access the soft copy under Subject Guides - 2012/13 Term 2 of the Law Library webpage. Please find attached the link here for your easy access.

http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=33054&Pid=43&Version=0&Cid=630&Charset=iso-8859-1&p=0

New Additions to the Law Firm Pamphlet Collection

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library established the Law Firm Pamphlet Collection in 2008 to help students to know more about the law firms in Hong Kong and this Collection is also helpful for their career development. This Collection consists of up-to-date brochures or pamphlets of around 70 local and international law firms in Hong Kong.  This Collection is accessible at both of our service points:  the Lee Quo Weil Law Library at the CUHK Shatin main campus and the Legal Resources Centre at Admiralty.



Law Firm Pamphlet Collection at the Lee Quo Wei Law Library



An Overview of English Resources for Chinese Legal Research

This is an article written by John Bahrij, the Law Librarian of the Lee Quo Wei Law Library of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Lily Ko, an assistant librarian at the Lee Quo Wei Law Library.   It introduces resources which are published in English for Chinese law in print and electronic form for mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

This article is published in the journal Legal Information Management Volume 13, Issue 1 (March 2013) p. 25 to 40. The direct link to this article in Legal Information Management in Cambridge Journals Online is: http://easyaccess.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1472669613000078

Bahrij, John and Ko, Lily An Overview of English Resources for Chinese Legal Research (2013) 13 (1) Legal Information Management 25

New UK Journals in Westlaw HK

The following five UK Journals are available in Westlaw HK under UK tab.

Cambridge Student Law Review

Online coverage in Westlaw HK: 2005 to Present

Also available in HeinOnline :2005 to Present

Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law

Online coverage in Westlaw HK: 2012 to Present

Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice Monthly Bulletin

Online coverage in Westlaw HK: 2010 to Present

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has the print copy of the loose leaf publication  Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice  (in 9 volumes and index) and the print copy of this Monthly Bulletin from 2004 to Present (library record: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b2441466)

New Publications available in Westlaw HK

The following publications are now available in Westlaw HK under Journals tab.

Archbold Hong Kong News

Archbold Hong Kong News is a companion publication to Archbold Hong Kong. It publishes quarterly and it consists of sections such as “Cases in Hong Kong”, “Articles” and “Case Summaries”.

Online Coverage in Westlaw HK: 2011- Present

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has the print copy from 2011 to Present (library record: http://easysearch.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/record?id=b3994498)

Hong Kong Civil Procedure News

Hong Kong Civil Procedure News is the newsletter  to Hong Kong Civil Procedure (Hong Kong White Book). There will be four newsletters per year. They contain updates on legislation, case law and procedural developments.

Online Coverage in Westlaw HK: 2010- Present

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has the print copy from 2000 to Present (library record: http://easysearch.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/record?id=b2468604)

Drafting Legislation in Hong Kong : A Guide to Styles and Practices

The Law Drafting Division of the Department of Justice has compiled Drafting Legislation in Hong Kong : A Guide to Styles and Practices which is a guide for drafting Hong Kong laws.

It consists of 15 chapters including an overview of Hong Kong legislation, primary legislation, subsidiary legislation and chapters on legislative drafting and styles. It has been written in both English and Chinese version.

Details of this publication and electronic copies of both English and Chinese version can be found on the Department of Justice website.

English version: http://www.doj.gov.hk/eng/public/pub20030011.html
Traditional Chinese version: http://www.doj.gov.hk/chi/public/pub20030011.html
Simplified Chinese version: http://www.doj.gov.hk/sc/public/pub20030011.html

The Library has held the print copies in both English and Chinese version. Please refer to these links to library records for details:

English print version:  http://easysearch.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/record?id=b5305215
Chinese print version: http://easysearch.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/record?id=b5320099

Hints & Tips on Conducting Advanced Case and General Searches in i-law.com

The Library has subscribed to the following two packages in i-law.com. Please find attached the hints and tips on conducting advanced case and general searches in i-law.com below.

i-law Construction Law - Informa building law publications including Building Law Reports and International Construction Law Review and various e-books.

Informa building law publications including Building Law Reports and International Construction Law Review and various e-books.

i-law Maritime Law - Informa maritime law publications including Lloyds Law Reports, Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and various e-books.

Informa maritime law publications including Lloyds Law Reports, Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly and various e-books.

Conducting Advanced Case Searches

Law Library Webpage Update

The Library has added the following resource to the European Communities webpage under the Selected Internet Resources.

Max-Planck-Institut - für europaische Rechtsgeschichte (http://dlib-pr.mpier.mpg.de/)

This is a database on German, Austrian and Swiss legal history. It consists of more than 4,000 volumes and 1.35 million pages on private and civil procedure law of the 19^th Century.