Current Awareness Services Guides

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has recently created the Guide on Current Awareness Services -- Core Databases and Current Awareness Services – Specific Databases. These guides introduce  the current awareness services, mainly email alerts or RSS feeds, of the legal databases which we have subscribed to in the University Library System.  

The Current Awareness Services -- Core Databases cover the following  major legal databases:

Lexis 
Westlaw HK
Westlaw International
AGIS Plus Text
Criminal Justice Periodicals
HeinOnline
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books Full Text
i-law.com

The Current Awareness Services –Specific Databases include the following  legal databases on specific topics:

Kluwer Law Online KluwerArbitration.com
Legal Online
Lawtel
LegalTrac
Oxford Reports on International Law Max Planck
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
Investor-State LawGuide (ISLG)
Manupatra
WorldTradeLaw.net
International Trade Daily
IBFD Tax Research Platform

These two guides are accessible at the Law Library website under  Information Guides & Subject Guides

Current Awareness Services -- Core Databases

Faculty of Law Legal Citation Style Guide

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has updated the Faculty of Law Legal Citation Style Guide on its website under the heading Information Guides & Subject Guides . The latest version is the Version 16 (August 2013).

This guide outlines citation style for commonly used legal resources. A list of further readings is provided at the end of this guide.  

Version 16 has added the table of content and has provided more material types and examples on secondary sources such as Annotated Ordinances, Government Press Release and TV Programmes and News Reports etc.

The print copies of this guide are also available at the Lee Quo Wei Law Library and the Legal Resources Centre in the Graduate Law Centre.

Electronic version on:

Law Library website:

http://www.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Common/Reader/News/ShowNews.jsp?Nid=11254&Pid=43&Version=0&Cid=630&Charset=iso-8859-1&p=0



Criminal Law Web: Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has added the following resource to the International Law webpage under the Selected Internet Resources.

Criminal Law Web: Foundational Texts in Modern Criminal Law  (http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/bclc/crimweb/web1/foundational.html)

This website lists the electronic version of the foundational texts in modern criminal law. Some of them provide free access.



Law Library Webpage Update

The Library has updated the Selected Internet Resources webpages and various information legal guides on the Lee Quo Wei Law Library webpage.

Selected Internet Resources

The Library has listed various free legal websites on different jurisdictions under the headings of different countries or topics. The following countries and categories have been updated.

·         Asia

·         Australia

·         European Communities

·         Germany

·         Singapore

·         Sri Lanka

·         United Kingdom

·         United Nations

·         United States of America

·         International Law

·         Useful Websites

·         Search Engines

Information about Mooting: General References

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on mooting materials in the University Library System.

Information about PRC Law: General References

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on PRC legal materials in the University Library System.

Information about UK Law: General References

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on UK legal materials in the University Library System.

Information about UN Law: General References

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on United Nations in the University Library System and on the Internet.

Information about Hong Kong Law: General References

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on Hong Kong legal materials in the University Library System. 

Information about EU Law: General References

This guide introduces selected general reference sources on European Union law in the University Library System and on the Internet.

Subject Guides to Resources for Term One 2013/14

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has uploaded "subject guides to resources" for Term One 2013/14 on its website. These guides include major resources, textbooks, law reports, journals etc., on these subjects to assist your legal research for these. The print copies are available at the Law Library and the Legal Resources Centre. You can access the soft copy under Subject Guides - 2013/14 Term 1 of the Law Library webpage. Please find attached the link here for your easy access.

Subject Guides - 2013/14 Term 1

2013/14 Term 1

• LLB
• LAWS1000 - Common Law: Tradition and Method (2013/14)
• LAWS1041 - Contract I (2013/14)
• LAWS1131 - Tort I (2013/14)
• LAWS2030 - Legal System of the PRC (2013/14)
• LAWS2100 - Hong Kong Constitutional Law (2013/14)
• LAWS2101 - Companies and the Law I (2013/14)
• LAWS2121 - Criminal Law I (2013/14)
• LAWS2230 - Mediation (2013/14)
• LAWS2320 - International Investment Law Principles and Practice (2013/14)
• LAWS3001 - The Individual, the Community & the Law I (2013/14)
• LAWS3100 - Civil Procedure (2013/14)
• LAWS3151 - Land Law I (2013/14)
• LAWS3260 - Crime and Criminal Justice (2013/14)
• LAWS4000 - Private International Law (2013/14)
• LAWS4120 - Commercial Law (2013/14)
• LAWS4151 - Equity and Trusts I (2013/14)
• LAWS4300 - Shipping and the Law (2013/14)
• JD
• LAWS6001 - Legal System (2013/14)
• LAWS6004 - Legal Research, Analysis and Writing (2013/14)
• LAWS6005 - Ethics and Professional Virtue (2013/14)
• LAWS6011 - Principles of Company Law (2013/14)

China Law Reference Service has been discontinued

The publication China Law Reference Service has been discontinued. They have developed a new platform called China Law & Reference.  

The Library has access to the following looseleaf titles under Commentary Tab

English Titles:

·        China Anti-Monopoly Law Guide

·        China Tax Planning Guide

·        China Labour & Social Security Law – Essential Facts Explained

Chinese Titles:

·         中国劳动法暨社会保障法规重要问题释疑

·         中国税务合规实务指南—流转税

• 中国公司法实务指南—外商投资企业的设立与解散
• 中国公司法实务指南—破产与清算
• 中国公司法实务指南—公司的设立与解散
• 中国公司法实务指南—公司治理
• 中国外汇管理实务指南

You can access China Law & Reference at the Law Database List

http://lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Common/DataForm/DataForm.jsp?DFid=9&SubjectId=31&Charset=iso-8859-1