Faculty of Law Legal Citation Style Guide (Version 17 (February 2014))

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 17 (February 2014).

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

Version 17 has added detailed information of citation format of various types of secondary sources. It has also updated the edition information of further readings.

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 is available on the Lee Quo Wei Law Library website as well as the CUHK Honesty in Academic Work website.

•  Lee Quo Wei 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

• Honesty in Academic Work: A Guide for Students and Teachers, Section 3-4 : Information for Each Discipline – Law:

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/Eng_htm_files_(2013-14)/p03_4_4a.htm

China Law & Reference

China Intellectual Property Law Reference Service has recently added to Wolters Kluwer’s new database China Law & Reference (威科先行 法律信息庫). The library has subscribed to this database.

China Intellectual Property Law Reference Service contains commentary on China IP law,  IP legislation and judicial interpretations in Chinese and English translation,  case analysis and selected judgments in full text.

You can access China Law & Reference at the CUHK Library website: http://easysearch.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/record?id=b5390860

Asian Journal of Law and Society

The Asian Journal of Law and Society (AsianJLS)  is a new  journal which will be published in 2014 by the Cambridge University Press and KoGuan Law School at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The Library will subscribe to this journal. 

It focuses on Asian perspectives on topics in law and society globally.  The first issue is expected to be published in Spring 2014. Several articles are available on the Cambridge Journals Online now. Please refer to the link below for more information.

Asian Journal of Law and Society                             

https://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=als

European Sources Online (ESO)

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

European Sources Online (ESO) (http://www.europeansources.info/)

ESO helps you to find information on the European Union, the countries of Europe and on issues of concern to European citizens, researchers and stakeholders. ESO is not simply an index to finding information on European topics.