Friday, 13 June 2014

LegiGlobe



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


LegiGlobe is a global legal website in French and is a project of the Francophone Network of Legal Diffusion


Saturday, 7 June 2014

HeinOnline App



HeinOnline is a legal database which contains full text legal journals and selected cases from the US and other jurisdictions. The HeinOnline App is now available for iPhone/iPad.  The HeinOnline App features the ability to view image-based PDFs, access content by citation, browse by volume, etc. 

To use HeinOnline App, you must be on campus in order to IP authenticate using this app. For details, please visit this link: http://home.heinonline.org/heinonline-app/
 

Friday, 30 May 2014

International Privacy Law Library (WorldLII)



The WorldLII’s International Privacy Law Library has recently added the following databases to its webpage.
Case Law
·         Mauritius Data Protection Office 2011- (WorldLII)
·         United States Federal Trade Commission Privacy Case Summaries (WorldLII) - updated  (WorldLII)
Treaties and International Agreement

The International Privacy Law Library aims to make searchable from one location all of the databases on Privacy law on any of the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs). It contains 21 databases on Case Law, including about 3,600 decisions of 13 privacy and data protection authorities from Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Mauritius, the United States and the European Union, plus many hundreds of decisions by appeal tribunals and courts. It also contains 7 databases on Law Journals and Commentary, 1 database on Law Reform Publications, 1 database on Legislation and 2 databases on Treaties and International Agreement.


Friday, 23 May 2014

China Academic Journals Full-text Database (China Journal Net)(中國期刊全文數據庫)Database Guide Update

China Academic Journals Full-text Database (China Journal Net) a database of multi-disciplinary full-text journals published in China from 1994 to the present (some publications start from 1915). It includes law, science, medicine, social science and humanities, etc. It is a database that is useful for finding materials on PRC law.

China Academic Journals Full-text Database (China Journal Net) has provided the English search interface in addition to the Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese search interfaces.



Friday, 16 May 2014

Judicial Opinions of China 中國裁判文書網

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has added the following resource to the People's Republic of China webpage under the Selected Internet Resources.
                                               

This website contains selected PRC judgments from the Supreme People's Court and local courts since 2013. Selected judgments can be searched by keywords or case number or can be browsed by different regions or different subject areas such as civil cases, criminal cases, administrative cases, intellectual property, etc. This website is developed by the Supreme People's Court. In Chinese.


Friday, 9 May 2014

Subject Guides to Resources for Summer Term 2013/14

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has uploaded the "subject guides to resources" for Summer Term 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 Legal Resources Centre. You can access the soft copy under Subject Guides - 2013/14 Term S of the Law Library webpage. Please find attached the links to the guides here for your easy access.



Friday, 2 May 2014

TradeLawGuide Updates

TradeLawGuide is a research database on WTO law and jurisprudence.

TradeLawGuide has added a new search function, the site-wide search of TradeLawGuide ‘s research tools, jurisprudence, agreements and instruments. This new search function is helpful when terms appear in different type of materials.

TradeLawGuide has also added new annotated agreements such as Customs Valuation Agreement, Import Licensing Agreement, Agreement on Preshipment Inspection, Agreement on Rules of Origin and TRIMS Agreement.

You can access TradeLawGuide at the Database List:




The new search function, the site-wide search, appears on the home page of TradeLawGuide

Friday, 25 April 2014

Kluwer Law Online New Platform

Kluwer Law Online is a database of Kluwer’s law journals and looseleaf services in the IEL series (International Encyclopaedia of Laws) under “Manuals” tab. This IEL series of 25 subject areas includes Civil Procedure, Commercial and Economic Law, Competition Law,Constitutional law, Contract law, Corporations and Partnerships, Criminal Law, Cyberlaw, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Family and Succession Law, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Intergovernmental Organisations, Labour Law, Media Law, Medical Law, Migration Law, Private International Law, Property and Trust Law, Religion Law, Social Security Law, Sports Law, Tort Law and Transport Law.

Kluwer Law Online has recently upgraded to a new platform with a redesigned look and additional search functions. It offers a new search tool to search across all content in the Kluwer Law Online.  The search results can be refined by Journals only, Manuals only or within a specific title.

It also offers browsing function under “Browse Topics” tab to browse journals and manuals in the Kluwer Law Online by different areas of law.  12 areas of law include Air& Space Law, Arbitration/Litigation, Corporate/Commercial, Comparative Law, Competition Law, Environmental/Energy Law, European Community Law, Intellectual Property, International Trade Law, Labour Law/Social Security, Transportation Law and Taxation.

You can access the Kluwer Law Online at the Law Database List:




Thursday, 17 April 2014

JustCite Database Guide Update

JustCite is a multi-source legal search engine and citator service for UK and EU legal information and case law. It includes extensive links to full-text material on leading online services, including BAILII, Justis, LexisNexis, WestLaw and more.

JustCite provides quick search and advanced search for different material types: Cases, Legislation, EU Materials, Articles & Journals and Barristers & Chambers.

The updated JustCite Database Guide is available at the Law Library webpages under Database Guides.




Thursday, 10 April 2014

Hong Kong Student Law Gazette Spring 2014 Issue 4

The print copies of the latest Issue (Spring 2014 Issue 4) of Hong Kong Student Law Gazette  (HKSLG)  are available in the Lee Quo Wei Law Library and the Legal Resources Centre. The link to the library record is attached: http://easysearch.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/record?id=b5325019

The electronic version of the Hong Kong Student Law Gazette is available on its website (http://hongkongstudentlawgazette.com/)

The Gazette is published twice each academic year by the student society Hong Kong Student Law Gazette of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. It is Hong Kong's leading law student publication.  It aims to encourage students to engage in key legal issues, contribute to legal scholarship, and build closer ties between law students and the wider legal community.



Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Hong Kong Basic Law Portal

The Lee Quo Wei Law Library has added the following resource to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region webpage under the Selected Internet Resources.

Hong Kong Basic Law Portal – The University of Toronto Libraries

(http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/hkbl)


The Hong Kong Basic Law Portal at the University of Toronto Libraries serves as an online gateway to Basic Law research materials from major institutions around the world.