Wolters Kluwer / CCH PrimeLaw

The Law Library has recently subscribed to Wolters Kluwer / CCH PrimeLaw, a legal database combining legislation, case law, commentary and journal searching. PrimeLaw includes 60 ebook titles, more than 9,500 reported cases (Hong Kong and UK) and consists of the most comprehensive Hong Kong company law cases.

The key features of PrimeLaw are as follows:

Legislation
- Contains ordinances and subsidiary legislation of Hong Kong, and legislation of PRC.
- Legislative changes are updated weekly.

Cases
- Hong Kong Company Law Cases (HKCLC) – largest collection of reported Company
- Law cases of Hong Kong (with headnotes).
- Covers the Hong Kong court decisions from 1877 to present.
- 238 cases decided by the UK Privy Council can be found.
- Cases are updated twice every day.
- 0ver 100,000 UK court judgments across different topics.

Commentary
- More than 60 titles covering a broad range of topics.

Journals
- Highly popular journal on negotiation, Tan Pan, is now online.
- Other journals include: China Tax Intelligence and China STAFF.

Tracker
- Covers legal and tax updates and developments in HK and China.

News
- Up-to-date news on law and enforcement is delivered timely.

Users can type in titles or keywords directly on the Search box on the Home page OR go directly to each tab to search for specific materials.

CUHK users can access PrimeLaw through A-Z Databases list by Law

Access PrimeLaw through A-Z Databases List by Law

PrimeLaw Homepage

Law Selected Internet Resources: Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database

A new resource named Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database has been added into the Internet Resources - United Nations section on our Lee Quo Wei Law Library's website.

To find a list of our Law Selected Internet Resources, please visit: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/SIR/home  

What is the Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database?

The Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is a repository of gender equality related provisions extracted from 195 constitutions from around the world. The countries are organized according to five geographical regions (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania) and are reflective of the Member States and Territories of the United Nations. Although a number of constitutional websites and resources that contain constitutions on a global scale are available, this Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database is the first searchable database that specifically presents constitutional provisions through a gender lens.

To visit the Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database, please go to: http://constitutions.unwomen.org/en

Information Guides - Selected Internet Resources

United Nations

Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database on Selected Internet Resources - United Nations

Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database

Law - Practical Skills Guide on the Lee Quo Wei Law Library

To provide our law students with self-help resources for developing lawyering skills, the Law Library has created a Practical Skills Guide on Law Library Guides section of the Lee Quo Wei Law Library’s website.

The Guide is divided into six skills that are important in the practice of law: Client interviewing, negotiation, Presentation / Persuasion , Leadership, Social Networking / Marketing, and Emotional Intelligence, and a section focusing on law school success. Students can find a wide variety of resources including popular monographs, ebooks, free online videos, and websites that are written / produced by trusted law-related organizations, law professors or attorneys in practice.

To visit our Practical Skills Guides: please go to: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/practicalskills

Law-Practical Skills Guide on Law Library Guides

Law - Practical Skills Guides

Revised Lexis HK ebook Guide

A newly revised Lexis HK ebook guide can be found on our CUHK’s Lee Quo Wei Law Library website under Law E-book Guide section.

Lexis HK provides free text search function and field search function of the ebooks under Commentary tab or Source Directory or Practice Areas tab. It also provides browsing function by clicking Browse selected button.

To find out how to find commentaries on Lexis HK with step-by-step instructions, please go to: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/infoguide/ebook/lexishk

For other ebook guides, please go to: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/infoguide/ebook

Law ebook Guides mainpage

Lexis HK ebook guide

北大法寶 pkulaw.cn Database Guide

北大法寶 pkulaw.cn is one of the most comprehensive bilingual databases for searching PRC laws and regulations (since 1949), cases, journal articles, and gazettes.

A guide for 北大法寶 pkulaw.cn has been newly created to assist our CUHK users in accessing the database.

Other CUHK library subscriptions such as Westlaw China and Lexis China in Lexis HK platform are also available for searching PRC legal materials. 

A Brief Comparison of Major Chinese Law Databases has been created on our Law Database Guides on the Lee Quo Wei Law Library website. 

To access the database guide of 北大法寶 pkulaw.cn, please go to: http://libguides.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/law/infoguide/database/pkulaw

北大法寶 pkulaw.cn Database Guide

Chinese Law Database Comparison Guide