Caselex

Unfortunately the database Caselex is currently unavailable and they have advised they are not offering subscription renewals at this time. We will provide an update when we know more from the Vendor. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Subject Guides to Resources for Term One 2012/13

The library has uploaded "subject guides to resources" for Term One 2012/13 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 - 2012/13 Term 1 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

Manupatra

The library has newly subscribed to the database Manupatra. Manupatra is an Indian legal database of cases and legislation as well as information and materials on a variety of subjects.

The sub-databases which we have subscribed to are: Supreme Court, High Courts and Other Courts, Tribunals and Commissions, International Database, Business Policy, Corporate Law and Taxation, Notifications and Circulars, Bare Acts (Statutes)/ Rules and Regulations, Committee Reports/Court Fees, Forms, Miscellaneous, Manupatra e-books, Articles.

For cases, it consists of  the Supreme Court of India judgments from 1950 onwards, the High Court judgments of all States (dates vary), judgments from Tribunals and Commissions (dates vary) and selected judgments the Federal Court of India and Privy Council from the period before 1950.

For legislation, it consists of the Central Bare Acts (including amendments from 1878 onwards), Rules, Regulations, Schemes and Orders, and Bare Acts relating to various States.

You can access Manupatra at the Law Database List http://lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Common/DataForm/DataForm.jsp?DFid=9&SubjectId=31&Charset=iso-8859-1

Dui Hua Human Rights Journal

The Library has recently added the Dui Hua Human Rights Journal in our online catalogue.  The Dui Hua Human Rights Journal is a  blog offered by the Dui Hua Foundation. It consists of  commentary, analysis, and translations about human rights and rule of law in China.

http://www.duihuahrjournal.org/

Subject Guides to Resources for Summer Term 2011/12

The library has uploaded "subject guides to resources" for Summer Term 2011/12 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 - 2011/12 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=29187&Pid=43&Version=0&Cid=630&Charset=iso-8859-1&p=0

Investor-State LawGuide

The library has newly subscribed to the database Investor-State LawGuide (ISLG). The ISLG is a collection of tools for researching international investment treaty law. The scope of ISLG's document collection includes all publicly available decisions and awards where the subject of the claim is an investment treaty. Currently, NAFTA and ICSID awards and decisions are the most complete. The collection also includes investment treaties, bilateral investment treaties, and rules.

You can access ISLG at the Law Database List

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

Internet Resource - International Justice Resource Center

The International Justice Resource Center (ijrcenter.org) is making available online resources to assist activists, victims, attorneys, and law students researching or practicing international human rights law. On ijrcenter.org, visitors will find explanations of the substance of human rights law and related areas of public international law, in addition to descriptions of the international and regional bodies that enforce these norms. The 'Research Aids' section of the site (under the “Learn and Research heading”) explains and links to a variety of databases for researching primary and secondary sources of international human rights law, human rights conditions, and civil society actors. Other resources, such as the IJRC Interview Series (under the “Engage” heading) provide insights into the practice of international human rights law.
IJRCenter.org also includes a Twitter feed, news releases and a list of upcoming events.

Internet Resource -- Universal Human Rights Index

The Universal Human Rights Index provides easy access to country-specific human rights information emanating from international human rights mechanisms in the United Nations system: the Treaty Bodies, the Special Procedures and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This tool aims at raising awareness of the human rights recommendations coming from these mechanisms and assisting governments, civil society organizations, national human rights institutions, and United Nations partners with their implementation. The Index allows the user to find out about human rights issues worldwide, and to see how the legal interpretation of international human rights law has evolved over the past ten years.

We will also add this website to our Selected Internet Resources – International Law page and Selected Internet Resources – United Nations

Access to i-law resumes normal

Access to i-law was temporarily suspended in the last quarter of 2011. I would like to let you know that access to i-law resumes normal. The major publications in i-law are listed below.

To access full-text materials in i-law,  please enter your CUHK email address to login. Only a CUHK email account is accepted for login. To comply with the license terms,  please do not  provide access to unauthorized users, such as non-CUHK users.

Subject Guides to Resources for Term Two 2011/12

The library has uploaded "subject guides to resources" for Term Two 2011/12 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 - 2011/12 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=29187&Pid=43&Version=0&Cid=630&Charset=iso-8859-1&p=0

ChinaLaw Net (國家法規數據庫) - Service Suspension

Please be informed that  the Chinese legal database ChinaLaw Net (國家法規數據庫) had problem with their server so the access to this database has been suspended. It may take a period of time (probably a couple of months or longer) for them to fix the problem. We will let you know when the access to this database resumes normal. 

The ChinaLaw Net  (國家法規數據庫) consists of PRC laws and regulations and interpretation of laws since 1949, cases and contract precedents, etc. Please use other Chinese legal databases such as ChinaLawInfo.com, Lexis PRC or Westlaw China for Chinese legal research in the meantime. Please access these databases from the Library’s Law Databases List http://lib.cuhk.edu.hk/Common/DataForm/DataForm.jsp?DFid=9&SubjectId=31&Charset=iso-8859-1

iSinolaw Joins Forces with Westlaw China

Please be informed that iSinolaw will merge with Westlaw China soon. The current iSinolaw service will be discontinued from February 14, 2012 and will be replaced by Westlaw China. The library has subscription of Westlaw China and we will delete the link to iSinolaw from the Library catalogue  from February 14, 2011 on.