Basic overviews of Chinese law with links to reliable websites
Finding Chinese Law on the Internet
Joan Liu, GlobaLex
Both an excellent overview of the Chinese legal system by a former Chinese law professor and also a comprehensive listing of official and unofficial websites.
Foreign Law Guide
Available only to the Lewis and Clark Law School community, FLG is current, thorough, and detailed. Select "China, People's Republic of" in the pull-down menu on the main page. Major publications are reviewed on the main page in addition to a thorough discussion of the legal system. Click on the link to China Special Appendix (Foreign Investment) for all regional and local laws.
The Law Library of Congress has three web sites that feature more abbreviated entries than the two guides listed above.
Legal Research Guide: China - a good overview of major sources of law, print & online
Guide to Law Online: China - online links to primary & secondary materials
Global Legal Monitor: China - Congressional briefings, now available to the public
Internet Chinese Legal Research Center
Links to Chinese (Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) legal resources and sponsored by the Washington University School of Law.
Research Guides
Some law school guides will link to databases that are accessible only to their students (e.g. Lawinfochina.com and Isinolaw.com) or to databases that have a different login address (e.g. ChinaWestlaw, HeinOnline, LexisNexis China). Use the Boley Law Library website to gain access to this second group of databases.
A Complete Research Guide to the Laws of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
A few years old, but still the definitive Chinese legal research guide.
Chinese Legal Research at the University of Washington
Fortunately for us UW Law School has a fine East Asia Law Department and a superb collection of Chinese law materials. Books can be searched for and requested online using the Summit catalog.
Chinese and Asian Law Resources
A research guide created by the formidable law librarians at the University of Chicago Law School.
Asian Legal Sources Research Guide
Last updated in 2008, Georgetown Law Library's research guide includes a listing of recommended books on specific topics in English (Chinese copyright law, Chinese environmental law, etc.), which can be requested via WorldCat.
Web-Based Research Guides on PRC Legal & Business Resources
Prepared for the ABA Section of International Law. Includes an extensive listing of journal articles focusing on China Law and Business topics.
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Subscription Databases
LexisNexis China Law Database (best viewed with Internet Explorer)
The LexisNexis China Law Database (LNCHNL) - available on law school LexisNexis accounts - is an authoritative collection of Chinese laws, regulations, tax information, judicial decisions, and other legal documents, collected from government sources, and translated by LexisNexis China Online (COL) in Beijing. Consisting initially of approximately 3000 English-translated documents, this database will grow substantially as more and older documents are translated.
Government sources include the National People's Congress, the State Council, the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice, Finance, and other ministries, the State Environmental Protection Administration, and other departments and offices.
Documents are selected for translation based on importance and frequency of use, and are drawn from the following jurisdictions and subject areas:
National Level
A. Tax
B. Finance
- Banking
- Foreign exchange
- Asset evaluation (auction, trust)
- Securities
- Financing (debts, credit, loans)
C. Commerce and trade
- foreign investment economic special Zone or preferential policies
- foreign trade, export and import
- Intellectual Property
- Contract
- Customs
- Company
D. Insurance
E. Industry
- Real property and land
- Resources
- Railway and roads
- Media
- Communication
- Technology
F. Judicial interpretation concerning civil, commerce.
Local Level
II. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou
See also Hong Kong Caselaw and Ordinances, the encyclopedia, Halsburys Laws of Hong Kong, and our many English language China news sources, such as Xinhua.
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