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Chinese Law Research Guide

Resources for researching Chinese law.

All Subscription Databases

The UC Law SF Library subscribes to a number of Internet-accessible resources that may be useful in your research. You can access all of them on campus. Nearly all of them can also be accessed off campus after logging in to the UC Law SF proxy server with your email username/password.

The information in these databases is not comprehensive, and the English translations of the Chinese laws are not authoritative and not always accurate. This is the nature of English translations of foreign laws. When available, students should compare more than one English translation of a legal document.
 
In addition to LawInfoChina, Westlaw and Lexis, the databases shown below are recommended for Chinese legal research.

China and the Modern World: 1860-1950

Kluwer Arbitration database

An excellent one-stop online subscription service providing information about arbitration laws and regulations in China. At the Kluwer Arbitration website, select "Jurisdiction" and then "China"

Bloomberg Law

Login with your UC Law SF email address and Bloomberg Law password.

Bloomberg Law does not have a lot of international content, but there are a few resources that could be useful in researching U.S.-China trade and business issues including:

ProQuest Research Library

The Library's ProQuest subscription includes full-text access to a number of useful books and journals covering Chinese law including