Library Guides: East Asian Law Quick Reference: East Asian Legal Systems

Statutes

WorldLII
English translations of statutes for many countries, including China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan (Republic of China)

PAIS Index
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Social and public policy literature from periodicals, government documents, books, and other sources.
JSTOR
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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
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Indexes legal periodicals published outside North America. Most are English language journals, but some are not.

Articles & Research Databases
A-Z list of online resources available at the University of Washington
Asian Law eJournal
Working papers on legal systems of East Asia. Asian Law eJournal is part of SSRN, the Social Sciences Research Network. Edited by former UW Law School faculty Veronica Taylor and Don Clarke
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)
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References western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia. 1971 to present.

Globalex
Worldwide countries legal research guides, including East Asia. Index page
UW East Asia Library
Information about East Asia and about the East Asian Library at the University of Washington

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
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Index to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 2,982,280 theses and dissertations.
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
Bielefeld University in Germany provides this open access database of a wide range of resources, many in European languages.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS)
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References western-language monographs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia. 1971 to present.

WorldCat
Search the holdings of over 10,000 libraries worldwide. Use this search to find books and other materials not available in UW and Summit Libraries. Use Interlibrary Loan to request items not owned by UW Libraries or its borrowing partners.

UW Libraries Catalog
Search the library catalog for books, journals, journal articles in the Law Library and the University of Washington Libraries

E-Book Collections
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World Bank eLibrary
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The World Bank eLibrary is a subscription-based website designed to help researchers and libraries browse, find, and use World Bank publications and top data from World Development Indicators as quickly and easily as possible. The World Bank eLibrary is built on a publishing platform that offers a wider variety of features, enhanced functionality, and services for subscribers. These include as recent chapters in PDF and full text online; linked references; content alerts; personal accounts for saving content and search results for future use; MARC records; and indexing in library services for easier discovery.

Quick Guide on Citation Style for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Sources
Yale University’s guide to MLA, Chicago, and APA citation styles for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean sources.