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Constitution of China

English translation of the 1982 Constitution of China (amended up to 2004), provided by the International Constitutional Law (ICL) Project at the University of Bern in Switzerland. There is also a copy of the unofficial Declaration of Human Rights produced by the Chinese Human Rights Alliance. ICL also gives historical and background notes to the Constitution.

Chinalawinfo

Chinalawinfo is a subscription database providing Chinese legal information and materials translated into English. The service has been developed by the Legal Information Center at the Peking University Law School. Parts of the website can be accessed freely including Basic Laws which are laws adopted by the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee prior to January 1, 2006. An outline of the Chinese legal system, white papers and legal news stories are also made freely available.

Great Britain-China Centre

The Great Britain-China Centre exists to promote understanding between Britain and China, focusing in particular on legal and judicial reform. The website has information on projects dealing with human rights reporting, the police, judicial studies training and the death penalty. The Centre's journal, the China Review, is available on the site from 2006 onwards.

Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal

An online journal developed by the William S. Richardson Law School at the University of Hawaii at Monoa. The journal is published twice a year and is available from the inaugural edition, February 2000, onwards. It focuses on a range of jurisdictions, including China, Japan, Korea, the United States and the Pacific and Southeast Asian regions generally.

China Patent Agent (H.K.)

Firm of patent and trademark attorneys established in Hong Kong in 1984 as a quasi-government entity to provide legal services for overseas clients. The site provides Chinese patent laws (in English), treaties, case summaries, forms and FAQs. The site can be viewed in English, German, Japanese and Chinese, but the content is not all available in every language.

Basic Law Drafting History Online

Compilation of information and documents from the drafting history of the Hong Kong's Basic Law (constitution), with a search facility, provided by the Centre for Comparative and Public Law and the University of Hong Kong Libraries. Has the following sections: Drafting Materials, 1985 to 1997; News Coverage (1985 to 1990); the Legco Database (proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council; and Textual History (drafts of each article of the Basic Law). The documents are in Chinese and / or English.

The China Collection

Blog focusing on Chinese law edited by Donald Clarke of George Washington University Law School and other specialists in Chinese law and related affairs. It covers Chinese legal developments, conferences, publications and research resources and has an archive extending back to 2005. The site has links to a set of research guides on Chinese law.

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