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Hong Kong e-Legislation

Office database of Hong Kong ordinances, subsidiary legislation and constitutional instruments, in Chinese and English, maintained by the Hong Kong Department of Justice. Has current and historical consolidated legislation from 30 June 1997 onwards, including authenticated pdf versions; also provides legislation as made (from the HK Gazette). There are basic and advanced search facilities and the contents can be browsed by title, subject, year or chapter number. The site also has bilingual legal glossaries and information about the drafting of legislation.

Judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

Official website of the Judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Judgments, practice directions and related material are available on the Judgments and Legal Reference page. The site also provides a collection of Reasons for Sentence and Reasons for Verdict, court lists, information for jurors, forms, reports, news and other information.

HKU Scholars Hub: Theses

Online collection of theses and dissertations from Hong Kong University on all topics, including law. The collection can be browsed or searched by keyword, date, faculty or degree. For each thesis or dissertation, bibliographic details are given and users can request a pdf copyby submitting their name and email address. Most items in the collection focus on aspects of Chinese or Hong Kong law, and the majority are available in English.

Commonwealth Legal Information Institute

The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a cooperative legal information initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute), providing access to freely available legal materials from all Commonwealth countries. CommonLII contains over 400 databases providing case law, legislation, treaties and law reform reports from more than 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories.

Asian Law Institute

Website of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI) which was set up in March 2003 to "facilitate academic exchanges as well as research and teaching collaboration among law schools in Asia". ASLI is based at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. The site gives details of the Board of Governors and Fellows of the Institute along with details of conferences and abstracts of seminars held at ASLI.

Community Legal Information Centre

The Community Legal Information Centre (CLIC) was established by the China Information Technology and Law Centre of the University of Hong Kong. CLIC is an internet guide providing information and guidance to Hong Kong law. Subject sections provide basic information on various aspects of Hong Kong law including bankruptcy, employment, landlord and tenant, matrimonial matters and legal aid. There is also a section on the Hong Kong legal system which looks at sources of law, the courts structure, criminal and civil law and the legal profession.

Law Reform Project

This WorldLII project aims to make searchable from one location all of the Law Reform databases available on WorldLII (World Legal Information Institute). The Law Reform Database currently includes publications from the Law Commissions of Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa and England and Wales. It is possible to search the full-text or just title words of publications included. It is also possible to browse publications from each Law Commission individually.

Hong Kong Maritime Law Association

Website of the Hong Kong Maritime Law Association (HKMLA) an organisation that draws its membership from maritime lawyers, ship owners and others with an interest in maritime law. The site gives contact details for members of the Executive Committee and a list of corporate and individual members of the HKMLA. There are details of events and copies of the Chairman's reports provide information on the activities of the HKMLA. Full text legislation (ordinances) relating to maritime issues are available on the site.

Constitution of Hong Kong

This site contains the full-text of the Constitution of Hong Kong which is made freely available in English by International Constitutional Law (ICL) at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The Constitution was adopted in 1990 and covers the relationship between the central authorities (in China) and Hong Kong, fundamental rights and duties of residents, political structure, economy, a section on education, science, culture, sport, religion, labour and social service and external affairs.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette

Free online version of the official gazette of Hong Kong, in English and Chinese. The Hong Kong Gazette publishes ordinances, regulations, bills, tenders and official notices. Both the main Gazette and its supplements are available and can be browsed by date or searched by key word. The Gazette is produced by the Printing Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China.
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