[e-book] Summary of domestic and foreign legal search resources

（1）Legal Online Services

A must-have and convenient for lawyers.

(1) Peking University magic weapon (needless to say, you and I understand)

(2) Guoxin China Law Network (www.ceilaw.com.cn）

It was founded by the Regulations and Information Department of the Information Development Department of the National Information Center, and is characterized by relatively comprehensive and authoritative laws and regulations.

(3) China Lawyers Network (www.acla.org.cn）

Sponsored by the All-China Lawyers Association, our lawyer's mother's family.

(2) Government website

The process and related document requirements will be written in the "Service Guide" column on the official website.

(1) Chinese National University Network (www.npc.gov.cn)

The website is rich in content and updated quickly.

(2) Chinese government website (www.gov.cn)

A comprehensive platform for publishing government information and providing online services.

(3) The Supreme People's Court Network (www.court.gov.cn）

Among them, the content of laws and regulations, judgment documents, and typical cases is relatively rich and has certain reference value.

(4) The Supreme People's Procuratorate Network (www.spp.gov.cn）

It includes judicial interpretations issued by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, normative documents on procuratorial business, and industry rules and regulations of procuratorial organs.

Other important judiciary websites, ministry websites, local government websites, such as the Ministry of Justice website (www.moj.gov.cn), Ministry of Commerce (www.mofcom.gov.cn）； State Intellectual Property Office (www.sipo.gov.cn), the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (www.saic.gov.cn）； State Administration of Taxation (www.chinatax.gov.cn/index.htm）； General Administration of Customs (www.tax861.gov.cn）； State Administration of Foreign Exchange (www.safe.gov.cn）； Beijing Municipal Government website (www.beijing.gov.cn/）； Shanghai Municipal Government website (www.shanghai.gov.cnAnd so on.

(3) Legal academic website

Lawyers need to pay attention to and gain insight into the latest achievements in legal academia to continuously update their legal knowledge.

(1) Peking University Legal Information Network (www.chinalawinfo.com）

The editorial level is high and the academic value is strong.

(2) China Civil and Commercial Law Network (www.civillaw.com.cn）

Emphasis is placed on in-depth research on key legal disciplines.

(3) China Litigation Law Network (www.procedurallaw.cn）

Timely and promptly transmit the latest information on procedural law and evidence law research.

(4) Legal media websites

Lawyers need to understand and follow up on the dynamics of law and judicial knots, and timely grasp the country's legislation and judiciary, such as Xinhuanet, People's Daily Online, Sina.com, rule of law news channels, etc.

(1) China Court Network (www.chinacourt.org）

The most authoritative court information, the fastest case reporting.

(2) Justice Network (www.jcrb.com）

It is a normative website with diverse information and often ranks among the top legal websites.

(5) Lawyer publicity website

For example, the Chinese Civil Law Network (www.cclaw.net), providing a large number of English translations of Chinese regulations.

2. Major legal publications

(1) Communiqués

Standard texts of laws, regulations, rules, etc.

(1) Communiqué of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

It mainly publishes laws, decisions, resolutions, international treaties and agreements adopted by the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, as well as work reports of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Procuratorate, and the State Council.

(2) Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China

The standard text of administrative regulations and administrative rules adopted by the State Council shall be published, and the administrative documents published in the communiqué shall have the same legal effect as official documents.

(3) Department gazettes, announcements, and announcements

According to the different scope of lawyers' practice, the bulletins of different departments can be referenced, and the following are only the main names of the bulletins:

Gazette of the Supreme People's Court, Gazette of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Gazette of the State Administration of Taxation, Gazette of the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, Proclamation of the Ministry of Finance, Proclamation of the People's Bank of China, Proclamation of the Ministry of Construction of the People's Republic of China, Gazette of the Ministry of Personnel of the People's Republic of China, Gazette of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, Gazette of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Gazette of the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Gazette of the State Environmental Protection Administration, Gazette of the State Administration of Quality Supervision Bulletin of the National Copyright Administration, China Price Bulletin, Bulletin of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, Announcement of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, etc.

Due to the fact that the above-mentioned publications have been changed to free of charge or not solicited from the public after 2003 in accordance with the new regulations of the Press and Publication Administration, it is difficult to obtain such texts. At present, some publications have canceled paper texts and replaced them with electronic versions for publication on the government website run by the department.

(4) Gazette of the Standing Committee of the Local People's Congress and Government Gazette

The number of communiqués and government gazettes of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of our country's 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government is also very large, and lawyers can read them selectively according to their needs, and they will not be listed here. However, at present, such communiqués are basically not issued by subscription mail.

(2) Legal reference book

The main types include legal dictionaries, legal yearbooks, legal encyclopedias, legal compilations, compilations of administrative regulations, and regulations, local regulations, and compilations of regulations published by national ministries, local people's congresses, and governments.

Among them, legal dictionaries can be divided into comprehensive legal dictionaries and thematic legal dictionaries, and the general thematic ones are based on departmental law, such as economic law dictionaries, civil and commercial law dictionaries, etc. Legal yearbooks and legal encyclopedias are very rich information summaries and have certain reference value for legal workers. Compilation reference books are generally published by specialized law publishing houses and are published annually.

(3) Case reference and learning materials

Although our country is not a case law country that follows precedents, since October 2005, the Supreme People's Court has issued the "Outline for the Second Five-Year Reform of the People's Courts (2004-2008)", which clearly proposes to "establish and improve the case guidance system, attach importance to the role of guiding cases in unifying the standards of application of law, guiding the trial work of lower courts, and enriching and developing legal theories." ”

The main books include: "Gazette of the Supreme People's Court", "Gazette of the Supreme People's Procuratorate", "Selected Cases of the People's Court", "Selected Judgments of the People's Courts of the People's Court", "Summary of Trial Cases in China", "Guidance Series on Trial Business", etc.

3. Legal resources in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

(1) Legal information resources in Hong Kong, our country

Legal resources in Hong Kong are also mainly divided into two parts: the Internet and publications, among which the main official legal websites include the website of the Hong Kong Department of Justice (http://www.info.gov.hk/justice/index.htm), Bilingual Legislation Information System (http://www.legislation.gov.hk/index.htm), Hong Kong Judiciary Network (http://www.judiciary.gov.hk), the Hong Kong Legislative Council (http://www.legco.gov.hketc., providing an introduction to Hong Kong's legal system, Hong Kong laws, conventions, international agreements, and judgments.

There are many major legal publications, including the Gazette of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese and English), the Laws of Hong Kong, (4) edited by Qu Tao, edited by the Library of the Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences: Chinese Legal Literature Resources and Their Utilization, Law Press, June 2006, 1st edition, p. 231.

Ordinance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Regulations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Case Collection, Hong Kong District Court Case Collection, etc.

(2) Legal information resources in our country and Macao

The main network resources in Macao include the Macao SAR Government website (http://www.macau.gov.mo), Macau Printing Bureau Network (http://www.inprensa.macau.gov.mo), Macao SAR Court Network (http://www.court.gov.mo), Macau Law Network (http://www.macaolaw.gov.mo), Macao Legislative Information Enquiry System (http://www.inprensa.macau.gov.moIt provides legal and regulatory searches, international conventions, government agency notices and announcements, and full text of court judgments.

His major publications include the Official Gazette of the Macao Special Administrative Region, the Laws of the Macao Special Administrative Region, and the Compilation of Laws and Regulations on the Judicial System of the Macao Special Administrative Region.

(3) Legal information resources in Taiwan, our country

The main network resources in Taiwan include the "Legislative Yuan" Global Information Network (http://www.ly.gov.tw), "government" publishing data network (http://open.nat.gov.tw), the "Judicial Yuan" website (http://www.judicial.gov.twTaiwan Legal Network (http://www.lawtw.comProvide laws and regulations, government gazettes, statistical data, full text of judgment documents, etc.

His major publications include the Presidential Gazette, the Legislative Yuan Gazette, the Judicial Yuan Gazette, the Compilation of Precedents published by the Supreme Court, and the Compilation of Judicial Interpretations published by the Judicial Yuan.

In view of the limited space, it is not possible to list them one by one, only taking the United States and the United Kingdom as examples, and the understanding and acquisition of legal information resources in other countries, such as Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, etc., can be searched through the search engines google, yahoo, baidu, etc.

1. U.S. Legal Resources

Major online resources in the United States include the Law Library of Congress (Law Library of Congress,http://www.loc.gov./law/guide),FindLaw(http://www.findlaw.com),Thomas(http://www.findlaw.comU.S. government website (http://www.firstgov.gov), Cornell's Legal Information Institute (Cornell's Legal Information Institute;http://www.law.cornell.edu）、LexisNexis（http://www.lexisnexis.com）、Westlaw（http://www.l westlaw.com) provides laws, regulations, Supreme Court precedents, and online precedents, official bulletins, legal journals, and commentary content from all U.S. courts.

This part of the resources refers to Lin Yanping, editor-in-chief: "Legal Literature Search Methods, Techniques and Strategies", Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2004 edition; Liu Lijuan and Yu Liying, eds., Roaming the Virtual Legal Library - A Research Guide to Online Legal Resources, Law Press, 2004.

Major legal publications include the United States Code (U.S.C.), U.S.C.A. Commentary, Code of Federal Rules (C.F.R.), Supreme Court Case Records (S.C.R.), Federal Case Records (F.R.), and more.

2. UK Legal Resources

The UK's main web resources include the website of the British and Irish Legal Information Society (BAILII,http://www.bailii.org), UK Law Online (http://www.justis.com), HMSO,http://www.hmso.gov.uk), Infolaw, http://www.Infolaw.co.uk/It provides English legal legislative texts, legal materials, and precedents, with rich information and a wide range of content.

Major legal publications include Public General Acts and General Synod Measures, Current Law Statutes, Legislation Citators, The Law Report.

3. Legal resources of international organizations

Lawyers can have a preliminary understanding of the main network resources of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and the European Union according to their business needs. Among them, the United Nations (http://www.un.org), World Trade Organization (http://www.wto.org), the European Commission (http://www.europa.eu.int), the Court of Justice of the European Union (http://curia.eu.int) and other important official websites can be collected.

If you need to search the websites of other international organizations, you can log in to search engines such as google, yahoo, baidu, etc., Sohu, Sina and other classified navigation or Peking University Legal Information Network resource navigation column to query.