Hong Kong Legal Research
I. Case Law
Hong Kong Cases: www.lexis.com: COMCAS;HKCAS (from 1947; current through July 1999; contains decisions of the Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court and some Lands Tribunal decisions)
Hong Kong Public Law Reports: www.lexis.com: COMCAS; HKPLR (from 1994; current through October 1997; decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, High Court, District Court and Court of Appeal as reported in the Hong Kong Public Law Reports)
Judgments and Determinations of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal are also published on the Internet: www.info.gov.hk/jud/guide2cs/html/cfa/
Search for decisions of the Court of Final Appeal at: www.info.gov.hk
II. Statutes and Subsidiary Legislation
Hong Kong statutes are available on the Internet. The official English and Chinese languages database, BLIS (Bilingual Laws Information System), is maintained by the HKSAR Dept. of Justice and located at: www.justice.gov.hk. The search engine for BLIS is allows more complex searching than does the search engine for the rest of the official site.
III. Legislative History
Materials of the Legislative Council are online at: www.legco.gov.hk
Search for Legislative Council documents at: www.info.gov.hk/eindex.htm
IV. Secondary Sources
Hong Kong Law Journal: www.lexis.com: LAWREV; HKLJNL
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: A Selected Bibliography and Guide
South China Morning Post: www.lexis.com: NEWS; SCHINA
Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong, Electronic Databases - By Subject
Combined news sources:
www.lexis.com: ASIAPC;ALLASI
www.lexis.com: ASIAPC;HKONG
Search for other secondary information at: http://www.info.gov.hk/eindex.htm