LibGuides: Chinese Law Research Guide: Other Subscription Databases

Subscription Databases

The Hastings Law Library subscribes to a number of Internet-accessible resources that may be useful in your research. All of our online resources are listed on the Hastings Library's A-Z Database List. You can access all of them on campus. Nearly all of them can also be accessed off campus after logging in to the Hastings proxy server with your email username/password.

The information in these databases are not comprehensive, and the English translations of the Chinese laws are not authoritative and not always accurate. This is the nature of English translations of foreign laws. When available, students should compare more than one English translation of a legal document.

Bloomberg Law

Bloomberg Law:

Bloomberg Law does not have a lot of international content, but there are a few resources that could be useful in researching U.S.-China trade and business issues including:

International Trade Practice Center
China Export Guide
International Trade News
U.S.-China Trade News
U.S.-China Phase 1 Trade Agreement:
- Full Text
- Fact Sheets
Practical Guidance: Expanded Export Restrictions to China, Russia and Venezuela (2020)
Intellectual Property In Focus: DOJ China Initiative
BNA, International Labor and Employment Laws: China

Academic Search Complete

Academic Search Complete
Full text coverage of a wide array of multidisciplinary academic journals.

China Law & Practice - The leading bilingual journal dedicated to the business of law in China issues. (2008-2015)

Kluwer International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration
An excellent one-stop online subscription service providing information about arbitration laws and regulations in China. At the KluwerArbitration website, select "Jurisdiction" and then "China"

Proquest Research Library

The Library's ProQuest subscription includes full-text access to a number of useful books and journals covering Chinese law including:

China Law & Practice - A leading bilingual journal dedicated to the business of law in China (2002-current).
Frontiers of Law in China - 2006 to current.
International Financial Law Review - 1982 to current.
The China Journal - 2004 to current.
The China Quarterly - 1960 to current.
The Journal of Asian Studies - 1941 to current.

ProQuest Central
The largest aggregated full-text database of journal articles, magazines, newspapers and dissertations for information on a broad range of general reference subjects such as business, political science, art, literature and psychology. Search 24 databases at ProQuest central or choose a subject database.
ProQuest Congressional
Comprehensive access to U.S. legislative histories, indexes and full text of congressional publications from Congressional Information Service, Inc. Coverage: 1789 - present; full text digital Serial Set 1789-1969
ProQuest Legislative Insight
Coverage: 1929 - current. Federal legislative history resource comprised of fully searchable PDFs of congressional legislative documents. These include the full text of the Public Law itself, all versions of related bills, law-specific Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, and prints.

Also included are Presidential signing statements, CRS reports, and miscellaneous congressional publications that provide background material to aid in the understanding of issues related to the making of the law.