Professor Sharafi’s Web on South Asian Legal History site includes a list of citation abbreviations of law reports from the colonial era for Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It also includes a useful “Research Guide to the Case Law,” which explains the role of precedent, details major published and unpublished sources of cases, and describes how cases were cited.
Mitra Sharafi’s South Asian Legal History Resources
http://hosted.law.wisc.edu/wordpress/sharafi/
The English language site of the Constitutional Court of South Korea provides links to supreme and constitutional courts of individual countries arranged by continent.
There are also links to a few selected international tribunals and five Korean government Web sites that provide resources in English, including the Ministry of Government Legislation (Korea Law in English)
http://english.ccourt.go.kr/
Click on “Legal Links” from the homepage.
Afghan Law Bibliography posted on the Afghan Analyst Web Site.
Afghanistan Law Bibliography
January 2011
Tim Mathews (University of Maine Law School)
http://afghanistan-analyst.org/Documents/AfghanistanLegalBibliography.pdf
“This bibliography is divided into eight sections.
1.References. Guides other than academic or research articles that provide broad background information
2.Afghan Law, In General. Broad topics related to Afghan legal systems and legal history
3.Customary Law. Afghan customary law and history
4.Islamic Law, In General. Articles focusing upon Sunni jurisprudence in both international and domestic areas of law
5.Islamic Law in Afghanistan. Articles focusing on Islamic law as applied in Afghanistan, to include functioning of courts of Sharia
6.State Codes and State Legal System. Functioning of state courts, administrative processes, and discussion of state codes
7.Constitution: Drafting and Law. Articles discussing Afghan constitutional law, constitutional drafting, and related issues
8.Rule of Law and Policy Issues. Post-conflict reconstruction, transitional justice, human rights, and security issues relevant to the legal system.”
Prospects for Iran
Jonathan S. Paris
London: Legatum Institute (UK), 2011
http://www.li.com/attachments/20110116%20-%20Legatum%20Institute%20-%20Prospects%20for%20Iran.pdf
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Domestic Considerations
Chapter 2: Nuclear File
Chapter 3: Regional Snapshots
About the author:
Jonathan S. Paris is a London-based security specialist and Non-resident Senior Fellow with
the Atlantic Council of the United States South Asia Center. He is also an Adjunct Fellow at
the Legatum Institute and an Associate Fellow with the International Centre for the Study of
Radicalisation (ICSR) at King’s College London. In 2010, he authored the Legatum Institute’s
Prospects for Pakistan Report.
Before moving to London in 2001, he was a Middle East Fellow at the Council on
Foreign Relations in New York from 1995-2000, where he worked on the four MENA
Economic Summits and the Middle East peace process, and was deputy to Paul A. Volcker,
former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman, at the Council’s Middle East Economic Strategy
Group. Jonathan also co-edited the first book on Indonesia’s democratic transition, The
Politics of Post-Suharto Indonesia (Brookings/CFR 1999). A Senior Associate Member at St.
Antony’s College, Oxford from 2004-2005, he is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford
Law School.
The law librarians at the International Islamic University Malaysia have created a nice index of journal articles and book chapters related to Islamic Law. Sadly, no full-text is available. The database includes materials from U.S., European, and Asian publishers. The bibliographic records provide subject headings, and abstracts when available. The majority of records are in Malay or English. Searching is available in English.
Terima kasi temans!
Islamic Law Index Database
http://lib.iiu.edu.my/elmu-rm/mom2-documentsearch.jsp
http://lib.iiu.edu.my (select Islamic Law on the right side of the screen)
The Gujarat National Law University of India is publishing the GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Politics.
http://www.gnlu.ac.in/GJLDPAboutUs.htm
From the description:
The GNLU Journal of law, Development and Politics (GJLDP) is a biannual, interdisciplinary journal which focuses on law, development and politics; is published by the Editorial Board of Gujarat National Law University and is administered by faculty and students of the University. The purpose of GJLDP is to provide our readers with information on recent developments affecting laws, development and various political issues.
The Student Editors alongwith Faculty Editors and an Editor-in-Chief of GJLDP, research, edit, and cite check the submitted manuscripts. The Student Editors are chosen annually by the faculty editors of the Journal.
Dennis Deng , an attorney based in China, maintains the informative Dispute Resolution and Enforcement in China blog. Recent posts include: translations of laws and regulations, Q & A about civil litigation in China, and translated statistics from the Annual Report of the Work of the People’s Court.
Dispute Resolution and Enforcement in China
http://www.disputeresolutioninchina.com/
The South Korean Ministry of Justice is publishing a new current awareness publication: Recent Trends of Law and Regulation in Korea. Volume 1 was released in Summer 2010. The inaugural issue includes a three page appendix of useful links to government agencies, law schools, and organizations.
Table of Contents Vol.1, No.1 (2010)
Message from the Minister
Law and Regulation:
Enactments and Amendments of Law
Court Decisions
Introduction of the Policies of the Ministry of Justice:
Crackdown on the Distribution of Pirated Copyright Material
Establishing of Labor Relations and Strike Culture
that Respect Law s and Principles
Expert Column:
The Maturing Korean Legal Market
Immigration Information of Korea for Investors:
Information for Investment in Korea
Invest Korea:
Foreign Investment Ombudsman System
Introduction of the Korean Legal System:
Korean Legislative System and Procedures
The Constitution
Appendix:
Government Departments, Law Schools, Public Enterprises
“Korea Times” article on the new publication:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/07/117_69455.html
South Korea’s Kyungpook National University Law School opened in March , 2009 and will specialize in IT law. It will be interesting to see if other Korean graduate level law schools also market themselves so narrowly.
Kyungpook National University Law School
http://lawschool.knu.ac.kr/english/01.htm
http://lawschool.knu.ac.kr/main/main.htm (Korean)
Airiti Press of Taiwan has released the inaugural issue of the East Asian Law Journal , which will publish articles in English and Chinese. Two issues published per year. Editorial Board members hail from National Taiwan University.
East Asian Law Journal 東亞法學評論
http://www.airitipress.com/index.aspx?func=journaldetail&PublicationID=201003260001
Vo.l1 No. 1. March 2010.
Table of Contents
Where Does Law Originate From.
Adoption and Further Developments of the Concept of Militant Democracy in Taiwan.
The Case Flexibility Compromises Stability of Law: A Decade Review of Taiwanese Supreme Court Criminal Judgments.
Constitutionalism in Germany.
Poland’s History and Adoption of the Constitutional Law
An Introductory Note on the 2009 New Act to Amend the Antimonopoly Act and the Exclusionary Private Monopolization.
GlobalEconomic Crisis and Competition Law.
Financial Regulatory Reform in the Post-Crisis Era.
