China
People's Republic of China
Zhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: China (University of Wuerzberg, International Constitutional Law) offers English translations of the 2004 Constitution, the 1979 Declaration of Human Rights, and Background Note
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English and Spanish
Executive
- Government (central government website)
- China Government Resources (ABA)
- Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme People's Court
- PROCURATORATE
- PUBLICATIONS:
- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Zuigao Renmin Fayuan Gongbao [Gazette of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China]
- Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Zuigao Renmin Jianchayuan Gongbao [Gazette of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China]
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTES:
- Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui Changwu Weiyuanhui Gongbao [Gazette of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China] (Laws)
- Zhongua Renmin Gongheguo Guowuyuan Gongbao [Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China] (Administrative Regulations and Rules)
- PARLIAMENT: National People's Congress
- NATLEX: China (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
- China Law Sources: Primary Sources: (Yale Law School)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: China (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: China (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: China (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- American Bar Association Section on International Law: China Committee
- China Law Blog (Harris & Moure)
- China Law Center (Yale Law School)
- China Law Digest (Xiaoping Chen, editor)
- China Law Info - subscription required
- China Law Resources (Yale Law School)
- Chinese Civil Law Network (Babelcom)
- Chinese Law Prof Blog (Donald Clarke, editor)
- Chinese Law Resources (Donald Clarke, George Washington University Law School) includes a list of research guides
- Chinese Legal Research (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
- Finding Chinese Law on the Internet (Joan Liu, via GlobaLex)
- FindLaw: China (FindLaw)
- ForIntLaw: China (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: China (New York University Law Library)
- Internet Chinese Legal Research Center (Washington University in St. Louis Law Library)
- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies - Law (Heidelberg University, Institute of Chinese Studies)
- Judicial Assistance: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Judicial Information of the People's Republic of China: A Survey (Zhai Jianxiong, via LLRX)
- Online Chinese Law Journals Available at the University of Washington (University of Washington Law Library)
- Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX)
- World Legal Information Institute: China (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: China (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Profile: China (Library of Congress) February 2005; PDF
- Country Study: China (Library of Congress) July 1987
- Places in the News: China (Library of Congress)
- Background Note: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs: ILAB in China (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: China (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: China (The Economist)
- Embassy of China, Washington
- Human Rights in China (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: China (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of China (English); see also National Library of China (Chinese)
- NEWS: China Daily; China Today: Law and Justice; Legal System Daily; People's Daily (official source)
- U.S. Embassy, Beijing (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: China (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: China (World Food Programme)
- Yahoo: China
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Last Updated: 01/29/2012
