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Law Collection
A Guide to the Collection

Introduction
Arrangement of the Law Collection
Electronic Resources
Services and Facilities
Law Section Online Tour

Introduction

Welcome to the Law Section of the Run Run Shaw Library!

The Law Collection, established in 1988, consists of over 102,000 volumes of law reports, statutes, periodicals and textbooks. It also features two special collections, namely, the English Law Special Collection and Chinese Legal History Special Collection. About 400 titles of non-print legal materials are kept in the Media Resources Collection of the Library. The Section occupies a floor area of 1,500 square meters in the Purple Zone of the Library and has 310 seats. Four staff carrels and a law student discussion room are also available in the Section. The Section is equipped with workstations for the Library Catalogue, web-based and CD-ROM electronic resources.
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Arrangement of the Law Collection


Quick Reference Collection
The major Hong Kong and UK reference materials are shelved in Quick Reference Area Stack A-D:

Hong Kong Law - Stack A-D

  1. Case laws and legal encyclopaedias - Stack B:
    • Addison's Digest of Hong Kong Civil Case Law
    • Addison's Digest of Hong Kong Criminal Case Law
    • Basic Law & Human Rights Bulletin
    • Consolidated Index to All Reported Hong Kong Decisions
    • District Court Law Reports
    • Hong Kong Case Citator
    • Hong Kong Cases
    • Hong Kong Conveyancing and Property Reports
    • Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports
    • Hong Kong Criminal Law Reports
    • Hong Kong Current Law
    • Hong Kong Inland Revenue Board of Review Decisions
    • Hong Kong Lands Tribunal Law Reports
    • Hong Kong Law Digest
    • Hong Kong Law Reports
    • Hong Kong Law Reports and Digest
    • Hong Kong Law Reports Consolidated Index
    • Hong Kong Law Yearbook
    • Hong Kong Public Law Reports
    • Hong Kong Tax Cases

    Unreported judgments of Hong Kong (1977-2002), Criminal Appeals Bulletin and Monthly Digest [of unreported judgments] are shelved at stack D.

  2. Court procedures and practice - Stack B: Hong Kong Civil Procedure
  1. Statute laws - Stack C: The Laws of Hong Kong, Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong, Hansard; and Stack B: The Government of the HKSAR Gazette
  1. Law books (Call No. KNR and KYQ) - Stack A

English Law - Stack D:

  • Atkin's Court Forms
  • Chronological Tables of Statutes
  • Civil Procedure1
  • Current Law Statutes2
  • Current Law Year Book / Monthly Digest / Legislation Citator / Case Citator
  • Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
  • Halsbury's Laws of England
  • Halsbury's Statutes
  • Halsbury's Statutory Instruments
  • Law Reports. Public General Statutes, v41,1903-v58,1920
  • The Digest
Dictionaries

Stack B: English legal dictionaries; and Stack C: Chinese legal dictionaries and general dictionaries.

1 Formerly, Supreme Court Practice

2 Formerly, Current Law Statutes Annotated
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Law Books
Law books in this Library are shelved by the Library of Congress Classification Scheme. An outline of the scheme for law materials and their designated locations is as follows:

LC Class Subject Shelving Location Stack no.
JX International Law (see also KZ) 1-2
K Law (General) 2-5
KD Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland 5-10
KE Law of Canada 10
KF Law of the United States 10-13
KJ-KKZ Law of Europe 13
KLA-KLW Law of Eurasia 13
KM-KPW Law of Asia 13-19
KNN Law of China (Pre-PRC) 13#
KNP Law of Taiwan 13-14
KNQ Law of the PRC 14-19
KNR & KYQ Law of Hong Kong Quick Reference Area Stack A
KQ-KTZ Law of Africa 19
KU & KYT Law of Australia and New Zealand 19-20
KZ International Law (see also JX) 20

# More books on the Pre-PRC Chinese law are kept in the Chinese Legal History Special Collection.

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Statutes and Law Reports
Bound volume set - Law Section electronic compact shelves, Stack no.21-27

The law reports of multi-jurisdictions are shelved alphabetically by title preceding the statutes / law reports of single-jurisdiction titles, which are shelved alphabetically by jurisdiction, then subdivided in this order:

  1. Legal encyclopaedias, digests, citators, etc. - arranged alphabetically by title
  2. Statutes - arranged alphabetically by title
  3. Law reports - arranged alphabetically by title

Current issues of law reports are located next to Stack A. They are shelved alphabetically by title.
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Law Periodicals & Yearbooks
Bound volume set - Law Section electronic compact shelves, Stack no.28-35

The law periodicals & yearbooks are shelved alphabetically by title; current issues are kept in the periodical racks alphabetically by title in the Law Section Lobby.

Bound Chinese law periodicals - Law Section electronic compact shelves, Stack no.35-36

Chinese law periodicals are shelved by number of strokes; current issues are kept in the periodical racks next near Stack A.
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Semi-closed & Closed Access Collections
The course reserve law books, theses of the School of Law, and other materials recommended by teaching staff are kept in the Library's Semi-closed Collection Room (not in the Law Section). They are available for five hours or one day loan. The Closed Access Collection holds the teachers' own notes and books. It is available at the Circulation Counter for loan.
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Media Resources Collection
About 400 titles of non-print legal materials are kept in the Media Resources Collection.
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Special Collections
The English Law Special Collection, established in 1987, aims to promote academic and research interest in the history of English and Commonwealth legal systems and the Anglo-American legal culture. The Collection consists of about 1,800 volumes with a significant number of titles published from the 16th Century to the 19th Century. It is considered as one of the best of its kind in Asia. It is located in Shatin Branch Library.

The Chinese Legal History Special Collection, launched in May 1998, aims to serve as a resource base for academic study and research on Chinese legal history. It consists of more than 2,500 volumes of books. The scope of the Collection is pre-1949 Chinese law. Its focus is on the period from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) to the Republic (1912-1949) with geographical emphasis on Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong Province.

To use these collections, please enquire at the Law Section Counter.
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Electronic Resources

Subscribed Legal Databases
The Library subscribes to 17 online and 53 CD-ROMs legal databases. These are avaliable to all CityU staff and enrolled students free of charge. The databases include statutes, law reports, digests, forms, journal indexes and other secondary sources. Some of the databases can be accessed at the E-Resources workstations in the Library, as well as via any networked computers on campus. Some can even be accessed remotely by authorized users. However, there are a few databases that can only be used at designated workstations. A list of the electronic legal database titles and descriptions is available on the Library web page at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/collect/law/subjres/lawdb.htm.

The more frequently used electronic legal databases are:
(Please note the database location is included in parentheses at the end of each title)

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Electronic Books / Journals
The Library subscribes numerous electronic law books and journals.To see a list of law e-journals, please access this web page: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/collect/law/subjres/lawej.htm. E-journals and e-books are searchable and accessible via the Library Catalogue.
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Internet Links
Useful internet resources on law have been selected and put on the Library's Law Collection web page at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/collect/law/subjres/law.htm.

The web page provides links to a wide range of Internet legal information such as conferences, international organizations, directories of law firms, law schools and bar associations, court judgments, electronic journals, treaties and international agreements.

Links to legal resources of regions or individual countries are also provided on the web page. Using Hong Kong as an example, links are made to the following website:

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Services and Facilities

Law Section Counter
The Counter provides users with law reference and other information enquiry services.

Some frequently used materials, mostly loose-leaf volumes, are kept behind the Law Section Counter. They are listed as follows:

(N.B. Borrowing and returning of circulating books is carried out at the Circulation Counters. Users may also return books without accompanying materials to bookdrops located outside the Library)

Law Periodicals (Current Issues):

  • Arbitration
  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Law Journal
  • Company Lawyer, The
  • Hong Kong Law Journal
  • Hong Kong Lawyer
  • New Law Journal

China Law Reference Materials:

  • China Intellectual Property Law
  • Doing Business in China
  • PRC Taxation Law and Practice
  • 中國對外經濟貿易法規彙編 China Laws for Foreign Business
  • 中華人民共和國法律法規 (活頁) Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China (Loose-leaf)

HK Law Reference Materials:

  • Archbold Hong Kong : Criminal Law, Pleading, Evidence & Practice
  • The Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest (Practice Directions)
  • Banking Law: HKSAR and PRC
  • Chitty on Contracts. Hong Kong Specific Contracts
  • Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Shares Repurchases
  • Company Law in Hong Kong. Insolvency
  • Criminal Evidence in Hong Kong
  • Criminal Procedure : Trial on Indictment
  • Encyclopaedia of Hong Kong Taxation
  • Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Civil Court Practice
  • Hong Kong Company Law and Practice
  • Hong Kong Company Secretarial Practice Manual
  • Hong Kong Construction Law
  • Hong Kong Conveyancing
  • Hong Kong Court Forms in Civil Proceedings
  • Hong Kong Employment Law Manual
  • Hong Kong Employment Ordinance : an Annotated Guide
  • Hong Kong Personal Injury Service
  • Hong Kong Revenue Legislation
  • Intellectual Property Rights: HKSAR and PRC
  • Rules Governing the Listing of Securities
  • Securities Law: HKSAR and PRC

UK Law Reference Materials:

  • Palmer's Company Law
  • Practical Commercial Precedents
To photocopy pages from the Laws of Hong Kong and other loose-leaf materials, users are required to bring the loose-leaf volume to the Law Section Counter and leave their CityU identity card. Our staff will remove the pages for loan to ensure that they are returned intact. Please DO NOT remove pages from the binder yourself.
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Law Discussion Room
This room is available for Moot exercises. Users who want to have group discussions may also use it. Booking is made at the Law Section Counter.
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Library Tutorials
The Law Section organizes tutorials for new law students at the beginning of Semester A every year. Students will learn how to use the law collection including electronic databases. Other specific law library courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students, including non-law students, are also organized throughout the year. Guided tours for new teaching staff may also be arranged. For further information, please contact the Law Librarian.
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HKALL
With HKALL (Hong Kong Academic Library Link), CityU staff and students studying courses leading to CityU awards can request library resources from the government funded local universities. Users can submit request on the CityU Library Catalogue. Book pick-up and return is done at our Library's Circulation Counter. To read the rules and procedures: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/service/hkall/borrow.htm. To access the service: http://hkall.hku.hk/.
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Interlibrary Loan Services
All teaching/research staff and postgraduate/final year degree students* are eligible to the Interlibrary Loan Services (ILL). To make ILL request, you need to go through ILLiad at http://libill.cityu.edu.hk/illiad/logondss.asp. Borrowing of books and photocopying of journal articles can be arranged with local libraries free of charge. For details, please visit the interlibrary loan homepage http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/service/ill/ or contact the Interlibrary Loan Services Office, 3442-8317 / 3442-5738.

* Final year degree students can only request 10 articles per academic year.  They need to submit their requests on print form obtainable from the Circulation Counter.
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Photocopying Facilities
Five self-serviced photocopiers are available in the Law Section. In addition, a photocopier is available for staff use. Users are reminded to make sure that their photocopying activities do not infringe the Copyright Ordinance, a copy of which is available at the Reference Counter for consultation.
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Recommendation of Library Materials
Both staff and students are welcome to make recommendations for the purchase of library materials. Recommendation of expensive items should be endorsed by the Head of Department or LLO. All standing orders including serials subscriptions, irrespective of materials cost, will also require Head of Department's endorsement. Online recommendation forms are available at the Library Catalogue http://lib.cityu.edu.hk/acquire.
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Special Needs Rooms
Room 3620, Room 3621 and Room 3622 with various equipment are provided for disabled users. For details, please contact the IT Help Desk, 3442-6963.
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Study Carrels
Lockable single/double Study Carrels are available for loan to different categories of eligible users on either a daily or hourly basis. These carrels provide a quiet, private and secluded place to study.

To learn about the usage policy and booking procedures, please visit the page at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/lib/about/facility/studyrm/index.htm.
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Law Section Online Tour

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