ASIAN LAW & GOVERNMENT

Asia


Banking & Finance
Global Banking Law Database
The GBLD consists of a collection of commercial banking, central bank, and deposit insurance laws of jurisdictions that are representative of the regions of the world as well as international financial centres. The laws are available in English in both MS Word and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats.

International Journal of Islamic Financial Services

South Asian and South Pacific Finance, Banking and Tax Locator
Provides links to various topics including tax rates, banking, financial markets, and investment opportunities for the South Asian and South Pacific countries.

Bankruptcy Law
Insolvency Asia

Collections of Sites
Aardvark - Asian Databases

Aardvark - Asian Digital Libraries

Aardvark - Asian University Libraries
Contain links to libraries worldwide.

ANU Library: East Asian Resources

Asia Resources and Links - Virginia University

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library
Mainly Chinese, Japanese and Korean Resources.

East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources

FindLaw: International Resources

Regional Resources on East Asia and Southeast Asia (University of Redlands)
An annotated directory of Internet resources on the politics, societies, history and cultures of the regions of East Asia and Southeast Asia.

The University of Melbourne - East Asian Collection

University of Waikato Law Library: Asian law sites

Commercial Law
Asia Business Today
Collection of reference materials on the Asian economic crisis and recovery, Asia management and human resource issues, media, telecommunications, etc. Country listings include economic statistics, Internet portals, company listings and market information.

Asia Case
Provides abstracts on Asian business case studies from the world's key resources. Links to full-text available.

Company Law
Asia Case
Provides abstracts on Asian business case studies from the world's key resources. Links to full-text available.

Country Profile
Asia in the World Economy
Provides a comprehensive list of links to various Asian countries from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Discussion Lists
Asian Studies Electronic Mailing Lists

Dispute Resolution
International Alternative Dispute Resolution
Provides a fully searchable database of primary and secondary materials in the field of International Commercial Arbitration.

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

Donors, International NGOs & Organisations
Association of Asian Election Authorities

LawAsia

E-commerce
Global E-commerce Law

Environmental Law
Asia Environmental Review

Mining Laws of Asian Countries

Foreign Investment
Asia Case
Provides abstracts on Asian business case studies from the world's key resources. Links to full-text available.

China-ASEAN Business Net

Investor Relations Asia Pacific
Provides information on Asia's financial markets

Mekong Express
Information on the Greater Mekong Subregion (China, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia). Includes legislation on investment, visa policies, links and general information on each country.

Gender
Transgender Asia

Government Institutions
Asian Governments on the WWW

Human Rights
Asia Pacific Centre for Human Rights and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflict

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development

Asian Human Rights Commission

Derechos Human Rights in Southeast Asia

Derechos: Human Rights in North Asia

Human Rights Reports for East Asia and the Pacific
Human Rights Reports prepared by the US State Department.

The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions

Intellectual Property
Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center

International Organisations
Asian Development Bank

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Pacific Basin Economic Council

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region is the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Internet Law
The Internet in Asia

Islamic Law
International Journal of Islamic Financial Services

Islamic World.net

Labour Law
Asia Monitor Resource Center

Legal Journals
Australian Journal of Asian Law

International Journal of Islamic Financial Services

Legislation
AustLII - World: Regions: Asia

Global Legal Information Network
Provides English summaries of recent laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources, including citation information.

Mining Laws of Asian Countries

Project DIAL
(Development of the Internet for Asian Law)

Magazines
Asia Law & Practice

Asia Pacific Economic Review

Asian Wall Street Journal
This page is only available to subscribers.

Asiaweek

Far Eastern Economic Review

Newspapers
Asian Focus
Lists news, newspapers, journals, magazines and forums with an Asian focus.

East Asia - English-language Newspapers

Financial Review - Asia

Politics
Association of Asian Election Authorities

Politics/Economics and Law
Asia Recovery Information Center
Monitors the social and economic impacts of the Asian crisis and the recovery process. Provides information on the response of the international community, concerned governments, nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and civil society-at-large to the crisis; and monitors and contributes to ongoing discussions of policy reform in response to the crisis.

Pacific Basin Economic Council

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
The regional arm of the United Nations Secretariat for the Asian and Pacific region is the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Research, Local NGOs & Civil Society Organisations
Asia Monitor Resource Center

Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute

Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

Asia Society

International Centre of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies

Search Engines
Asiaco - Asia Search Engine

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Mapping Asia in UK Libraries

Statistics
Asia and Oceania: Short-term Economic Indicators Links
Compiled by Project LINK Research Centre, University of Toronto.

Taxation Law
South Asian and South Pacific Finance, Banking and Tax Locator
Provides links to various topics including tax rates, banking, financial markets, and investment opportunities for the South Asian and South Pacific countries.

Bangladesh
Constitutional Law
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Donors, International NGOs & Organisations
The Asia Foundation - Bangladesh

Government & Regulatory Bodies
Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
Contains links to various government department websites.

Human Rights
The Asia Foundation - Bangladesh

Internet Law
The Internet Under Surveillance

Labour Law
Labor Laws of Bangladesh

Law Reform
The Asia Foundation - Bangladesh

Legislation
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Non-governmental Organisations
NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks

Politics/Economics and Law
South Asia Monitor

South Asian Studies

Bhutan
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Law in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

Trademark Law - Bhutan

Legislation
Trademark Law - Bhutan

Politics/Economics and Law
South Asia Monitor

South Asian Studies

Search Engines
Asia
Asiaco - Asia Search Engine

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

Law
Findlaw

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

WWW Virtual Law Library

Law by Country
CataLaw - search by region

Collections of Sites
FindLaw: International Resources

Legislation
AustLII - World: Regions: Asia

WorldLII - Legislation (by country)

Useful Links
Asia
WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

Collections of Sites
Aardvark - Asian Databases

Aardvark - Asian Digital Libraries

Aardvark - Asian University Libraries
Contain links to libraries worldwide.

Australian National University - Coombsweb: Asian Studies Server

Council on East Asian Law Libraries

The Guide to Asian Media

Commercial Law
International Centre for Commercial Law

Environmental Law
Asia Environmental Review

Government Institutions
Asian Governments on the WWW

Human Rights
Asian Human Rights Commission

Islamic Law
Islamic World.net

General Sites
Human Rights
Human Rights Internet

International Organisations
Asian Development Bank

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

International Monetary Fund

Transparency International

United Nations Human Rights Centre

World Bank

WTO Documents Online

Rule of Law
International Crisis Group

Law
Australian Legal Information Institute
The principal Australian database for legal, including constitutional, information. It includes links to a range of special projects and a variety of hosted homepages.

Findlaw

Law Research

Lawguru.com

Studylaw.com
A comprehensive on-line collection of legal study abroad materials, this site contains information, brochures, and contact information for all ABA-approved study abroad programs and contact information for almost every law school in the world.

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

Law by Country
Emory Law Library - Law By Country

Legal Information Institute - World Legal Materials from Asia

National Library of Australia - Country Listing of Overseas Laws and Statutes

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

Collections of Sites
NYU Legal Resources on the Internet - International

Constitutional Law
International Constitutional Law

Country Profile
The World Factbook 2001

Libraries
Mapping Asia in UK Libraries

University of Waikato Law Library: Asian law sites

Collections of Sites
Council on East Asian Law Libraries

Universities
Asia Pacific Intellectual Property Law Institute

Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

Centre for Democratic Institutions, ANU

Hieros Gamos - Asian Pacific Law Schools

Monash University - Monash Asia Institute

The University of British Columbia - Institute of Asian Research

The University of Melbourne - East Asian Collection

Useful Links for Research
NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development

UMI Dissertation Services

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute

Collections of Sites
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library

Internet Resources for Country Studies: Giblin Economics & Commerce Library, University of Melbourne

Corruption
Transparency International

Dispute Resolution
International Alternative Dispute Resolution
Provides a fully searchable database of primary and secondary materials in the field of International Commercial Arbitration.

International Arbitration Institute

Human Rights
Derechos: Human Rights in North Asia

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Web

United Nations Human Rights Centre

International Organisations
Pacific Basin Economic Council

Legal Journals
Australian Journal of Asian Law

Magazines
Asia Pacific Economic Review

Asian Wall Street Journal
This page is only available to subscribers.

Asiaweek

Far Eastern Economic Review

Newspapers
Asia Times Online

Financial Review - Asia

International Herald Tribune

Kido Media-Link
Links to newspapers from Asia.

Straits Times

Research, Local NGOs & Civil Society Organisations
Asia Society