| ResearchTips: Searching Japanese LawVincentMoyer, International Law Librarianhttp://library.uchastings.edu/documents/fcil/JapanLaw2016.pdf#search=%27japaneseenglish+law+dictionary.pdf%27 moyerv@uchastings.eduSeptember 1, 2016 Note: Highlights of the best sources on theLibrary’s Japanese Law Research Guide http://libguides.uchastings.edu/japan-law/homeCURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND LEGAL BLOGS Japanese Law and the Asia-Pacific -Japanese Law in Asia-Pacific Socio-Economic Context. Blog by Prof. Luke Note(University of Sydney Law School). Bloomberg BNA International Trade Reporter- Current information on developments impacting trade and internationalbusiness policies (organized by country). ARTICLES HeinOnline - http://libguides.uchastings.edu/go.php?c=2021913for PDFs of law review articles Sample search : Law Journals for . . . AND law AND "japan maternityleave"~25 (2000 - 2016) . . . locates 27 articles JSTOR – http://libguides.uchastings.edu/go.php?c=2253022for non-law scholarly journal articlesGoogle Scholar - http://scholar.google.com/Sample search: employment law japan maternityleave Proquest -http://0-search.proquest.com.hopac.uchastings.edu/index for non-law articles& newsSearched: japan “labor law” = 868 full-text& peer reviewed articles Try a related search: Labor law (limit:Japan (location)) = 61 articles Also try: japan maternity leave = 16,505articles Then limit to: Full-Text &Peer-Reviewed & Japan (location) & 2010-16 = 42 articles Legal Scholarship Network -http://ssrn.com/en/index.cfm/lsn/ for new articles and working papers Sample search: japan maternity leave . . .locates 4 articles Lexis / Westlaw - search for law review(and other scholarly) articlesBOOKSHastings Library Catalog -http://encore.uchastings.edu/ Sample search: employment law japan finds39 books FirstSearch (Worldcat) - http://0-uchastings.worldcat.org.hopac.uchastings.edu/Sample search: employment law japan(locates too many results)Limit Search to get a reasonable number: - Year = 2010 – 2016- Language = English - Limit to “books” “not juvenile” “notfiction” “language = English” Find other titles by clicking on usefulsubject headings such as: - Labor laws and legislation -- Japan Click on “Request Item through InterlibraryLoan” link to borrow book from another library More information on interlibraryloan is available at http://libguides.uchastings.edu/illGoogle Books - http://books.google.com/ Sample search: employment law japanmaternity leaveLEXIS, WESTLAW & BLOOMBERG LEXIS: The best Lexis resource for Japanesebusiness law is Doing Business in Japan WESTLAW: The best resources with legalanalysis of Japanese law will be located by selecting the "InternationalMaterials" link and then "Treatises" then “Multi-National”.These subject-based multi-national treatises includes analysis arranged bycountry. Examples include: - Comparative Environmental Law &Regulation - International Civil Procedure- International Family Law Practice - Transnational Litigation: APractitioner's Guide The Practical Law resources on Westlawoffer a rich collection of up-to-date in-depth content including PracticeNotes, Standard Documents and Clauses, Checklists, Toolkits, Legal Updates,Country-by- Country Legal Research Guidance, Country Comparison Tools, andSubject Specific Practice Resources. There are several ways to locate Japaneselegal resources in Practical Law: - Select Global Content > then SelectJapan - Select the Country Q&A ComparisonTool- Select Global Guides > then selectyour Practice Area Practical Law on Westlaw also provides access to DoingBusiness in Japan (2015) BLOOMBERG: Bloomberg Law provides access to theBloomberg BNA International Trade ReporterOTHER ONLINE SOURCES Japan's Ministry of Justice: SearchJapanese Laws in Translation. Or browse Japanese Law Translation. These areunofficial English translations of many Japanese statutes and regulations withlexicographic notes explaining the translation of difficult terms. Supreme Court of Japan maintains: - Searchable database of cases in Englishtranslation. - Overview of the Judicial System in Japan - Outline of Civil Procedure in Japan - Outline of Criminal Procedure in Japan White Papers: Government of Japan JAPANESE LAW BY SUBJECTLEGAL SYSTEM & STATISTICS The JapaneseJudicial System and Judicial Proceedings - There are five types of courts inJapan: the Supreme Court, High Courts, District Courts, Family Courts and SummaryCourts. Japan adopts a threetiered judicial system and a summary, family, ordistrict court will be the court of first instance depending on the nature ofthe matter. e-Stat: Portal Site of Official Statisticsfor Japan - Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
