Library
Foreign Law: T, U
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of
America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Taiwan
Constitution
- Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) : In English.
- Constitution (Government Information Office,GIO).
- The Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China(2005)(GIO).
Laws and Legislation
- English Translations Includes antitrust and intellectual property. (University of Maryland): In English.
- Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China(Ministry of Justice).
- Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China(Ministry of Justice)(in Chinese).
- Law and Regulations Retrieving System ( the Judicial Yuan)(the english website has a limited collection of laws and regulations governing the judicial processes).
- Law and Regulations Retrieving System (the Judicial Yuan)(in Chinese)(has a larger database of laws and regulations applicable in the courts and they can be retrieved by the search engine).
- Multi-Databases Access System for the LEGISIS(the Legislative Yuan)(Chinese only)(This website is maintained by the Parliamentary library and provides searchable access to multiple databases of laws, legislative gazettes, legislative records and so on).
- Law Bank (commercial website)(this website provides a searchable database of translated laws and regulations, which are also listed in alphabetical order).
- Law Bank(in Chinese)(more comprehensive than the english version).
- Root Law(commercial law)(in Chinese)(searchable database of Taiwanese laws and regulations).
Laws by Subject
- Taxation (Taipei National Tax Administration, Minister of Finance): In English and Chinese.
Jurisprudence
- Interpretations of the Constitutional Court ( Judicial Yuan the): This website provides English translation of all of the Interpretations made byConstitutional Court , a.k.a. the Council of the Grand Justices. The database is searchable by keywords and citation numbers and has a concise list of the issues in each Interpretation. The Chinese version has access to the concurring/dissenting opinions and petition briefs of each Interpretation. The Constitutional Court 's docket (selec, not complete) and summary judgments can also be found in the Court's website.
- Law and Regulations Retrieving System ( ??????????? ) (the Judicial Yuan) [Chinese only]: This website provides a searchable database of the judicial decisions (including precedents, judicial resolutions, and judgments) in Taiwan , but the judgments covered by this database only date back to 1996 or later.
- Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China ( ??????????? — ?????? ) (Ministry of Justice) [Chinese only]: The coverage of the judicial database is limited to the Interpretations of the Constitutional Court , the Precedents of the Supreme Court, and the Precedents of the Supreme Administrative Court Law Bank ( ????? ) (commercial website) [Chinese only]: The coverage of the judicial database of this website is similar to that of the Judicial Yuan.
- RootLaw ( ????? ) (commercial website) [Chinese only]: The coverage of the judicial database of this website is similar to that of the Judicial Yuan.
Government
- Executive Yuan (official website): In Chinese and English. Includes a list of government websites.
- National Assembly (official website): In Chinese and English.
- Legislative Yuan (official website): In Chinese and English.
- Judicial Yuan (official website): In Chinese and English. English interface descriptive only
- The E-government Entry Point of Taiwan (GIO): This is a gateway to all the government websites in Taiwan .
- Information Network of Governmental Documents ( ??????? ) (National Central Library) [Chinese only]: The website provides searchable databases of government gazettes, national statistics, government publications, and government-related news.
- The Executive Yuan Gazettes Online (the Executive Yuan): While the full texts of the Executive Yuan Gazettes can be searched and retrieved only in Chinese, this website contains the English summary of the latest issue of the Executive Yuan Gazette and provides a simple search engine.
- National Archives Information ( ??????? ) (National Archives Administration) [Chinese only]: This online access to the National Archives supports search by keywords.
- The Human Rights Related Archives Exhibit Online (National Archives Administration)
Subscription Databases
- LawBank (commercial website): Comprehensive fee-based legal database in Chinese.
- Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China—Convention ( ??????????? — ?????? ) (Ministry of Justice)
- Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China ( ??????????? — ?????? ) (Ministry of Justice) [Chinese only]: Visitors to this website can search the agreements made between Taiwan and China
- Taiwan Documents Project (non-profit website): The website contains a collection of documents regarding the legal status and international relations of Taiwan .
Selected Historical Materials
• Digital Japanese Ruling and Postwar Archives Project ( ?????????? ) (Taiwan Historica) [Chinese only]
Research Guides
- Internet Chinese Legal Research Center: Excellent web site pulling together links to laws, bibliographies and legal research guides for the PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
- Taiwan Legal Research (University of Washington School of Law).
- Angle Lawdata ( ??????? ) (commercial website) [Chinese only][subscription required]: This is a new commercial database on law.
- Index to Chinese Periodical Materials ( ???????????? ) (National Central Library) [Chinese only]: This is a general database where law-related periodicals can also be found.
- Electronic Theses and Dissertations System ( ?????????? ) (National Central Library): Visitors to this general website can search master/doctoral theses or dissertations about law in Taiwan . While most of the law theses are written in Chinese, each is required to present certain information (title, author, keywords) and an abstract in English, which in turn enables the English version of this website to work. Some theses are downloadable for subscribers.
Selected Online Resources
Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica (IIAS) ( ?????????????? ) [mainly in Chinese]: This site has links to all of the departments, colleges, and schools of law in Taiwan . The papers for the conferences held by the IIAS are downloadable.
- Taiwan Law Society ( ????? ) [Chinese only]
- Taiwanese Society of International Law ( ??????? ) [Chinese only]
- The Judicial Reform Foundation ( ????????????? ): Visitors can read the current and past issues of the Judicial Reform Magazines (in Chinese only) online.
- Taiwan Association for Human Rights ( ???????
Tajikstan
Laws and Legislation
- Laws (LexInfoSys from University of Bremen).
Other
- Tajikistan The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).
Tanzania
Laws and Legislation
Thailand
Constitution
- Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) : In English.
- Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand 1997 (Office of the Council of State): In English.
Legislation
- Acts Various topics. (Office of the Judiciary). In Thai and English.
- Thailand Law Reform Commission. (official website): In Thai and English. Includes new acts, various collections of acts, bills, regulations and more. Fully searchable in English, however full text results are in Thai.
- Legislation (Minister of Justice). In Thai and English.
Laws By Subject
- Banking, Securities and Currency (Bank of Thailand): In English and Thai.
- Intellectual Property (World LII).
Jurisprudence
- Constitutional Court (official website): In Thai and English. Decisions in english, full-text can be found from 1998 -2002.
Government
- Ministry of Finance (official website): In Thai and English.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official website): In Thai and English.
- Ministry of Justice (official website): In Thai and English. Includes english translations of legislation (full-text).
- Office of the Judiciary (official website): In Thai and ENglish.
- Parliament (official website): In Thai.
- Royal Thai Government (official website): In Thai and English.
Other
- Thailand The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).
Tokelau
Laws and Legislation
- Tokelau Law Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII).
Tonga
Constitution
- Constitution (PACLII).
Laws and Legislation
- Tonga Laws Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII).
- Tongan Legislation On-line : This is a searchable database of Tongan legislation, in force as of 31 December 2005. The laws are available to download as a PDF in either English or Tongan.
Other
- TongaThe Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).
Trinidad & Tobago
Laws and Legisltion
- Parliament This website offers the full text of Bills and Acts.
Courts
Turkmenistan
Laws and Legislation
- Laws (LexInfoSys from University of Bremen).
Other
- Turkmenistan The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).
Tuvalu
Constitution
- Constitution (PACLII).
Laws and Legislation
- Tuvalu Laws Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII).
Other
Tuvalu The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).
Ukraine
Constitution
- Constitution (Parliament): In Ukrainian.
Laws and Legislation
- Laws (Paliament): Several different legal databases in Ukrainian.
- Draft Laws of the Ukraine (Political Legal Reforms Centre): Includes bills and legislative information mostly in Ukraine, but there is an English interface.
Law by Subject
Government
- President (official website)
- Parliament (official website)
- Cabinet of Ministers (official website): Information and press releases, with English and Unkrainian interface.
- Supreme Court (official website).
Legal Guides
- Ukrainian Legal Resources Catalog (www.LawUkraine.com): Well-designed website of links with information about whether information is available in more than one language.
United Kingdom
Harvard Law School Library Guide to Researching UK: British Statutes
United States of America
Uruguay
Law and Legislation
- Poder Legislativo. This is the site of the Uruguayan Parliament, where a number of laws and codes are published.
Laws by Subject
- Domestic Violence (from UNDP).
Uzbekistan
Laws and Legislation
- Legislation TOC: Includes links to the law of Uzbekistan on bankruptcy, on banks and banking activity, on privatization, and more. In English.
- Laws (LexInfoSys from University of Bremen).
Other
- Uzbekistan The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).