Collections and Access
Of nearly 40,954 Asian language volumes held as of mid-year 2006, approximately 70% were in Japanese, 24% in Chinese, and 6% in Korean. In addition, the Library holds over 6,790 volumes in Western languages on East Asian law or dealing in some way with East Asia. The Library’s collections (including the East Asian law collections) may be searched on Marian, the Gallagher Law Library's online catalog. Further, the Library’s East Asian collections are represented in the OCLC Worldcat (UW Restricted), Summit, and ShareLaw databases.
Mission
The East Asian Law Department has as its primary purpose the support of the curricular and research needs of the faculty and students of the University of Washington School of Law in general, and of the Asian Law Center in particular. In addition, the department provides reference services to the larger university community, the practicing bar, the general public, and scholars and lawyers of other institutions. Interlibrary loan requests should be sent to the Interlibrary Loan Department.
History
The Library's Asian law collections had their beginnings in the 1930's with gifts of Chinese and Japanese legal materials, including a substantial donation of books by the Japanese Ministry of Justice. Though the focus for many years was on Japanese law, the Library now actively collects legal publications of China, South Korea, and Taiwan, as well as Japan.
For more on the history of Asian Law Studies at the University of Washington School of Law, see "Landmarks in the History of Asian Law-Related Programs at the University of Washington School of Law." (PDF version)
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Maps to East Asian Law Materials in the Collection
Resource Sharing with Japan's National Diet Library
Learn more about this new service for UW Law School students, faculty, and staff.
University of Washington East Asia Library
Another important on-campus resource for information on East Asia is the East Asia Library, where you will find books, periodicals, directories, indexes and other useful resources for many aspects of East Asian law-related research.
Collection Development Policy
The Collection development policy for the Library's Asian collections is available in the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library Collection Development Policy, 1996-. This policy is currently (as of June 2006) in the process of extensive revision. Though primary funding is from the State of Washington, development of the collections has benefited greatly by generous gifts of books from alumni in Asia as well as by occasional grants from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission, the Japan Foundation, and the Korea Foundation.
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Publications
Note on Viewing CJK and Special Text in Legal Research Guides
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These guides include Chinese, Japanese, and/or Korean (CJK) text and other special characters (such as umlauts and macrons). Windows 2000 and Windows XP can be set up to view the CJK characters. Users of Windows 95 or Windows 98 can find information about downloading free software to view CJK, go to the Microsoft website (click here), or click on Tools, Windows Update in Internet Explorer.
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