Resources in Asia-Pacific
China
- Chinese law in English, established by the Peking University, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
- Includes statutes and reported cases
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
- Laws and regulations available on topics such as finance and foreign exchange
- Other information includes ministry speeches, economic data, updates on trade and investment
China Securities Regulatory Commission
China Law Digest
- Comprehensive site featuring laws and general legal information and news
- Chinese laws, regulations and cases available
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission
- Regulations - list of SFC Code and guidelines
- Consultation papers - full text, conclusions
- Enforcement action by the SFC - prosecutions, disciplinary actions, public reprimands
- Press Releases by the Securities and Futures Commission and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
- Takeovers Panel decisions
Standing Committee on Company Law Reform
- Publications include legislative guidelines and regulations
- Quarterly bulletin covers issues such as corporate governance, interest rate regulations etc
- Laws of Hong Kong
Asian Institute of International Financial Law, University of Hong Kong
- Research and publications on international financial and economic law, and banking and finance law.
Bills, legislation and subsidiary legislation, financial proposals available
India
- Includes information on corporate regulation
Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Includes information about how the SEBI regulates the securities markets
National Stock Exchange of India
- Includes legislation, judgments and other company law information
India Code Legislative Department
- Government site for Indian legislation
- Includes judgments of courts
Institute of Company Secretaries
Jindal Global Law Review - India Law
- GLR aims to publish inter-disciplinary scholarship at the intersections of legal theory, critical theory, political economy, international relations and the humanities. The inaugural issue was published in September 2009
Indonesia
- Includes information on corporate actions, creditor actions, press releases, trading rules
Surabaya Stock Exchange (merged with the Indonesia Stock Exchange on 30 October 2007)
- Includes information on prices and data, products and press releases
Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (Indonesia Financial Services Authority) [in Indonesian]
- Includes capital market laws, regulations, decrees and rules
OECD presentation on the new Otoritas Jasa Keuangan
- Outlines changes to the regulatory body and its authority
Japan
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
- Includes SESC actions, and SESC annual reports on investigations of offences, recommendations, surveillance and inspections
- News about updates and amendments to trading and listing rules
- Articles, cases and statutes available
- Topics include corporate governance, corporate shareholders, corporate law, antitrust
- Information on topics including corporate law, securities regulation, includes translations of laws, commentaries and updates
Supreme Court of Japan
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Corporate Executives
Japan Securities Depository Center
Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc
Nagoya Stock Exchange
Korea
- Includes information about investigations on trading offences and member enforcement actions and processes as well as general market surveillance by the KSE
- Also includes press releases, for example on corporate disclosure
Center for Korean Legal Studies, Columbia University
- List of articles on Korean law listed by topic. Topics include corporate law, banking law, securities law, foreign exchange control
- Selected articles available online only
- Includes laws and regulations on finance, securities and accounting
Malaysia
Securities Commission of Malaysia
- Publications section
- Guidelines and regulations
- Legislation including the Securities Commission Act, Futures Industry Act, Malaysian Code on Takeovers and Mergers
- Discussion papers and presentations (includes discussion of market regulation, reform etc)
- Market regulation
- Includes discussion on interpretation and changes of legislation and codes
Current Law Journal Legal Network - Law Database of Malaysia
- Case names and headnotes available online by conducting search
- Subscription fee required for full text
Ministry of Finance (Treasury)
- Information includes Ministerial speeches and statements from international conferences on market regulation and corporate governance, and reform in Malaysia
- Information includes the duties and liabilities of company directors, and directors and secretaries code of ethics
- Court judgments
- Articles on corporate governance also available
New Zealand
- Includes discussion papers on legal issues, reports on inquiries into trading offences
- International sources include communiques from conferences by the International Organisation of Securities Commissions
- Information includes listing rules and market surveillance reports
Faculty of Law, University of Auckland
- Primary and secondary legal sources available
Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand
Ministry of Economic Development
Papua New Guinea
Investment Promotion Authority
Port Moresby Stock Exchange
Philippines
Securities and Exchange Commission
Singapore
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- Statutes and subsidiary legislation administered by MAS
- Includes regulations, by-laws, listing rules, press releases
Internet Insolvency Search Service, Ministry of Law
- Information on bankruptcy and liquidation
- Includes the Law Gazette, official publication of the Law Society. Cases, articles and legislation available on various issues relating to corporate law, insurance law, etc
- Includes Asia Development Forum with papers, speeches on matters including regulation of markets, insurance, and banking, and corporate governance
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
Lawnet free resources
- Some links to legislation and Law Reform Committee reports
Insolvency and Public Trustees Office
Sri Lanka
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Colombo Stock Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Law Source Retrieving System of Taiwan, Republic of China, Stock Exchanges and Futures Trading
- Includes legislation such as the Securities and Exchange Law
Securities and Futures Institute
Taiwan Stock Exchange
- Includes legislation and rules
Thailand
Securities and Exchange Commission
- Includes full text of the Securities and Exchange Act 1992, and latest developments in regulation and legislation
- List of legal actions and settlements under specified sections of the Securities and Exchange Act
- Press releases on issues such as rules and regulations for internet trading and corporate governance
- World Bank measures of business regulation
- Includes policy statements, media releases on issues including corporate governance and market regulation
Vietnam
Vietnam Legal Documents (1)
Vietnam Legal Documents (2)
South Pacific Island Nations
General
University of the South Pacific School of Law
- Includes cases, legislation, sources of law for South Pacific countries
- Full-text articles, case notes and working papers from the Journal of South Pacific Law
- Includes articles, full-text judicial decisions and legal information for South Pacific countries
Cook Islands
Fiji
Legislation Judgments Reserve Bank of Fiji
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Nauru
Niue
Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth Law Revision Commission
Samoa