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Researching Foreign Law, Focus on Chinese, Japanese Korean (CJK) Law Wei Luo, JD MLS Director of Technical Services and Lecturer in Law Room 257A, luo@ Today’s Topics Common law vs. Civil Law = Case law vs. Statutes? Types of legal publications in major common law countries Translation, Romanization/Transliteration Research Strategy focusing on printed sources? Citation Formats Use CJK laws to illustrate Common law vs. Civil Law = Case law vs. Statutes? Myth #1: to us, civil law countries have only statutes but have no case law, vice versa Myth #2: the codification system in civil law co