Research Guides: East Asian Law Department: History

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:

Innovation Creates a Unique Resource for East Asian legal research (by Rob Britt) History of the East Asian Law Department in the Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law
East Asian Law Department History (by Neel Kant Agrawal)
Article on the history of the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library East Asian Law Department

Citation: The East Asian Law Department at the Univ. of Washington School of Law, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, FCIL NEWSLETTER 26(2), at 3, 7 (Feb. 2012), http://www.aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/vol26/Feb2012.pdf.
East Asian Law Program Timeline
Landmarks in the history of Asian law-related programs and scholars at the University of Washington School of Law