{"id":1632,"date":"2019-03-30T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T19:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2019-03-19T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T15:23:44","slug":"eastlaws-database-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/eastlaws-database-of\/","title":{"rendered":"A new acquisition!! Eastlaws, an Arabic legal database"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1995 in Alexandria, Egypt, Eastlaws network specializes in the production of Arab legal programs as well as on the automation of prosecutions, courts, law firms, and legal departments. As such, the network collects, indexes, and makes available legal documents originating from professional associations, administrative units at all levels of Arab judiciary Institutions, Faculties of Law and legal Research Institutes, legal Departments of private Companies, and international Organizations. <a href=\"https:\/\/evo.eastlaws.com\/\">Eastlaws database<\/a> includes a wide variety of legal sources such as court rulings, legislations, fatwas, Islamic judicature, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evo.eastlaws.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3160 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-160-\u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629-\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646-\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642-evo.eastlaws.com_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-160-\u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629-\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646-\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642-evo.eastlaws.com_.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-160-\u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629-\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646-\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642-evo.eastlaws.com_-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-160-\u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629-\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646-\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642-evo.eastlaws.com_-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-160-\u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629-\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646-\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642-evo.eastlaws.com_-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-160-\u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629-\u0642\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0646-\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0642-evo.eastlaws.com_-500x230.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/branches\/islamic\">Islamic Studies Library<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/library\/branches\/law\">Nahum Gelber Law Library<\/a> recently subscribed to a number of modules from Eastlaws providing\u00a0the McGill community with access to original legal sources from the Arab World. The list of modules available to us is as follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Legislative Database for 18 countries (Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, KSA, Oman, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Algeria and Lebanon)<\/li>\n<li>Rulings Database\u00a0 for 18 countries (Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, KSA, Oman, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Algeria and Lebanon)<\/li>\n<li>International Commercial Arbitration<\/li>\n<li>International and Arab Treaties and Conventions<\/li>\n<li>Administration fo Fatwa<\/li>\n<li>Islamic Judicature<\/li>\n<li>Legal Terminology<\/li>\n<li>Legal Dictionary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is important to note that all documents in Eastlaws are in Arabic. A very basic translation into English and French can be generated by <em>Google Translate,<\/em> embedded within the database. The interface of the database itself is also in Arabic, and partially available in English (some menus and options are not translated).<\/p>\n<p>To access Eastlaws database, there are a number of options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The McGill library catalogue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/1035267798\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3159\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-159-Search-Results-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-159-Search-Results-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org_.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-159-Search-Results-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org_-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-159-Search-Results-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org_-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-159-Search-Results-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org_-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-159-Search-Results-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org-mcgill.on_.worldcat.org_-500x230.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Database A-Z list from the Library main page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryguides.mcgill.ca\/az.php?a=e\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-162-McGill-Library_-Databases-A-Z_-E-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-162-McGill-Library_-Databases-A-Z_-E-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-162-McGill-Library_-Databases-A-Z_-E-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-162-McGill-Library_-Databases-A-Z_-E-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-162-McGill-Library_-Databases-A-Z_-E-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-162-McGill-Library_-Databases-A-Z_-E-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-500x230.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Islamic sources subject guide<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryguides.mcgill.ca\/islamicsources\/sharia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-163-Sharia-Islamic-law-studies-Islamic-sources-Guides-at-McGill-Lib_-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-163-Sharia-Islamic-law-studies-Islamic-sources-Guides-at-McGill-Lib_-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-163-Sharia-Islamic-law-studies-Islamic-sources-Guides-at-McGill-Lib_-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-163-Sharia-Islamic-law-studies-Islamic-sources-Guides-at-McGill-Lib_-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-163-Sharia-Islamic-law-studies-Islamic-sources-Guides-at-McGill-Lib_-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2019\/12\/FireShot-Capture-163-Sharia-Islamic-law-studies-Islamic-sources-Guides-at-McGill-Lib_-libraryguides.mcgill.ca_-500x230.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1995 in Alexandria, Egypt, Eastlaws network specializes in the production of Arab legal programs as well as on the automation of prosecutions, courts, law firms, and legal departments. 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