EBC Reader, by Eastern Book Company in India, is a subscription database that provides access to approximately 1,100 legal titles: including e-books, statutes, commentaries, law journals, law reports, and dictionaries. Based in Lucknow, India, Eastern Book Company was formed in the 1940s. The EBC Reader Campus Edition has the following features, as outlined on EBC Reader’s website at the date of this post.
- Advanced searching
- Text to speech ad guided reading
- e-Library with access to past editions
- Ability to create shareable links and annotations
EBC Reader also provides cross-linking to Supreme Court Cases, SCC Online, which contains commentaries, statutes, and law reports. This cross-linking allows users to navigate between academic texts and caselaw[RS1]. The company states on its website that it provided access to previous editions. Free trials are available.
There is also the EBC Reader Platinum Edition, which is available across iOS, Android, and the Web. Included in this package are practice manuals, the Supreme Court Yearly Digest, and multi-volume commentaries and digests. EBC’s website provides the following Terms and Conditions for the EBC Readers Platinum Edition as at the date of this post.
In addition to EBC Reader, the following are additional non-subscription sources for researching the laws of India and the wider South Asia region:
- A Legal Research Guide to Pakistan
- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Pakistan
- Asian Legal Information Institute
- Guide to Indian Laws
- India’s Legal Research and Legal System.
- Legal System and Research of the Maldives
- The Legal System of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
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