CD ASIA

The Company

CD Technologies Asia, Inc (CD Asia) is a publishing company established in 1994. It is

one of the leading publisher of electronic legal research materials in the Philippines. It
specializes in the authoring and publication of legal resources in optical media (such as
CD/DVD ROMS) and online. It compiles and digitizes files, records, and other documents
into a customized, easy-to-use database.

It also provides related services such as legal information archiving and the creation of
case management systems. CD Asia is also an accredited Mandatory Continuing Legal
Education (MCLE) provider and as such, has organized seminars in Manila an in Las
Vegas, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, all in the U.S.A.

Who benefits from CD Asia products and services?

CD Asia has a nationwide client base of more than 5,000 users and subscribers, including
the country’s top law firms, private corporations, government offices, accounting firms,
and educational institutions.

The Products

1. The Philippine Law Library (Lex Libris Series) – A comprehensive and updated
compilation of the complete text of law-related materials, programmed with a powerful
search and retrieval software for quick and easy access.

This includes:
 Laws
 Taxation
 Jurisprudence
 Department of Justice (Opinions of the Secretary)
 Local Autonomy and Local Government
 Environment and Natural Resources
 Labor and Social Legislation
 Elections
 Trade Commerce and Industry
 Securities and Exchange Commission
 Persons and Family Relations
 The Bench Companion

2. Legal Knowledge Titles – A collection of annotated works from respected legal

practitioners who are experts in various fields of law. Through this collection, CD Asia
aims to make legal information more understandable and relevant to the general
public. Members of the legal profession and the lay people alike will find the titles vital
tools in legal research.
 This includes:
 Education Law and the Private Schools
 Philippine Judicial and Legal Forms
 Indigenous People and the Law
 Philippine Legal and Judicial Ethics
 Lexicon of Philippine Legal Terms
 Law for Art’s Sake: An Introduction to Legal Gobbledygook
 Compendium of Education Legislation for Private Basic Education

3. Philippine Legal Encyclopedia Series – Published together with its partner, Accesslaw,
Inc, a community of legal scholars and experts in different fields of law and is known
for its publications that address the confusion and contradictions in Philippine statutes.
 Philippine Law Encyclopedia – compilation of Philippine statutes, laws, presidential
& administrative issuances, treaties, and international agreements
 Philippine Taxation Encyclopedia – holds a collection of issuances of the BIR,
taxation-related statutes, laws and administrative issuances, and case decisions

4. Lexis Philippines – Researchers can access Philippine laws and jurisprudence

together with US Federal and State Court cases, legislation, law reviews and journals
using a single online research tool.

Done in partnership with LexisNexis, which is the world’s largest provider of

international news, business, and legal information.

5. CD Asia Online - CD Asia Online is the latest innovation from CD Technologies Asia,
Inc. It provides access to the complete databases of Philippine laws and jurisprudence
comprising over 70,000 documents, through the most advanced search engine for
legal databases in the country today. All materials in CD Asia Online are gathered
only from official sources and include the complete text, footnotes and images.

Contents:

Philippine Laws – A comprehensive compilation of Philippine Constitutions, legislative

enactments, executive and administrative issuances, issuances of the Supreme Court
relating to practice and procedure, international treaties, agreements and
conventions, from 1900 to the present.

Philippine Jurisprudence – A collection of decisions of the Supreme Court of the

Philippines, from 1901 to the present, with the complete text, separate, concurring and
dissenting opinions, footnotes, and available case syllabi and synopses.

Advantages/Features:
 a. Access to the Most Comprehensive Philippine Legal Database Online – CD Asia
Online now has four (4) libraries: Laws, Jurisprudence, Department of Justice, and
Taxation.
b. Easy Navigation – Easily and conveniently find your way around with the new
interface
c. Advanced Search Engine – Research is made easy with a powerful and specially-
designed site-specific search engine
d. Full-text Searching – CD Asia Online contains the complete text of issuances,
gathered only from official sources and carefully processed and proofread, so you
can be confident that your research is always thorough, accurate, and in context
e. Customized Query Template – Each library has a query template especially
designed to help you find issuances with pinpoint precision
f. Advanced Search Techniques – Use advanced techniques such as Boolean and
proximity searching, to narrow or expand your search results
g. Organized Search Results – Your search results will be presented from the latest
issuance to the earliest, and may be sorted according to relevance
h. Saved Searches – Save your search results and retrieve them without having to
retype advanced or complicated search parameters
i. Full Document View – Read the complete text of any issuance, including the
separate opinions and selected synopses and syllabi of Supreme Court decisions
j. Search Matches – Your search parameters will be highlighted in the text of the
document. Locate them in the document you are viewing by simply clickin on
forward and back arrows
k. Print, Email, Download or Bookmark – Easily copy, share, or remember relevant
issuances
l. Automatic Citation – The citation of an issuance will automatically be added when
you copy it or a portion of it and paste it to another document
m. Cross-reference – Get a list of references cited in the issuance you are viewing,
locate it in the issuance, and, if you are subscribed to the appropriate library,
access its complete text
n. Cited-in – Survey issuances from your subscribed libraries which have cited the
issuance you are viewing to check if it is still valid, has been amended, or eve
repealed or overruled
o. Hovering footnote – When you place your cursor on the footnote number, the text
of the footnote will appear onscreen
p. My CDAsia Online – Personalize your subscription by adding notes and
annotations on specific issuances, bookmarking relevant documents, and saving
your search results.
q. Almost Real-time Updating – All libraries are updated shortly after materials
become available from official sources
r. Case Finder – Locate a case in the Jurisprudence Library using only the Philippine
Reports or SCRA citation
Reference: CD Technologies Asia, Inc. (2016). Company – CD Asia. Retrieved
September 2, 2016, from http://www/cdasia.com/company