English Language International Reference Resources

General International Materials

• British and Irish Legal Information Institute
• Centre for International and Public Law at The Australian National University
• Foreign and International Law on the Internet.
• Cybercrimelaw.net is a presentation of penal laws on cybercrime around the world.
• G8 Information Centre
• Supreme Court Decisions around the world
  
• Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) from the United Nations
• Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet
• Treaties in Force A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force as of January 1, 1999
• The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, incluuding A searchable database of summaries and full text of 150
  water-related treaties, and A similar database of 39 interstate compacts within the United States.
• The United Nations Database
  • The United Nations Treaty Database

African Materials

• South African Law resources from The Wits Law School
• South African Law Commission

Atlantic Materials

Ascension Island Information

Bermuda

• The Government of Bermuda
• Bermuda Laws Online
• Bermuda Immigration Laws Online

Falkland Islands

American Materials

North America

Canada

• Government of Canada Departments and Agencies
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Alberta Law Reform Institute
• Department of Justice Canada: Statutes, regulations and some annotated statutes.
  (En français aussi).
• Canadian Law Schools
• Canadian Law Libraries
• Canadian Legal Information
• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
• Canadian Legal Network
• Canadian Legal Resources
• Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Federation of Law Societies of Canada
• Jurist Canada
• Law Society of Upper Canada the governing body of Ontario's lawyers.
• Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
• The Supreme Court of Canada
  • Supreme Court of Canada Decisions, in English
  • Supreme Court of Canada, Decisions in French
• Lexis-Nexis Canada
• Virtual Canadian Law Library: Great links from the University of Montreal Law Faculty.

Greenland

• Official Home Page of Greenland Home Rule
• Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum
• Department of Social Affairs and Labour

Mexico

• Las Constituciones de México y sus Estados (the Constitutions of The Federal Government and the States, in Spanish)
• Mexico's Freedom of Information Law
• The Mexican Legal System
• Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (Supreme Court). There is not any other language version of this site because
  all the legal information must be in Spanish.
• Mexican Legal System: Immigration Law
• Consulates of Mexico in the U.S. and Canada.
• Mexican Nationality Law New Mexican Nationality Law: Enforcement Guidelines for the New Regulations
  Governing Preservation of Mexican Citizenship

United States (Foreign Service)

• The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School A Decade of American Foreign Policy - Basic Documents 1941-1949
• U.S. Department of State Home Page
  • Archive Site for State Department information prior to January 20, 2001
• Key Officers at Foreign Service Posts Directory of key officers and their telephone and fax numbers from the
  Departments of State and Commerce, and other U.S. agencies at Foreign Service posts
• U.S. Missions Online List of U.S. embassies, consulates, and other missions with World Wide Web sites.
• Foreign Consular Offices in the U.S. This publication contains a complete and official listing of the foreign
  consular offices in the United States, and recognized consular officers.
• Office of Inspector General. The Inspector General has reporting responsibilities to both the Secretary of State
  and the Directors of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the United States Information Service,
• Country Offices An alphabetical listing of country offices at the Department of State. Please use correct Area Code when calling.
• Diplomatic List This publication contains the names of the members of the diplomatic staffs of all missions and their spouses.

Caribbean

The Caribbean Community

• The Caribbean Court of Justice
• CARICOM

Antigua and Barbuda

• The Government of Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

• The Government of the Bahamas
• The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce

Barbados

• The Government of Barbados Information Network
• The Government of Barbados Information Network mirror site
• Barbados Labour Party
• The Central Bank of Barbados

Belize

• The Constitution of Belize
• Government of Belize
• The Legislative Branch
• The Executive Branch
• Agencies of Government
• The Judicial Branch

Cayman Islands

• The Government of The Cayman Islands

Grenada

• The Government of Grenada

Guyana

• The Government of Guyana

Jamaica

• Cabinet Office of the Government of Jamaica
• The Jamaica information service

St. Kitts & Nevis

• The Government of St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Lucia

• The Government of St.Lucia
  • St.Lucia Government Information Service

Trinidad and Tobago

• The Government the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

South America

Brazil

• Government of Brazil

Guyana

• Embassy of Guyana, Washington DC
• Guyana Elections Commission
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Industry

Asian Materials

General

• Asian Development Bank
• Asian law sites.
• Philippines - Chan Robles Virtual Law Library

Bangladesh

• Government Home Page

China

• China Net A well organized directory to use to search Chinese Government policies and offices.
• National Bureau of Statistics
• Xinhua (New China)News Agency
  
• Newspapers
  • China Daily Official Government English Daily Newspaper

Honk Kong

• Hong Kong Dept of Justice The laws of Hong Kong, The Basic Law and glossaries of Legal Terms.
• Hong Kong Legislative Council Site

India

• Supreme Court
• Department of Legal Affairs
• Law Information Centre
• Indian Parliament Home Page: Includes the Indian constitution, parliamentary debates and presidential speeches.

Indonesia

• Indonesian Constitution & Government (Emory University)
• Investment Coordination Board of the Republic of Indonesia

Japan

• Japanlaw Roderick Seeman's Translations
• Japan Window - Government
• Library of Congress Japan Guide
• Japanese Law and Regulation Information Guide

Malaysia

• Malaysian Courts
• Malaysian Parliament Home Page

Singapore

• Official Government Web Site

European Materials

Council of Europe

• The Council of Europe
  • Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly - political interparliamentary body.
  • Council of Europe Development Bank - multilateral development bank with a social vocation offering
    loans and financing to the less advantaged regions of Europe.
  • Council of Europe Publishing - books in international and European law, human rights, environment, and health.
  • Council of Europe Centre on the Council of Europe Academia Istropolitana - in Slovak and English.
  • Council of Europe Anti-Doping Convention - contains a reference list of banned substances.

European Union

• Court of Justice of the European Communities and Court of First Instance
• The European Commission Central Library's database ECLAS
• European Lawyers' Information eXchange & Internet Resource ELIXIR
• European Office of Publications EUR-OP
  • The Electronic Directory of the European Institutions IDEA
• European Commission Legal Advisory Board
• European Court of Human Rights
• European Environment Agency
• European Environmental Laws - by country
• legislation in force, treaties, & ECJ judgments EUR-Lex
• European Parliament
• Legislative Observatory (OEIL) Monitor inter-institutional legislative procedures; search for PE reports.
• European Patent Office
• Eur-Lex European Union Law
• European Union Research from Boston College
• European Union Website
• Guide to European Union Research (Harvard Law School Library)
• Guide to European Legal Databases, Update 5

Albania

• President's home page
• Prime Minister
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Department of Information

Armenia

• President
• Official Website
• National Assembly

Belarus

• Prime Minister
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Council of Ministers

The Czech Republic

• The Government of the Czech Republic
• The Constitutional Court
• Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington
• Charles University the oldest university in central Europe.

Denmark

• Prime Minister's Office
• Royal Danish Consulate General
• Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Danish Immigration Service
• Danish Ministry of Justice

Estonia

• Government of the Republic of Estonia
• The Parliament of Estonia the Riigikogu
• Office of the President
• The Supreme Court
• The Estonian Law Centre
• Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The Estonian Legal Translation Centre
• Tallinn Stock Exchange
• Customs Board
• Statistical Office of Estonia
• Estonian State Web Centre

Finland

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs

France

• Bibliothèque nationale de France: Access to the French national library's catalog.
• Constitution
• Les Pages Zoom: French telephone directory searchable by name and address.
• Faris Law France: Contains links to numerous sites containing French law. Most are in French.
• French Penal Code
English and Spanish versions

Georgia

• Governemnt Web Portal
• President
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Parliament
• Court System

Greece The Hellenic Republic

• The Hellenic Government
• Prime Minister's Office
• The Hellenic Parliament
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Athens News Agency

Historical Europe

• Bibliotheca Augustana
• Roman Law Resources
• Sources on Roman and Civil Law
• Women's Legal Status in Greece and Rome

Hungary

• Government Web Page
• Government Web Portal
• Prime Minister's Office
• A Tour of the Parliament
• English Magyar Translator
• Delegation of the European Commission to Hungary

Iceland

• Government of Iceland
  • Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland
• Althingi's English home page here you will find some basic information about the Icelandic Parliament.
• The Supreme Court of Iceland
• University of Iceland Reykjavík Iceland
• National and University library of Iceland
• Statistics Iceland

Ireland (Eire-Republic of Ireland)

• The Irish Government
• Taoiseach (Prime Minister)
• Attorney General
• Case Law
  • Supreme Court Decisions 1965, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981-
  • High Court Decisions 1933, 1974, 1975, 1979-
  • Competition Authority Decisions 1992-
  • Information Commissioner's Decisions 1998-
• Central Statistics Office
• Bunreacht na hÉireann Irish Constitution, Irish Government official on-line version in PDF
• Parliamentary Debates
• Irish Statute Book
• Acts of the Oireachtas, Achtanna an Oireachtais 1922 - 2003
• Acts of the Oireachtas, AN tOIREACHTAS 1997 - 2004
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• General Register Office
• Irish Law Site
• The Honorable Society of King’s Inns
  • The Bar Council
• The Law Society
• National Archives
• Law Schools
  • Trinity College Dublin School of Law
  • University College Cork Faculty of Law
  • University College Dublin Faculty of Law
  • University of Limerick School of Law
• Municipalities
  • Dublin Corporation - City Government
• Other Irish Link Pages
  • Irish Law sites from the University of Birmingham
    
  • Web Guide to Irish Law
    
  • Irish Law Site Hosted by UCC Law Faculty
    

Ireland (North)

• Northern Ireland Case Law
  • Northern Ireland Court of Appeal Decisions 1998-
  • Northern Ireland High Court Decisions 1998-
• Northern Ireland Assembly
  • Legislation
• Northern Ireland Legislation
  • Northern Ireland Statutes 1495-
• Law Schools
  • Queens University Belfast School of Law
  • University of Ulster School of Law

Jersey Island

• States of Jersey Government
• The Law Officers' Department

Isle of Man

• Isle of Man Government Information Centre

Moldova

• Republic of Moldova Officlal Page
• The Republic of Moldova site
• Moldova Web Direcctory

Poland

• Official Government Website
• President of the Republic
• The Sejm parliament of the Republic
  • The Senate
  • The Constitution of The Republic of Poland

Scotland

• Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Bills in Progress
• Acts of the Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Decisions
  • Scottish Court of Session Decisions 1998-
  • Scottish High Court Decisions 1998-
  • Scottish Sheriff Court Decisions 1998-
• Law Society of Scotland

United Kingdom

• United Kingdom's Executive
  • Number 10 Downing Street Web Page of the Queen's Prime Minister
  • Links to UK Central Government Websites
    • The United Kingdom Passport Service
• England and Wales Case Law
  • Court of Appeal of England and Wales Decisions 1996-
  • High Court of England and Wales Decisions 1996-
• The Privy Council
• Judicial Committee Judgments
• United Kingdom Parliament
  • Acts of Parliament
• Legal Information on the Internet
• UK Official Documents
• Acts of Parliament 1996+
• Statutory Instruments 1997+
• United Kingdom Decisions
  • House of Lords Judgments Nov. 1996+
  • United Kingdom Employment Appeal Tribunal Decisions 1999-
  • United Kingdom Social Security and Child Support Commissioners' Opinions 1995-
• Law Society of England and Wales
• The General Council of the Bar
• Daily Law Notes Index A summary of those cases deemed by our reporters
  and editorial team to be worthy of a fuller treatment
  and inclusion in The Weekly Law Reports.
• The Law Commission for England and Wales
• Farislaw - United Kingdom Judgments 1996+
• UK Law Schools and Law Libraries UK Law Links
• The UK Patent Office, information on patents, trade marks, copyright and intellectual property

• National Assembly for Wales
• Statutory Instruments made by the National Assembly for Wales (full text of all)
• About Wales Legislation
• Links to the Government of Wales Act 1998 and associated delegated legislation

Middle Eastern Materials

Egypt

• The Egyptian Presidency Information about the president, a profile of Egypt, and a news archive.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information about the ministry, foreign policy, and treaties.
• Egypt State Information Service This site links users to the Egypt State Information Service
  and its views on international and Mideast affairs
• Ministry of Foreign Trade An overview of the ministry, social indicators, and details of recent
  changes in economic legislation and decrees.
• Supreme Council of Antiquities The official website for the organization in control of Egypt's ancient treasures.
  Includes news, events, and member information.

Israel

• Government Sites
• Office of the Prime Minister
• The Cabinet
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Central Bureau of Statistics (English)
• Government of Israel News
• The Judicial Authority
• Ports and Railways Authority

Lebanon

• President of Lebanon
• Ministry of Tourism

Palestinian Authority

• Office of the president information on foreign visits, meetings and speeches.
• Ministry of Information press updates, a history of the Palestinians and phone directories for the Palestinian Authority.
• Central Bureau of Statistics demographic and economic information on Palestinians living in disputed lands.
• Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet features background on the Middle East peace process and resources for scholars.
• Palestine Red Crescent Society information on the Palestine Red Crescent Society's medical and disaster relief operations.
• Association for Cultural Exchange Palestinian cultural information, including tours and postcards.

Syria

• Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade

Pacific Materials

American Samoa

• American Samoa Government
• American Samoa Bar Association
• American Samoa Community College

Australia

• The Australasian Legal Information Institute
• The Federal Government of Australia

• Acts and Bills
  • Acts Index
  • Acts and Cases of the Commonwealth of Australia
  • Bills

• Regulations of the Commonwealth of Australia

• Parliamentary Debates (from 1996 onward)

• Australian Courts & Tribunals
  • Australia: Courts and Tribunals: Commonwealth
  • High Court of Australia
  • High Court of Australia - Bulletins
  • Federal Court of Australia

• Australian Ministry of Justice

• Australian Law Schools
  • Australian National University: Faculty of Law
  • University of Melbourne Faculty of Law
  • The University of Melbourne Law Library
  • Murdoch University, Australia - Law School
  • University of New South Wales
  • University of Western Sydney, Nepean School of Law

• Australian Law Societies
  • Law Council of Australia
  • New South Wales
  • The New South Wales Bar Association
  • Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory
  • Bar Association of Queensland
  • Victorian Bar Association
  • Law Institute of Victoria
  • Law Society of South Australia
  • Law Society of Tasmania
  • Law Society of Western Australia

• Australia's telephone directory (White Pages)

Republic of the Marshall Islands

• Constitution of the RMI (Preamble)
• List of RMI Cabinet Members
• List of RMI Nitijela,
  Legislative power resides in the Nitijela,
  the lower house of the Marshall Islands bicameral parliament.
• Embassy to the United States
• Local Government
  • Bikini Atoll Local Government

• Government of Micronesia
• Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia
• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
  • FSM Congress Bills & Laws
• Judicial Branch
• National Agencies
  • National Fisheries Corporation
• Department of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Embassies, Consulates, and Missions
• State of Chuuk
• State of Kosrae
• State of Pohnpei
• State of Yap

New Zealand

• The Government of New Zealand
• Executive and Cabinet
• New Zealand Acts The Acts database can be browsed for free (Acts only not Bills) or searched using Verity Topic for a fee
• The Treaty of Waitangi
• Lawyer's Guide to New Zealand
• Law Society
• Regulations in force
• Government Printer - Legislation
• Parliamentary Committees
• Parliamentary Debates
• Parliament
• Court of Appeal of New Zealand Decisions This database contains selected
  New Zealand Court of Appeal decisions released
  by the Court since 1998.
• Department for Courts
• Ministry of Justice
• The Knowledge Basket - Includes legislation
• The Law Commission
• Securities Commission
• Waikato University Directory of New Zealand Decisions
• Waikato University - Maori Legal Resources
• Waikato University - Directory of New Zealand Law Sites
• Law Schools
  • University of Auckland Faculty of Law
  • University of Canterbury School of Law
  • University of Waikato School of Law
  • Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Law
  • University of Otago Faculty of Law
• Municipalities
  • Auckland City Council
  • Christchurch City Council
  • Napier City Council
  • Wellington City Council

News Materials

News Agencies

• CTK Czech News Agency
• Itar - Tass Russian News Agency
• Xinhua (New China)News Agency

International Newspaper Sites

• China Daily Official Government English Daily Newspaper
• The Financial Times
• The International Herald-Tribune
• The Jerusalem Post
• The London Telegraph
• The London Times
• The Prague Post
• The Prague Business Journal
• The South China Morning Post
• The Straits Times
• Media link to other newspapers
• World Wide News links to more newspapers

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