Securities Commission of the Bahamas
The website of the Securities Commission of the Bahamas makes available Bahamian legislation, both primary and secondary, relating to the regulation of financial services. A few cases are also provided.
Bahamas
Bahamas Laws Online
Online editions of statutes and subsidiary legislation of the Bahamas, on the Bahamas Government website. Laws are available as amended to 31 December 2021, together with the original text of legislation enacted after that date. There is a basic search facility and tables and indexes are also provided. A disclaimer states that the legislative texts are for information only.
World Law: Bahamas
Part of WorldLII's Countries service covering the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. A full range of browse and search features are provided. Browsable link collections include materials relating to the Government, Courts and Case Law and Legislation, with specific subject sections dealing with Elections, Intellectual Property and Companies. A stored search will automatically query all of WorldLII for items about the Bahamas.
Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a cooperative legal information initiative led by AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute), providing access to freely available legal materials from all Commonwealth countries. CommonLII contains over 400 databases providing case law, legislation, treaties and law reform reports from more than 50 Commonwealth and common law countries and territories.
Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Website of the Bahamas Court of Appeal. Judgments are available on the site back to about 2003; they can be browsed by date, or searched by case type, title, date and/or number. Information on the organisational structure of the Court and a list of justices past and present are available. Details of the procedures followed for criminal and civil cases are given along with a listing of upcoming cases and the text of the Court of Appeal act and other relevant legislation.
Guide to Caribbean Law Research
Online guide to researching Caribbean law, by Yemisi Dina, Chief Law Librarian at Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Canada. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, the guide covers all the dependent and independent Caribbean states. It describes their legal and court systems, sources of legislation and law reports. Key law journals and textbooks are listed, along with online sources. There are also details of legal abbreviations and legal education.
Caribbean Law Project
The Caribbean Law Project provides access to the legal materials of Caribbean countries via CommonLII, the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. The collection includes databases of cases and legislation from: Anguilla; Antigua & Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; St Kitts & Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent & the Grenadines; Trinidad & Tobago. It is also possible to search external legal websites listed on the catalogue pages of each of the Caribbean jurisdictions.