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Supreme Court of Jamaica

The official website of the Supreme Court of Jamaica provides court listings, a judgments database (mainly cases from 1997 onwards), forms, court rules, practice directions, the Judicature (Supreme Court) Act and the Jamaica Sentencing Guidelines. It also has statistics, news and other information.

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.

Jamaican Bar Association

The Jamaican Bar Association (JBA) is a voluntary body representing Jamaican attorneys-at-law. Its website includes information about the JBA and its sub-committees, news and events information. The Resources section provides seminar papers, practice directions, newsletters and other material.
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