Palau

Palau laws

Forming part of the PACLII website, this webpage provides links to limited sources of Palau law, including cases from the Supreme Court of Palau from 2008 through to present day, selected consolidated legislation, indexes to legislation, and the constitution of Palau.

Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute

The Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII) provides free internet access to legislation and cases for jurisdictions in the South Pacific. Islands covered by the service include American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. A site search form allows specific database selection and query with boolean functionality.

Pacific Islands Treaty Series

A Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII) resource containing bilateral and multilateral treaties affecting Pacific Island countries and last updated in 2009. The interface is available in English or French. Under "Other Resources", there is background information about each country and details of treaty-making procedures, along with a glossary of treaty terms. PacLII is a joint initiative involving the University of the South Pacific and the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

Pacific Legal Gateway

The Pacific Legal Gateway is a PacLII project providing access to Pacific legal material. Its regional law collections include cases from the High Court of the Western Pacific, an index to Pacific islands cases published in Law Reports of the Commonwealth between 1980 and 2003, other cases from the region, and Western Pacific legislation 1884 to 1925. The gateway also includes several journals, a bibliography of law in the Pacific, details of law-related conferences and networks, links to legal news sources, legal dictionaries and other content.

Republic of Palau

Website of the government of the Pacific island of Palau, with information about the executive and judicial branches; a section for the legislative branch was under construction at the time of writing (May 2023). Some of the government department pages provide official forms and other publications. The site also has a Documents section which includes Presidential proclamations and directives, bills, executive orders and press releases.

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