Website of MERCOSUR, the Southern Common Market, a South American trading bloc which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and Bolivia. The Treaty of Asunción 1991 and the Protocol of Ouro Preto 1994, the establishing treaties, are given on the site along with documents of MERCOSUR bodies - meeting minutes, reports, regulations and trade statistics. The site can be viewed in Spanish, Portuguese and English although information in English is limited.
This part of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) site provides information on the legal frameworks for nuclear activities in OECD and NEA member and partner countries. Country profiles cover a range of topics including the regulatory regime, regulatory authorities and advisory bodies. There is information on nuclear installations, radioactive waste management, radioactive substances and equipment, non-proliferation and transport. Links are given to primary legislation and to other NEA publications. The NEA is part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Online article providing an introduction to judicial power and the court systems in Latin America written by Gloria Orrego Hoyos who is Professor of Law and Legal Research at the Universidad de San Andrés and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. The guide was published in 2021 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author provides an overview to judicial power in the region, the constitutional courts and the court system in each country along with links to relevant resources.
Gateway to all the Argentinian official gazettes: the gazettes of the Republic of Argentina, the Federal District of Buenos Aires (Ciudad de Buenos Aires) and the twenty-three Argentinian provinces (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego and Tucuman).The government of each of these jurisdictions has its own official gazettes, in it publishes legislation and other official material.
The Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (Official Gazette of Argentina) is available free of charge on this website from the 1890s to the present. The Boletin publishes legislation, government notices, company information, tenders and internet domain name registrations. It can be browsed by date, or searched.
Article explaining the writ of Amparo, a form of protection of individual human rights used in Latin American jurisdictions. The article was written by Gloria Orrego Hoyos who is the Legal Reference Librarian and Professor of Law and Legal Research at the Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires. The article was published in 2013 (and updated in 2023) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.
The Asociacion de Abogados de Buenos Aires represents the legal profession of Buenos Aires and is one of the most important professional legal Associations in South America. Its role focuses on the administration of justice, the enforcement of different areas of law and the training of its members. It is supported by many different committees which represent a wide range of subject areas. There is a programme of courses and professional activities for members. Its website includes a library of documents relating to the work of the association, in Spanish only.
An Argentinian private association which promotes the study of the Catholic Church's canon law. It website provides a collection of relevant documents, including versions of the Codes of Canon Law from different jurisdictions. The texts are in Spanish only and are presented in Word or PDF format. The site also hosts a digital library of full-text documents which can be searched by author and subject area.
Site of the Argentine Congress, which consists of the “Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación” (Chamber of Deputies) and the “Honorable Cámara de Senadores” (Chamber of Senates). The site is divided into two parts, for the two Chambers but the content of the sections is similar. It provides background information about the structure and political make up and about the various Committees. It gives full-text access to a wide range of Government documents; these are mostly in Spanish, but the Constitution is available in English translation. Documents to download are in PDF format.
InfoLeg provides a database of Argentina's national laws as well as national and provincial codes and constitutions. It also provides links to provincial government websites and other official sites. InfoLeg is run by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.
