Brunei Darussalam

World Law: Brunei

Links to legal materials and law related Internet resources for the Brunei Darussalam presented on WorldLII's World Law Index and Search Service. Link collections provide access to sites dealing with Brunei's Courts, Government, Legislation, and Treaties and International Agreements, supported by a saved search to automatically query all of World Law for materials relating to Brunei. A limited area search engine offers high focus searches of selected remote sites. Site help and on screen translation facilities are also available.

High Court of Brunei Decisions

A CommonLII database containing selected decisions of the High Court of Brunei. Decisions are available from 1987 to 1997 and can be viewed using the system's comprehensive search facility, case name search or alphabetical browse list. Full text documents are presented in HTML. A link is given to the High Court of Brunei Website. The Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII) is a collaborative service providing free access to primary legal materials from Commonwealth and common law countries and territories.

Judiciary of Brunei Darussalam

The website of the Brunei Judiciary provides background information on the structure, aims, mission and history of the courts in Brunei Darussalam. The roles of the Supreme Court, the Subordinate Courts, the Intermediate Courts and the Bankruptcy and Probate Offices are outlined and cause lists provided. Case statistics for the various courts are given along with a page of contact details for law firms based in Brunei. The site can be viewed in English and Malay.

Attorney General's Chambers (Brunei)

Website of the Attorney General of Brunei Darussalam, the principal legal advisor to the government. Provides background information on the role of the Attorney General and a list of all holders of the post back to 1959. Outline information on the divisions of the Attorney General's Chambers dealing with civil law, criminal law and legislative drafting is also given. Selected laws of Brunei are available on the site in PDF format.

Legal system in Brunei Darussalam

Online version of a chapter from "ASEAN Legal Systems" produced by the ASEAN Law Association. Provides historical background and covers sources of law, the governmental and court systems, criminal and civil procedures and information relating to the legal profession and legal education in Brunei. Other chapters currently available online describe the legal systems in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam.

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