Dominican Republic

Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic

Official website of the Dominican Constitutional Court. The site gives information about the Court and its members, news items and full text judgements back to 2012. The Constitution and other laws governing the Court can also be found here. Copies of the Dominican Journal of Constitutional Law, published by the Court, can be viewed along with information about the work of the Center for Constitutional Studies, a research and training body set up to support the work of the Court. The site can be viewed in Spanish only.

Judiciary of the Dominican Republic

The Judiciary website provides information on the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) the highest court in the Dominican Republic and the Council of the Judiciary which is the body responsible for judicial administration and discipline. There are profiles of the judges for both bodies along with judgements of the SCJ and decisions of the Council. The Dominican Constitution and legislation governing the judiciary are also available. The site can be viewed in Spanish only.

National School of the Judiciary of the Dominican Republic

Website of the National School of the Judiciary which is responsible for providing training to members of the judiciary in the Dominican Republic. There are details of training programmes, news items and webinars which are free to view. The site also has a virtual library providing free access to legislation and decisions of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court. An online archive (1977 to 2015) of the legal journal Revista de Ciencias Juridicas is also given in full text. The site can be viewed in Spanish only.

Constitutions of the Dominican Republic

This site contains the Constitutions of the Dominican Republic from 1994, 2002, and 2010. These documents have been made publicly available online by the Political Database of the Americas, hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University. This website can be viewed in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The constitutions of the Dominican Republic are provided in Spanish only and contain sections on the rights of individuals, citizenship, the judiciary, and the legislative and executive branches of the government

Guide to legal research in the Dominican Republic

Online guide to the law and legal materials of the Dominican Republic written by Marisol Florén-Romero who is Assistant Director for Library Services and Foreign & International Law Librarian at Florida International University. The guide was published in 2007 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The guide provides background information on the history and legal system of the Dominican Republic.

Basic Primary and Secondary Information Online Sources for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the United States Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic (CAFTA-DR) Research

Online guide to researching NAFTA and CAFTA-DR written by retired law librarian Francisco A. Avalos and Maureen Garmon, Faculty Services Librarian at Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona. Published on New York University's Globalex website, the guide covers the principal agreements, related agreements, NAFTA and CAFTA institutions, channels for the settlement of disputes and implementation acts. Links are given to other research guides, government websites, newsletters, journals and reports.

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