El Salvador

Title Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador

This the official website of the Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. The site is available in Spanish only and contains information about the history, composition, and role of the Assembly, and its 84 elected deputies. Full-text access is available to the Constitution of 1983, in addition to other legislative documents such as laws and decrees, all in PDF format.

Constitution of El Salvador

An online collection of constitutional documents from El Salvador, available in the Political Database of the Americas, hosted by Georgetown University in the United States. This website can be viewed in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. A full-text version of the Constitution of 1983 is provided, incorporating reforms from 2000, 2003 and 2009, and constitutional amendments from 1991 and 1992. The Constitution is provided in Spanish and contains sections on the rights of individuals, and the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the government.

Guide to legal research in El Salvador

Online guide to the law and legal materials of El Salvador, by Oscar Samour, a partner at Consortium Legal. Published on New York University's Globalex website and updated periodically, it gives an introduction to El Salvador and its legal and governmental systems. There are sections dealing with the Constitution, the executive, the judiciary, the court system and the Legislative Assembly. The guide also covers sources of El Salvador law, including legislation and international treaties.

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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