Guyana

Bar Association of Guyana

Website of the Bar Association of Guyana, the body representing Attorneys-at-Law in Guyana. The site includes contact details of members that can be searched or browsed alphabetically. News items and annual reports are also made available electronically on the site. Parts of the site are restricted to members only.

Constitution of Guyana

Electronic copy of the 1980 Constitution of Guyana made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution can be viewed in PDF or HTML and is amended up to 2016. There are chapters covering the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, the role of parliament, the president, executive, judiciary and local government.

Laws of Guyana

Consolidated laws of Guyana, arranged by subject, on the website of the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Amendments are listed on the first page of each act as well as being incorporated into the text. A search facility is provided.

Guyana Law and Legal Research

Online guide to the legal system of Guyana written by Errol A. Adams who is Reference and Scholarly Services Librarian at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University in New York. The guide was published in 2020 (and updated in 2025) 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 background and historical information on Guyana and highlights the legal resources available for researching Guyanese law.

Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Official site of the Parliament of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Provides background information about the instituion's history and structure and about political parties. Sections on chamber business and publications cover information about the progress of bills and provide the full text of Speakers’ Rulings, Resolutions and the Constitution; these are mainly in pdf format. A separate media section covers the texts of press releases, speeches in the National Assembly and links to international organisations.

World Law: Guyana

Section of WorldLII's Countries service covering the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Browse and search features are provided. Link collections include materials relating to Government, Legislation and Parliament with specific subject sections dealing with Foreign Investment. A stored search will automatically query all of WorldLII for items about Guyana. The WorldLII service is run from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII).

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