Electronic copy of the 1994 Constitution of Malawi (updated to 2017) made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution is provided in PDF and includes chapters on fundamental principles and human rights and the role of the executive, legislature and judiciary.
The Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Database provides free access to legal materials dealing with SGBV in 14 African countries. It is a project of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and an extension of the African Human Rights Case Law Analyzer. The laws and cases can be searched by keyword, browsed by country and viewed in full text. The site can be viewed in English, French and Arabic.
The Malawi Legal Information Institute (MalawiLII) provides free online access to Malawian legal information. In particular MalawiLII offers full-text versions of legislation and judgments from the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, The High Court and the Industrial Relations Court. MalawiLII is a member of the Free Access to Law Movement (FALM), an international voluntary association of legal information institutes committed to providing free access to law.
The African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII) makes available treaties, cases, resolutions, decisions, reports and other publications of African regional organisations. It also provides access to legislation and cases from 16 African countries, via its search facility. The home page has links to regional and national African websites. AfricanLII is a project of the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU) at the University of Cape Town law faculty.
Database of constitutions and constitutional documents of African countries, provided by the University of Konstanz. The contents can be searched or browsed by jurisdiction. The database was been compiled by Katharina Holzinger, Florian Kern and Daniela Kromrey of the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Documents are provided in the original language; some historical versions are available as well as recent texts. Most can be downloaded and/or accessed via links to other websites.
Links to legal materials for Malawi presented on WorldLII's Countries service. Link collections provide access to materials relating to Malawi's Government, Courts and Case law and Law Reform. A stored search will automatically search for materials relating to Malawi on all of WorldLII. WorldLII is run by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.
A CommonLII database containing decisions from the Industrial Relations Court of Malawi. Decisions are available from 2000 to 2007 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. Decisions are also available from the Industrial Relations Court and a link is given to their 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.
This is the official website of the Government of Malawi. It provides a gateway to government news and information on the various government departments. There is information on the Malawi National Assembly and its members along with links to recent government publications and statistics.
Guide to the legal system and materials of Malawi, by Redson Kapindu of the South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law (SAIFAC). Last updated in 2014, the guide is on New York University's Globalex website. It gives background information about the history and political system in Malawi and explains the political and legal systems. The author also covers the sources of law including the Constitution, legislation, common law, customary law, religious law and international law.
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre began as a joint initiative between the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA). It works to foster human rights, democracy, the rule of law and access to justice in the region by means of advocacy, litigation, training and capacity building. The Centre's website has information about its cases, together with reports, briefings, statements, articles and news. The content can be browsed by topic or by country.
