Electronic copy of the 1996 Constitution of Oman made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution is provided in PDF and is amended up to 2011. There are chapters on the Omani system of government, the rights and duties of citizens, and on the role of the Head of State, the Majlis Oman and the judiciary.
Blog about intellectual property and commercial law in the Gulf states, by English barrister and arbitrator Jane Lambert. Discusses recent cases and other legal developments, events and other matters. A Twitter feed is available.
Country section of WorldLII covering the Sultanate of Oman. Link collections cover Government and Legislation resources on the internet. Stored searches include an option to query all of WorldLII for materials relating to Oman. WorldLII is run by the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney.
This page provides information on the government of Oman and forms part of the Ministry of Information's website. There is an overview of the Omani legal system and an outline of the roles of the Council of Oman (Majlis Oman), the State Council (Majlis al Dawla) and the Consultative Council (Majlis al-Shura). Information is given on the development of the legal system in Oman including the Basic Law of the State, the establishment of a Public Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the courts system.
Website of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council) a trade organisation involving the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. The site provides organisational and background information about the GCC along with details of work achieved in the areas of legal, security, political and military cooperation between its members. The digital library provides access to agreements and regulations of the GCC covering economics, environment, law and patents.
The Middle Eastern Laws section of the AP Consulting website provides basic information and guidance on business law and procedures in Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. AP Consulting is a law firm specialising in Middle Eastern Law with offices in the Middle East and Washington, DC.
Guide to the law and legal research in Oman written by Khalil Mechantaf, a Beirut attorney, updated by Thomas Wigley, a partner at Trowers and Hamlins' Oman office. The guide, which is on New York University's Globalex website, provides background and historical information on Oman and outlines the system of government, the composition of the judiciary and the court system. It includes a list of laws and legal codes.
