caribbean
Constitutions of the Republic of Cuba
Online collection of constitutional documents for Cuba, made freely available on the Political Database of the Americas hosted by Georgetown University in the United States. Includes the 1940 Constitution, the 1976 Constitution, the 1976 Constitution with 1992 reforms and the Constitutional amendments of 2002, all in Spanish. The Political Database of the Americas can be viewed in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Website of the Bahamas Court of Appeal. Judgments are available on the site back to about 2003; they can be browsed by date, or searched by case type, title, date and/or number. Information on the organisational structure of the Court and a list of justices past and present are available. Details of the procedures followed for criminal and civil cases are given along with a listing of upcoming cases and the text of the Court of Appeal act and other relevant legislation.
Jamaican Ministry of Justice
Official Website of the Ministry of Justice in Jamaica. The site provides background information, an organisation chart and contact details for the different agencies and departments of the Ministry including the Administrator-General's Department, the Dispute Resolution Foundation and the Legal Aid Council. There is a guide to the Jamaican court system and an online copy of the most recent annual Court Report. The Laws of Jamaica can also be searched or browsed on the site.
University of West Indies Legal Resources
Website of legal links provided by the Law Library at the University of West Indies in Barbados. Resources are focused on the Caribbean but also include links to sites dealing with international law and organisations, human rights, European union and environmental law. The site includes links to subscription sites.
Guide to Caribbean Law Research
Online guide to researching Caribbean law written by Yemisi Dina who is Head of Public Services at the Osgoode Hall Law Library, York University, Ontario in Canada. The guide is published 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 covers all the dependent and independent Caribbean states describing their legal and court systems, sources of legislation and law reports.