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Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement: République Algérienne Démocratique et populaire

Official Algerian website, which aims to publish the Constitution and the Journal Officiel (official journal) of Algeria. The site has a profile of the Secretary General and background on the stucture and functions of the General Secretariat. The Journal Officiel is available in PDF format for recent years, and users can choose the month and date they wish to display. A copy of the Constitution and other legislation are also made available on the site along with a page of links to related Algerian government sites.

Researching South African law

Online guide to researching South African law written by Amanda Barratt and Pamela Snyman who are law librarians at the University of Cape Town Law Library. The guide has been updated by Redson Kapindu who is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Johannesburg. The guide was published in 2005 and updated in 2018 on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The authors give background and historical information to the structure of the state including the Constitution, Parliament and judicial system.

Infolegis: Pesquisa Juridica no Brasil

Website produced by Edilenice Passos, who works with the Federal Senate Consultancy Staff in Brazil. Infolegis is a free website presenting a selection of Brazilian laws translated into English; these are not official translations. A link is given to an English version of the Brazilian Constitution; other translated laws included on the site cover banking, leasing, intellectual property rights and arbitration. There is an alphabetical list of Brazilian law by topics, including guidance to the law and links to relevant agencies.

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova

Official Website of the Moldavian Constitutional Court which was established in 1995. The Court is an independent body whose purpose is to guarantee the supremacy of the Constitution. The site provides details of the structure of the court and its role and functions. There are HTML versions of the Moldavian Constitution and Constitutional Jurisdiction Code and profiles of the judges currently serving at the Court. Sections of the site (including decisions and details of Court sessions) are still under construction. The site is available in English, Romanian, Russian and French.

Constitution of Romania

An online version of the 1991 Romanian Constitution (amended to 2003) made freely available in English by International Constitutional Law (ICL) at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The Constitution includes sections on fundamental rights and freedoms, the role of the President, the passing of legislation and the organisation and functions of Parliament, the Government, judicial authority, the Constitutional Court, local government, armed forces and the police. The Constitution can be viewed in HTML.

Constitutional Court of Romania

Official website of the Constitutional Court of Romania. The site has background information on the establishment of the Romanian Constitution and Constitutional Court. Details are provided covering the Court's function and composition (including profiles of its members), information on the work of the court and a statistical breakdown of its rulings and decisions. Selected decisions of the Court are available in full text PDF on a yearly basis from 1992 onwards to date. The site also has a copy of the Romanian Constitution and online versions of related legislation.

American Samoa Bar Association

Website of the American Samoa Bar Association. The 'Legal Resources' section of the website has freely available HTML versions of the American Samoa Constitution, the American Samoa Code and an alphabetical listing of High Court cases which link to the full-text. There is an online law Digest of American Samoa arranged by subject along with a copy of the 'Rules of Court of the Judiciary of American Samoa'. Each of these sections has a search facility.

Kingdom of Morocco - Ministry of Justice

Website of the Moroccan Ministry of Justice. The site publishes information about the Ministry and its work It outlines the administration of justice in Morocco and gives details of the court system, including statistics and a directory of courts and tribunals. The site also makes available the Moroccan Constitution, treaties and key legislation including the Family Code and the Commercial Code, all in French. The site interface is available in French, Arabic and English.

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