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Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance: Legal Framework

This section of the Timor-Leste Ministry of Finance website provides access to the laws outlining the structure and responsibilities of the Ministry. The laws are available to download in full text in English, Portuguese and Tetum. The Ministry also drafts laws dealing with customs, taxation and procurement issues and Timor-Leste laws covering these areas are also provided on the site.

Timor-Leste: Older legislation

This section of the Timor-Leste Courts website provides access to older laws which are no longer in effect in Timor-Leste. The Official Bulletin of Timor (Boletim Oficial de Timor), which publishes legislation and other official documents, is available from 1883 to 1975 (in Portuguese). The Portuguese Civil Code of 1867 is also provided, again in Portuguese, together with the Indonesian Penal Code in English and Indonesian.

Timor-Leste Official Journal

The Timor-Leste Official Journal ((Jornal da Republica) is available on the website of the East Timorese Ministry of Justice from 2002 onwards. The Journal publishes East Timorese legislation and other official material, in Portuguese. The website also has the East Timorese Constitution in Portuguese and Tetum.

Ministry of Welfare: Legislation

Collection of Icelandic legislation translated into English, on the website of Iceland’s Ministry of Welfare. About fifty acts and numerous regulations are available, in pdf format, with amendments; topics include employment, equality, health, housing, welfare and social security. A disclaimer warns that the translations are provided for information only.

Travel Law Quarterly

Website of Travel Law Quarterly (TLQ) which is published by the Leisure Industries Section of the International Bar Association. TLQ is aimed at travel industry professionals, lawyers and students and covers topics such as “travel agency, tour operations, cruise law, air law, timeshare, hotel law as well as the regulation and licensing of the travel industry”. The full journal is available by subscription but TLQ Online, which provides additional content, is freely available on the website.

IP Dragon

Edited by Dr. Danny Friedmann, a Hong Kong-based academic, this blog features commentary and information on intellectual property law in China. Includes a set of links to IP laws, regulations and court decisions from China , Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Researching Applicable Law in Wales – What is Unique in Wales?

Online guide to the law in Wales written by Dr. Catrin Fflur Huws who is lecturer and Director of the Centre for Welsh Legal Affairs in the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University and Lillian Stevenson who is Academic Services Manager and Law Librarian at Aberystwyth University. The guide was published in 2012 (and updated in 2024) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Government of Antigua and Barbuda

This is the official website of the government of Antigua and Barbuda. The site contains general information on the structure of different areas of government, as well as the text of the Constitution. Its also makes available also provides a link to PDF files of all the country’s current bills and acts as well as a legislative glossary and statutory instruments. Also available are legal forms for various applications and licenses.

African Online Library on Law and Governance

Large free collection of African law materials, including constitutions, legislation, treaties, court decisions, journal articles and some books, together with a news service and networking opportunities. Registration is required, but there is no charge. The Library can be browsed by country, organisation, or journal title, and there are simple and advanced search facilities. For each country, there is a brief description of the legal system, a list of intergovernmental organisations in which it participates and other information.

Maldives Department of Information

The official website of the Department of Information in the Republic of Maldives (part of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture), formally the Ministry of Legal Reform, Information and Arts. The Downloads section contains links to PDFs of law and regulations, mainly relating to information and media but including the country’s constitution. Most documents are in Dhiveti, but the constitution is in English.

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