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Sistema Argentino de Informatica Juridica

Website containing the official Argentinian Government database of legislation and legal resources. Provides the Constitution of Argentina, provincial constitutions, codes, national and provincial decrees, judgments of the Supreme Court, federal, national and provincial courts. There is also a large collection of journal articles and other commentary (under 'Doctrina'), as well as decisions and resolutions relating to Mercosur (the Southern common market).

Trade Issues : Trade in services

Web pages presented and maintained by the European Commission's Directorate General for Trade in order to help service providers in the EU to operate around the world. Includes substantial information about EU participation in the WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and some details of it activities regarding regional and bilateral agreements. There is a page devoted to relevant legislation, reports and other publications; another page covers e-commerce and services.

Documenting a Democracy: Australia's Story

A key resource for political historians. This site has been created by the National Archives of Australia to provide access to over 100 documents which trace the development of democratic government in Australia. It includes the full-text of sets of constitutional documents, from each of the eight states, land laws and civil rights legislation recognising the rights of the indigenous Aborigine peoples. Also provided is a timeline of Australian constitutional history and a glossary of key terms.

Service Central de Législation

Website of the Luxembourg official legislation publisher. As well as publishing the Mémorial (official gazette and legislation), the Service has published the Constitution of Luxembourg and the human rights legislation in force in Luxembourg, and both of these are available on this site in PDF, in French. The Service's annual reports (Rapports d'acitivité) are available from 1999 onwards. These include chapters on the legislative process in Luxembourg, statistics on laws passed, and the Service's publications programme for that year.

Eesti Pank: the Bank of Estonia

The Bank of Estonia has a remit to maintain the value of the Estonian currency (the Kroon) and to support and improve the Estonian banking and financial system. The site and its contents are available in Estonian and English and presents general information on the Bank, its monetary policies, mission, and press releases, and the Estonian banking system. Many statistical indicators and reports are included, on banking, investment and the economy. The legislation section includes the full-text of Estonian laws, decrees and regulations on banking and finance, from the 1990s.

Legal Acts of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

These full-text legislative documents are presented on the website of the Seimas (Assembly) of the Republic of Lithuania and include the Constitution, the Statute of the Seimas and a database of Lithuanian legislation. The Constitution is presented in English but other legislation is available in Lithuanian only. The database of Lithuanian legislation is searchable by institution, by language, title words or keywords. The site can be viewed in English and Lithuanian.

Thai Industrial Standards Institute

Website of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, the national standards body for Thailand. The Institute was established in 1968 under the Industrial Product Standards Act B.E. 2511 (1968). The full-texts of the Act and various ministerial regulations are available in HTML, in both Thai and English. The Institute develops, disseminates and promotes national standards in industry in Thailand, and participates in international standards organisations and programmes.

Statutes of Yukon

The consolidated Statutes of Yukon (Canada) and the regulations made under them, on the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) website. The page has a link to the main Yukon page of CanLII, which covers the Annual Statutes (legislation as passed) and Consolidated Regulations as well as the consolidated statutes and Yukon court decisions.

Nova Scotia Statutes

The legislation section of the official website of the Government of Nova Scotia provides access to Nova Scotia statutes consolidated to June 2008. The statutes can be browsed by title and viewed in full text HTML. Statutes can be searched using a keyword search facility. A link is given to all statutes in force and not in force from the 1995-96 session onwards.

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