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Parliament of Namibia

Official website of the Namibian Parliament which is made up of the National Assembly and the National Council. The site provides history and background information to the government and legal system of Namibia. The functions of Parliament and an events calendar are given. There is a full-text copy of the Constitution and legislation from 1990 onwards can be viewed on the site in PDF.

Adoption and Child Welfare LawSite

The Adoption and Child Welfare LawSite is hosted by the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy at Capital University Law School in the United States. The aim of the Center is to improve child protection laws in the U.S. through research, advocacy and education. The site is a free online resource providing access to state and federal child welfare and adoption laws and cases. Information can be searched or browsed by state and document type including cases, statutes, articles and regulations. There is a page of links to related bodies and individual state court Websites.

Essential issues of the Peruvian legal system

Online guide to the Peruvian legal system written by Sergio Endress Gómez who is a tax lawyer and Professor of Taxation and Trial Taxation at the School of Law of the Universidad de Chile and Milagros Bustillos Pinto who is a partner at Peruvian law firm Hernández & Cía. Abogados. The guide was published in 2006, and updated in 2014, on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law.

Lawphil

Lawphil is a project of the Arellano Law Foundation in the Philippines. The project aims to make available online all Philippine laws, statutes, case law, presidential decrees and other legal materials. The site currently provides selected Philippine legislation from 1900 onwards some in full text and includes full text copies of the 1987, 1973, 1935 and 1899 Malolos Constitutions. Full text legal decisions are given from 1910 onwards and can be browsed by year or searched using the site's search engine.

Legal Assistance Centre

Website of the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) which is based in Namibia and describes itself as a "public interest law centre that is committed to creating a human rights culture and promoting access to justice in Namibia". Work at the Centre includes litigation and advice, training, research and advocacy. There is information on LAC's project work which includes the AIDS Law Unit, Medical Negligence, Gender Research and Advocacy, the Human Rights and Constitutional Unit, the Child Justice Project and the Land, Environment and Development Project.

NAMLEX- Index to the Laws of Namibia

Website providing access to NAMLEX the Index to the Laws of Namibia along with a number of individual full-text (PDF) Namibian laws. NAMLEX is published by the Legal Assistance Centre of Namibia and this page forms part of the LAC Website. The document is provided as a PDF file and contains an alphabetical listing of statutes, an index of subject terms and a brief legal history of Namibia. Each individual entry contains the title of the statute, a brief summary and a list of amendments, regulations and cases relating to the statute.

Researching the Armenian Legal System

Online guide to finding Armenian legal information written by Sergey Arakelyan who is Scientific Secretary of the Yerevan State University and Anna Margaryan who is Director of the Law Library at the Yerevan State University. The guide was published in 2006 (and updated by Lyudvik Davtyan and Pavlik Poladyanon in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School at the New York University School of Law.

Armenian legislation

Collection of full text laws of Armenia made freely available on the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia website. The laws can be browsed alphabetically or by subject and are provided in full text in English. Subject areas covered on the site include civil and criminal legislation, taxation, banking and finance, housing, family law, health care, social security, foreign policy and international relations law. A copy of the Constitution is included on the site along with the Civil Code and the Criminal Code.

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia

Official website of the Constitutional Court of Armenia. The site includes the full text of the Armenian Constitution and the Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Constitutional Court. There is a list of Court members and references are given to decisions from 1996 onwards. A few decisions can be viewed in full. There is an e-library of legal materials, including reports, articles and documents, provided on the site in Russian, Armenian and French. A small number of documents can be viewed in English. The site can be viewed in Russian, English and Armenian.

Mexican Senate

Official website of the Mexican Senate (Parliament) providing access to information on the members of the Senate and its political make up. Copies of the Parliamentary Gazette can be viewed on the site along with full text laws and decrees of the Senate. There is background information on the structure, organisation and history of the Senate, an outline of the legislative process and details of parliamentary committees. Most of the site including any full-text documentation is presented in Spanish. A few pages are made available in English.

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