Legislation

The Statutes Project

Free online access to historical acts of the English / British / UK parliaments from the thirteenth century onwards, provided by historian John Levin. As well as a searchable collection of digitised statutes, the site includes bibliographies of digitised legislation from the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, former British colonies, France and Russia. It also has a Slavery Law section, with links to British legislation and cases relating to slavery and the slave trade.

Cour Suprême de Guinée

The Supreme Court of Guinea's website has an introduction to the court, lists of hearings for each chamber, news and event information. Also provides a collection of legislation, including codes, laws and the Constitution. The main site is in French, but a limited English version is available.

Assemblée Nationale du Bénin

Website of Benin’s parliament, the Assemblée Nationale. The Présentation section includes the text of the Constitution and the 2019 law reforming it, as well as general information about the history and composition of the assembly. A legislation database is available under ‘Répertoire des lois’. Information about parliamentary proceedings is provided and there are downoadable reports and other publications. The site is in French.

Documenthèque

Database of Beninese laws, decrees, ordinances and other legislation from 1960 onwards, as passed, together with documents issued by the Council of Ministers. Users can search by type of document, date and/or key word. The site is provided by the Secretariat-General of the Government of Benin, in French.

Pakistan Constitution

Electronic copy of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan made freely available online by the Comparative Constitutions Project at the University of Texas at Austin. The Constitution can be viewed in PDF or HTML and is amended up to 2018. There are chapters on fundamental rights, the federation of Pakistan, the judicature and Islamic provisions.

Normativa (Legislation)

Colombian legislation provided by the Presidency's administrative department, DAPRE. Each type of legislation - laws, decrees, directives, and so on - is browseable by year, 2015 onwards; for older instruments, select ‘Normas anteriores’. There is a basic search facility. The page also links to the Diario Oficial (Official Gazette), the SUIN law portal, and information about ‘tutela’ writs. All the content is in Spanish.

Sistema Único de Información Normativa (Unified Legislation Information System)

The main legislation site for Colombia, with the current and previous constitutions, updated codes, and laws from 1864 onwards, as well as court decisions on the validity or constitutionality of legislation. Additional content, available via the home page, includes a browseable collection of codes, constitutions and key statutes (‘Normas Destacadas’) and translations of the Constitution into indigenous languages: Inga, Guambiana, Ikun, Kamentsa, Kubeo, Wayuunaiki and Nasa Yuwe. The site is provided by the Ministry of Justice, in Spanish.

Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica

Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (SCIJ) is a website providing Costa Rican legislation, cases and related material. Its ‘PGR Sinalevi’ database contains legislation from 1821 onwards - laws, decrees, regulations, revised codes and other publications – and decisions of the Supreme Court’s constitutional chamber. The ‘Poder Judicial’ section of the site has a case database covering the Supreme Court (all chambers), appeal courts, family court and some other courts; the ‘Hacienda’ section has tax rulings and related documents.
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