Legislation

Banking laws of Slovenia

This collection of banking laws and regulations is made freely available online by the Bank of Slovenia (the central bank of the Republic of Slovenia). There is legislation covering banking supervision, banknotes and coins, foreign exchange, monetary policy, money laundering and payment services and systems. The site can be viewed in English and Slovenian and most of the legislation is provided in English. Documents can be downloaded in full text in PDF.

Laws of South Africa

Website providing consolidated South African legislation. The site is compiled and made freely available by the Oliver R Tambo Law Library at the University of Pretoria in partnership with SAFLII (Southern African Legal Information Institute). The database can be searched or browsed, and offers both current and historical versions of acts in PDF format. There is a separate listing of legislation currently in force.

Laws of Malaysia

A collection of laws in the Laws of Malaysia series, a compilation and reprint of laws published in volume form pursuant to Section 14A of the Revision of Laws Act 1968. It is the only official and authoritative publication of the laws of Malaysia. The LOM series incorporates all principal laws of Malaysia enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 laws which have been revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision. This resource is provided by the website of the Attorney General’s Chambers. The website can be viewed in Bahasa Malaysia and the text of most laws is available in both languages.

Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

The Grand National Assembly's website has information in English and Turkish on the law-making process in Turkey, including introduction of bills, committee deliberation, budgetary process, ratification of international treaties and publication of laws. It also provides English translations of key documents including the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye and the assembly's  Rules of Procedure. Content in Turkish only includes the verbatim report of proceedings, a legislation database and a database of assembly resolutions. 

Dutch Civil Law (DCL)

English-language site provided by Dutch lawyer Hendri Goossens, who specialises in contract law and private international law. It describes the Dutch legal system and the foundations and principles of Dutch law generally. The Legislation page provides unofficial English translations of the Civil Code, parts of the Civil Procedure Code, several acts, the Constitution and various conventions. The site also has information about jurisdiction, the enforcement of judgments and the conflict of laws.

Nederlandse Grondwet

This website gives an overview of the development of the Dutch Constitution, from the late eighteenth century to the present day, and provides information about pending changes. It includes translations of the current Constitution into English, French, German and Spanish, but most of the content is in Dutch. To find the translations, keep clicking on the links under each article of the current Constitution (‘Huidige Grondwet’).

Database of Federal Statute Names

Free database of popular names of US federal statutes, compiled by Yale’s Lillian Goldman Law Library. The main focus is on names which do not communicate clearly the subject of the legislation, for example the ‘Rankin Act’ and the ‘Serve America Act’. For each statute, the official citations and short title (if any) are given. Each statute title is categorised using the following list of types: Sponsor, Description, Honor, Case, Tribe, Victim, Political Description, Location, Undefined, Award, Abbreviation, Acrostic, Private Law, Institution.

Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China [Taiwan]

Database of Taiwanese updated legislation translated into English, provided by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The legislation consists of acts, regulations and directions and includes early instruments such as the Land Act of 1930 (as amended); to display the full text of an instrument, click on ‘Article Content’. Taiwanese treaties are available on this website too, from about 1950 onwards; a large proportion are in English, but many of the earlier ones (roughly 1950s to 1970s) have not been translated.

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