Online guide to Bolivian legal materials written by Mauricio Ipiña Nagel who is a founding partner of Ipiña Nagel Abogados in La Paz, Republic of Bolivia. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2022) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The author focuses on key aspects of the Constitution and the organisation of government outlining the role of the executive, legislative, electoral and judicial branches. Further information is provided on the judicial branch explaining the structure of the courts including the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the district courts. Background information is given on the Criminal Code, the Civil Code and on commercial and family law. There is guidance and links to Bolivian primary and secondary legal materials along with links to Bolivian government, courts and bar associations' sites.
Bolivian legal system and legal research
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