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An Introduction to Venezuelan governmental institutions and primary legal sources

Online guide to government and primary legal materials of Venezuela written by Luis Bergolla a J.S.D. candidate Stanford Law School and Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law. The guide was published in 2006 (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 provides background information to Venezuela and descriptions of the various forms of government including the executive, legislative, judicial, citizen and electoral powers.

Japanese Law Translation

Website provided by the Japanese Ministry of Justice, offering unofficial English translations of Japanese legislation. Translated laws can be searched by title, keyword or number or browsed by subject or government department. The texts can be viewed with the Japanese and English versions side by side. The site also has a Japanese-English dictionary and links to Japanese government agencies and other law sites.

Legifrance

Legifrance is the official French law website. The contents include the Constitution and individual laws in force (under 'Textes consolidés'); more than 70 codes; the Journal Officiel from 1869 onwards, cases, draft laws and other parliamentary material (under 'Dossiers legislatifs'). The site, which is entirely in French, can be browsed by type of material, and basic and advanced search facilities are available.  

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