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The Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources

Constitution

  • Bahamas Constitution, 1973 (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) in English
  • International Constitutional Law: Bahamas Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

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Executive

  • Government
  • The Prime Minister - includes Governor; Prime Minister
  • Bahamas: Executive Institutions / Instituciones Ejecutivas (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)

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Judicial

  • Judiciary Branch - Supreme Court

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Parliament, consisting of the Senate and the House of Assembly
  • Laws and Acts (Commonwealth of the Bahamas)
  • NATLEX: The Bahamas (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Bahamas (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • ForIntLaw: Bahamas (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Caribbean Law Research (Yemisi Dina via GlobaLex) February 2007
  • World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Bahamas (Germany Bundestag)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Bahamas (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from North America: Bahamas (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean (Library of Congress) includes the Bahamas; November 1987
  • Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
  • Portals to the World: Bahamas (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: The Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Bahamas (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: The Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Governments on the WWW: Bahamas (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Bahamas (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NEWS: BBC World Americas
  • U.S. Embassy, Nassau (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: The Bahamas (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Bahamas (Google); Bahamas (Yahoo); WWW-VL Latin American Studies: Bahamas (University of Texas, Austin)

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