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Botswana
Republic of Botswana

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

Constitution

  • Constitution of Botswana (Botswana Embassy) March 1965, effective 30 September 1966, amended in 2002
  • Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

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Executive

  • President
  • Government
  • Attorney General

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Judicial

  • COURTS: High Court; Court of Appeal

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Parliament, consisting of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi [House of Chiefs] and the National Assembly
  • NATLEX: Botswana (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • Bank of Botswana (Botswana Bank) includes bank acts and regulations

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Legal Guides

  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Botswana (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • Botswana's Legal System and Legal Research (Lubabalo Booi, via GlobaLex) October 2006
  • Natural Resources Legislation: Botswana (University of Denver College of Law)
  • Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex) June 2006
  • World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Botswana (IFLA/Germany Bundestag)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Botswana (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Africa: Botswana (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Portals to the World: Botswana (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Botswana (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Botswana (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Botswana (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Botswana (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Botswana (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Governments on the WWW: Botswana (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Botswana (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Botswana (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: Botswana National Library Service - information (IFLA)
  • NEWS: BBC World Africa
  • U.S. Embassy, Gaborone (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Botswana (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Botswana (Google); Botswana (Stanford University); Botswana (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Botswana (Columbia University)

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