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Finland
Republic of Finland
Suomen Tasavalta / Republiken Finland

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

Constitution

  • Constitution (Finland Ministry of Justice) provides FinLex links to copies in Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, German, French and Spanish
  • Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
  • International Constitutional Law: Finland (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution, the previous repealed constitutional texts, plus Background Note

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Executive

  • Tasavallan presidentti [President of the Republic]
  • Valtioneuvoston Kanslia [Prime Minister]

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Korkein Oikeus [Supreme Court]

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Official Journal
  • PARLIAMENT: Suomen Eduskunta
  • FINLEX: Statens Författningsdata - laws in Finnish and Swedish; includes an option of English and German translation
  • NATLEX: Finland (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Information Catalog: Finland (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • Global Legal Monitor: Finland (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • FindLaw: Finland
  • ForIntLaw: Finland (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Finland (New York University Law Library)
  • Judicial Assistance: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • UPDATE: Finnish Law on the Internet (Sami Sarvilinna, via GlobaLex)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Finland (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Europe: Finland (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Finland (Library of Congress) December 1988
  • Background Note: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Finland, Republic of (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Finland (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Finland, Washington
  • Human Rights in Finland (Amnesty International)
  • IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters Country Reports
  • International Religious Freedom Reports: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: Helsingin Yliopiston Kirjasto - Suomen kansalliskirjasto / Helsinki University Library / National Library of Finland
  • National Libraries of Europe: Finland (European Library)
  • NEWS: BBC World: Europe
  • U.S. Embassy, Helsinki (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Finland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Yahoo: Finland

For more information on Finland see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Finland

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