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Jordan
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Al-Mamlakah al-'Urdunniyah al-Hashimiyah

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

Constitution

  • Constitution (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)

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Executive

  • Monarchy
  • Library of Documents - both national and international (i.e. Constitution; National Charter; Law of Election to the House of Deputies; Political Parties; Investment Promotion Law & Regulations; Washington Declaration; Jordan-Israeli Peace Treaty; UN Res. 242 1967)
  • Jordan National Information System

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Court of Cassation

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
  • PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-'Ummah al-'Urdunni [National Assembly] - in English and Arabic; includes previous actions
  • NATLEX: Jordan (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • Natural Resources Legislation: Jordan (University of Denver College of Law)

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Monitor: Jordan (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Jordan (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • ForIntLaw: Jordan (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Islamic Family Law: Jordan (Emory University Law School)
  • Judicial Assistance: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • JURIST: Jordan (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Jordan (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Middle East: Jordan (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Jordan (Library of Congress) December 1989
  • Portals to the World: Jordan (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Jordan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Near East / North Africa
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Embassy of Jordan, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: Jordan (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Jordan (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NEWS: BBC World Middle East
  • U.S. Embassy, Amman (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Jordan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency )
  • World Hunger: Jordan (World Food Programme)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Jordan (Google); Jordan (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Jordan (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Jordan (University of Texas, Austin)

For more information on Jordan see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Jordan

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