Constitution

• Constitution (external link) (Constitutional Court) in Arabic
• La Constitution Libanaise (external link) (Constitutional Court) in French
• Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in Arabic, English, and French
• International Constitutional Law: Lebanon (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note

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Executive

• President (external link) ; Prime Minister

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Judicial

• COURTS: Courts of Cassation; Conseil Constitutionnel [Constitutional Council] (external link) ; Supreme Council

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Journal officiel
• PARLIAMENT: Majlis Alnuwab / Assemblee Nationale [National Assembly] (external link)
• NATLEX: Lebanon (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

• Children's Rights: Lebanon (Law Library of Congress)
• Global Legal Information Catalog: Lebanon (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Lebanon (Law Library of Congress)
• Legal Research Guide: Lebanon (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• Hariri Assassination (Law Library of Congress)
• FindLaw: Lebanon (external link)
• ForIntLaw: Lebanon (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• Islamic Family Law: Lebanon (external link) (Emory University Law School)
• World Legal Information Institute: Lebanon (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Lebanon (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Lebanon (Library of Congress) December 1987
• Background Note: Lebanon (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Lebanon (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Lebanon (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Lebanon (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Lebanon (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of Lebanon, Washington (external link)
• Human Rights in Lebanon (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Lebanon(U.S. Dept. of State)
• Middle East Studies: Lebanon (external link) (Columbia University)
• NEWS: BBC World Middle East (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Beirut (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Lebanon (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Yahoo: Lebanon (external link)

For more information on Lebanon see:

• Children's Rights: Lebanon
• Global Legal Monitor: Lebanon
• Legal Research Guide: Lebanon
• Lebanon: The Hariri Assassination
• Lebanon: Presidential Election and the Conflicting Constitutional Interpretations

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Last Updated: 08/09/2012