Constitution

• Perú: Constitución / Constitution (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) in Spanish
• International Constitutional Law: Peru (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

Executive

• Presidencia
• Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Peru (external link) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• Peru: Executive Institutions / Instituciones ejecutivas (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)

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Judicial

• Poder Judicial de la Republica del Peru (external link)
• Ministerio de Justicia del Peru (external link)
• SPIJ: Sistema Peruviana de Informacion Juridica (external link) offers information in Spanish on an extensive collections of Peruvian legal materials for sale. Sponsored by Peru's Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the Programa Nacional de Informá y Comunicaciones and the United Nations Development Program

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: El Peruano, Diario Oficial
• PARLIAMENT: Congreso de la República del Perú (external link)
• GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations; full-text
• Archivo Digital de la Legislación del Perú (external link)
• NATLEX: Peru (external link) (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: Peru (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Peru (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• Essential Issues of the Peruvian Legal System (external link) (Sergio Endress Gómez via GlobaLex)
• FindLaw: Peru (external link)
• ForIntLaw: Peru (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Peru (external link) (New York University Law Library)
• World Legal Information Institute: Peru (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from South America: Peru (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Peru (Library of Congress) September 1992
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
• Places in the News: Peru (Library of Congress)
• Background Note: Peru (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Peru (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Peru (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Peru (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Peru (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Peru (external link) (The Economist)
• Embassy of Peru, Washington (external link)
• Human Rights in Peru (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Peru (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional del Perú (external link)
• NEWS: BBC World News: Latin America & Caribbean (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Lima (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Peru (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Peru (external link) (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Peru (external link) (Yahoo); WWW-VL Latin American Studies: Peru (external link) (University of Texas, Austin)

For more information on Peru see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Peru

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Last Updated: 07/31/2012