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Portugal
Portuguese Republic / República Portuguesa

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

Constitution

  • Constituição da República Portuguesa (Assembleia da República) in Portuguese; with copies in French and English; i.e. Constitution de la République Portugaise and Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, 4th Revision, 1997
  • Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) includes Portuguese, Spanish, and English
  • International Constitutional Law: Portugal Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1989 constitution plus Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, links to comparative information, and links to the current 1997 constitution in Portuguese and English

Executive

  • Presidência da República
  • Primeiro Ministro
  • Ministério da Justiça

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Judicial

  • Supremo Tribunal de Justiça
  • Tribunal Constitucional
  • Tribunal da Relação de Évora

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Legislative

  • OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Diário da República
  • PARLIAMENT: Assembleia da República; see also portions in English and French pages
  • GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees, regulations, and judicial decisions; full-text
  • JURINFO - Soluções Informáticas Integrais - laws; in Portuguese
  • NATLEX - Portugal (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • Natural Resources Legislation: Portugal (University of Denver College of Law)

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Monitor: Portugal (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Portugal (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • FindLaw: Portugal
  • ForIntLaw: Portugal (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases Portugal (New York University Law Library)
  • Judicial Assistance: Portugal (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • JURIST: Portugal (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • Legal Research in Portugal: A Guide (Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas via GlobaLex) June/July 2007
  • World Legal Information Institute: Portugal (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Europe: Portugal (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Portugal (Library of Congress) January 1993
  • Portals to the World: Portugal (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Portugal (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Portugal (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Portugal (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Portugal (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Profile of Portugal (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
  • Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Portugal (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Portugal (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Portugal, Washington - information (Embassy.org)
  • Governments on the WWW: Portugal (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Portugal (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Portugal (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NATIONAL LIBRARY: Instituto de Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
  • NEWS: BBC World Europe; BBC Portuguese
  • Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations
  • U.S. Embassy, Lisbon (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Portugal (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Portugal (Google); Portugal (Yahoo)

For more information on Portugal see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Portugal

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