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Samoa
Independent State of Samoa / Samoa i Sisifo
(formerly: Western Samoa)

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

Constitution

  • Constitution of the Independent State of Western Samoa (PacLII)

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Executive

  • Chief; Prime Minister; Cabinet; see Government (PacLII)

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Supreme Court; Court of Appeal
  • PacLII Databases: Samoa - includes judgments of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, and some from the Supreme Court of New Zealand; and Indexes to Western Samoa Law Reports also included

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Fono (Legislative Assembly)
  • PacLII Databases: Samoa - includes legislation
  • NATLEX: Samoa (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Monitor: Samoa (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Samoa (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • ForIntLaw: Samoa (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Introduction to Researching South Pacific Law (Peter Murgatroyd, via GlobaLex) June 2006
  • Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) April 15, 2002
  • PacLII Databases: Samoa
  • World Legal Information Institute: Samoa (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Australasia: Samoa (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Portals to the World: Samoa (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Samoa (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Samoa (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Samoa (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Samoa (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Samoa (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Governments on the WWW: Samoa (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Samoa (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific
  • World Factbook: Samoa (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Samoa (Google); Samoa (Yahoo); WWW-VL Pacific Studies (Australian National University)

For more information on Samoa see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Samoa

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