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Saudi Arabia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mamlaka al-'Arabiya as-Sa'udiya

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

Constitution

  • International Constitutional Law: Saudi Arabia Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution plus Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information

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Executive

  • Monarchy/Prime Minister

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Judicial

  • COURTS: Supreme Council of Justice

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Legislative

  • PARLIAMENT: Majlis ash Shura [Consultative Council]
  • NATLEX: Saudi Arabia (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
  • GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations

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Legal Guides

  • Global Legal Monitor: Saudi Arabia (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Saudi Arabia (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • A Brief Overview of Saudi Arabia Legal System (Dr. Abdullah F. Ansary via GlobaLex)
  • ForIntLaw: Saudi Arabia (Washburn University Law Library)
  • Islamic Family Law: Saudi Arabia (Emory University Law School)
  • JURIST: Saudi Arabia (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • World Legal Information Institute: Saudi Arabia (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Middle East: Saudi Arabia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Saudi Arabia (Library of Congress) December 1992
  • Portals to the World: Saudi Arabia (Library of Congress)
  • Background Note: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Consular Information Sheet: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Country Information: Saudi Arabia (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: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Saudi Arabia (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: Saudi Arabia (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • NEWS: BBC World Middle East
  • Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the UN, New York
  • U.S. Embassy, Riyadh (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • World Factbook: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
  • WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS:Saudi Arabia (Google); Saudi Arabia (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Saudi Arabia (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Saudi Arabia (University of Texas, Austin)

For more information on Saudi Arabia see:

  • Global Legal Monitor: Saudi Arabia

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