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In Custodia Legis
Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
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Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Saudi Arabia Index (external link) (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
Executive
- Monarchy/Prime Minister
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme Council of Justice
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Majlis ash Shura [Consultative Council]
- NATLEX: Saudi Arabia (external link) (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
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Saudi Arabia (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Saudi Arabia (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- A Brief Overview of Saudi Arabia Legal System (external link) (Dr. Abdullah F. Ansary via GlobaLex)
- ForIntLaw: Saudi Arabia (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Islamic Family Law: Saudi Arabia (external link) (Emory University Law School)
- World Legal Information Institute: Saudi Arabia (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Middle East: Saudi Arabia (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Saudi Arabia (Library of Congress) December 1992
- 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 Human Rights Practices: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Saudi Arabia (external link) (The Economist)
- Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington (external link)
- Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Saudi Arabia (external link) (Columbia University)
- NEWS: BBC World Middle East (external link)
- Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the UN, New York (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Riyadh (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Saudi Arabia (external link)
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Last Updated: 08/01/2012
