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Syria
Syrian Arab Republic / Jumhuriya al-Arabya as-Suriya
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Syria Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1973 constitution plus Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information
- Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria Ministry of Information)
- Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic Laws (Syria Ministry of Information)
Executive
- Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade - in Arabic and English; includes Investment Regulations
- Ministry of Information
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme Constitutional Court; High Judicial Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Courts
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Sha'b [People's Council]
- NATLEX: Syrian Arab Republic (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Collections Database: Syria (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Islamic Family Law: Syria (Emory University Law School)
- JURIST: Syria (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
- Natural Resources Legislation: Syria (University of Denver College of Law)
- World Legal Information Institute: Syria (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Middle East: Syria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Syria (Library of Congress) April 1987
- Portals to the World: Syria (Library of Congress)
- Background Note: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Embassy of the Republic of Syria, Washington
- Governments on the WWW: Syria (Gunnar Anzinger)
- Human Rights in Syria (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Assad National Library - information (IFLA)
- NEWS: Al-Thawra Newspaper; BBC World - Middle East; Yahoo Full Coverage - Syria
- U.S. Embassy, Damascus (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: Syria (World Food Programme)
- WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Syria (Google); Syria (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Syria (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Syria (University of Texas, Austin)
Last Updated: 12/18/2008