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Constitution

Somalia: The Provisional Constitution of the Federal Republic of Somalia 2012 (WIPO Lex)

Executive

Judicial

See Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State) and World Factbook: Somalia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)

Legislative

Federal Parliament
FAOLEX: Somalia (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
NATLEX: Somalia (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
RefWorld Legal Information: Somalia (UNHCR)
WIPO Lex: Somalia (World Intellectual Property Organization)

Legal Guides

Global Legal Monitor: Somalia (Law Library of Congress)
Law Library of Congress Search: Somalia (Library of Congress)
Update: Research Guide to the Somaliland Legal System (GlobaLex)
World Legal Information Institute: Somalia (WorldLII)

General Sources

Country Study: Somalia (Library of Congress) May 1992
Maps: Somalia (Library of Congress)
World Digital Library: Somalia (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
BBC News: Somalia Country Profile
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Somalia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Columbia University: African Studies: Somalia
Consular Information Sheet: Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State)
Country Information: Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State)
Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State)
A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
Human Rights in Somalia (Amnesty International)
International Religious Freedom Reports: Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State)
Stanford University: Africa South of the Sudan: Somalia and Somalilalnd
U.S. Mission to Somalia (U.S. Dept. of State)
World Factbook: Somalia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
World Food Programme: Somalia
World Health Organization: Somalia

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Last Updated: 04/27/2021

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Title: Somalia
Subject Headings: - executive powers; - government; - judicial powers; - judiciary; - law; - law library; - legal guides; - legal research; - legislative powers; - supreme court
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Somalia. 2021. Web Page. https://www.loc.gov/item/guide-to-law-online/somalia/.

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(2021) Somalia. [Web Page] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/guide-to-law-online/somalia/.

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Somalia. 2021. Web Page. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/guide-to-law-online/somalia/>.

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