Constitution

• Lesotho Constitution (external link) (PDF) (Lesotho Government)

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Executive

• Monarchy (external link)
• Cabinet (external link)
• Government (external link)

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Judicial

• COURTS: High Court; Court of Appeal; Magistrate's Court

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Government Gazette
• PARLIAMENT: Paramente ea Lesotho [Parliament]; includes the Lekhotla la Senate [Senate] (external link) and Lekhotla la Bakhethoa [National Assembly] (external link)
• Central Bank of Lesotho: Legal and Regulatory Matters (external link)
• NATLEX: Lesotho (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Lesotho (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• The Law and Legal Research in Lesotho (external link) (Buhle Angelo Dube via Globalex)
• Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (external link) (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Lesotho (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Africa: Lesotho (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Background Note: Lesotho (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Lesotho (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Lesotho (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Lesotho (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of Lesotho (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By the Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Lesotho (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Human Rights in Lesotho (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Lesotho (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NEWS: BBC World Africa (external link); Radio Lesotho
• Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the UN (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Maseru (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Lesotho (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Lesotho (external link) (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Lesotho (external link) (Stanford University); Lesotho (external link) (University of Pennsylvania); Lesotho (external link) (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Lesotho (external link) (Columbia University)

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Last Updated: 08/09/2012