Constitution
- Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
- International Constitutional Law: Myanmar (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only
- National and State constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts) (external link) (Burmalibrary.org)
- World Factbook: Burma - Government: "3 January 1974; suspended since 18 September 1988; a constitution officially received 92.48% support in a flawed May 2008 referendum that most observers judged fell far short of international standards of free and fair elections; note - a new constitution is to take effect when a parliament is convened following elections planned for 2010"
Executive
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)
- Ministry of Communications, Posts, and Telegraphs (external link)
- State Peace and Development Council (external link)
Judicial
- World Factbook: Burma - Government (external link): "remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the executive"
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Pyihtaungsu Hsoshelit Thamata Myanma Naingngantaw Pyantan [Catalog Record]
- PARLIAMENT: Pyithu Hluttaw [People's Assembly]
- Laws and Notifications (external link) (Myanmar Permanent Mission, Geneva)
- Human Rights of Parliamentarians: 185th Council Session (external link) from 2009 and previous year indexed from Human Rights Cases (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
- NATLEX: Myanmar (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Burma (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Myanmar (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- World Legal Information Institute: Myanmar (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: Myanmar (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Background Note: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Burma (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Burma (Myanmar) (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Embassy of the Union of Myanmar (external link)
- Human Rights in Myanmar (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Myanmar National Library (external link)
- NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacifi (external link)c; BBC Burmese (external link)
- Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar to the UN and Other International Organizations, Geneva (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Rangoon (U.S. Dept. of State)
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Burma / Myanmar (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
- World Factbook: Burma (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Myanmar (external link)
- World Hunger: Myanmar (external link) (World Food Programme)
- WWW-VL Asian Studies: Burma (external link) (University of Leiden)
- Yahoo: Myanmar (Burma) (external link)
Last Updated: 08/07/2012