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In Custodia Legis
Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
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Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Syria Index (external link) (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 (external link) (Syria Ministry of Information)
Executive
- Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade (external link) - in Arabic and English; includes Investment Regulations (external link)
- Ministry of Information (external link)
Judicial
- COURTS: Supreme Constitutional Court; High Judicial Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Courts
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Sha'b [People's Council] (external link)
- NATLEX: Syrian Arab Republic (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Syria (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Syria (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Constitutional Law and Courts’ System in the Syrian Arab Republic (external link) (Khalil Mechantaf via GlobaLex)
- Islamic Family Law: Syria (external link) (Emory University Law School)
- World Legal Information Institute: Syria (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Middle East: Syria (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Syria (Library of Congress) April 1987
- 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 (external link)
- Human Rights in Syria (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Middle East Studies: Syria (external link) (Columbia University)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Assad National Library (external link)
- NEWS: BBC World - Middle East (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Damascus (U.S. Dept. of State)
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Syria (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
- World Factbook: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Syria (external link)
- World Hunger: Syria (external link) (World Food Programme)
- Yahoo: Syria (external link)
Last Updated: 07/27/2012
