Constitution

• International Constitutional Law: Albania Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers translations of the 1991 constitution, the draft Constitution of 1998, Background Note, a key number system to locate parts, and links to the approved Constitution of 1998 and its drafting process
• Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English and Albanian

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Executive

• Presideni i Republikës së Shqipërisë (external link)
• Ministry of Informatio (external link)n
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link)

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Judicial

• Constitutional Court, Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term) and multiple appeals and district courts - World Factbook: Albania

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Legislative

• GAZETTE: Fletorja Zyrtare Republikës të Shqipërisë
• PARLIAMENT: KuvendI Popullor (external link)
• NATLEX: Albania (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: Albania (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Albania (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• Albanian Legal Information Initiative (external link) (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
• FindLaw: Albania (external link)
• ForIntLaw: Albania (external link) (Washburn University School of Law Library)
• A Guide to Researching the Albanian Legal System (external link) (GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Albania (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Albania (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Albanian Collections at the Library of Congress
• Country Study: Albania (Library of Congress) April 1992
• Background Note: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Albania (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile: Albania (external link) (BBC News)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• ILAB in Albania (U.S. Dept. of Labor. Bureau of International Labor Affairs)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteka Kombetare (external link)
• National Libraries of Europe: Albania (external link) (European Library)
• NEWS: BBC Albanian (external link); BBC World Europe (external link)
• UNDP in Albania (external link) (United Nations Development Programme)
• U.S. Embassy, Tirana (U.S. Dept of State)
• World Factbook: Albania (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Albania (external link)
• Yahoo: Albania (external link)

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Last Updated: 10/09/2012