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In Custodia Legis
Official blog from the Law Library of Congress
Find the Law Library on:
Constitution
- Fundamental Law of the Vatican City State (external link) (Vatican City) PDF; 2000
- Codes of Canon Law (external link)
Executive
- Vatican: The Holy See - official web site; available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Judicial
- Three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See. Judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of Pius XII on 1 May 1946 [from the World Factbook]
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: unicameral Pontifical Commission
- Fundamental Law of the State of Vatican City (external link) (Vatican City State) - in Italian, German, and Portuguese
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Holy See (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- ForIntLaw: Vatican City (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe: Vatican State (Holy See) (external link) (Andrew Grossman, via LLRX)
- UPDATE: Researching the Law of the Vatican City State (external link) (Stephen Young & Alison Shea via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Vatican City State (external link) (WorldLII)
General Sources
- Background Note: The Holy See (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Holy See (State of the Vatican City) (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Italy, Holy See, and San Marino (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Holy See (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Human Rights in Vatican (Amnesty International)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (external link)
- National Libraries of Europe: Vatican City (external link) (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World Europe (external link)
- Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN (external link)
- U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (U.S. Dept. of State)
- UCB Libraries GovPubs: Holy See (Vatican City) (external link) (University of Colorado Boulder)
- World Factbook: Holy See (Vatican City) (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Vatican City (external link)
Last Updated: 08/08/2012
