Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Finland)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Constitution Finder: Finland (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
• International Constitutional Law: Finland (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution, the previous repealed constitutional texts, plus background notes

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Presidentti [President]
• Valtioneuvoston Kanslia [Prime Minister]
• Oikeusministeriö [Ministry of Justice]

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Korkein Oikeus [Supreme Court]

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Official Journal
• PARLIAMENT: Suomen Eduskunta
• FINLEX: Statens Författningsdata - laws in Finnish and Swedish; includes an option of English and German translation
• NATLEX: Finland (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Finland (Baker & McKenzie)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Finland (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Finland (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• FindLaw: Finland
• Finnish Law on the Internet (Sami Sarvilinna, via GlobaLex) February 2006
• ForIntLaw: Finland (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Finland (New York University Law Library)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: Finland (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Law Index: Finland (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Finland (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Finland () December 1988
• Portals to the World: Finland ()
• Background Notes: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Finland, Republic of (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Finland (The Economist)
• Embassy of Finland, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Finland (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Finland (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Finland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Helsingin Yliopiston Kirjasto - Suomen kansalliskirjasto / Helsinki University Library / National Library of Finland
• National Libraries of Europe: Finland (European Library)
• NEWS: BBC World: Europe; Helsingin Sanomat
• U.S. Embassy, Helsinki (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Finland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Finland (Google); Finland (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies: Finland (University of Pittsburgh)