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

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• International Constitutional Law: Saudi Arabia Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution plus background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Monarchy/Prime Minister

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Supreme Council of Justice

LEGISLATIVE

• PARLIAMENT: Majlis ash Shura [Consultative Council]
• NATLEX: Saudi Arabia (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Saudi Arabia (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• ForIntLaw: Saudi Arabia (Washburn University Law Library)
• Islamic Family Law: Saudi Arabia (Emory University Law School)
• JURIST: Saudi Arabia (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Law Index: Saudi Arabia (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Saudi Arabia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• WWW-VL Islamic Law: Saudi Arabia (University of London, Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Saudi Arabia () December 1992
• Portals to the World: Saudi Arabia ()
• Background Notes: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Near East / North Africa
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Saudi Arabia (The Economist)
• Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Saudi Arabia (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NEWS: BBC World Middle East
• Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the UN, New York
• U.S. Embassy, Riyadh (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Saudi Arabia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS:Saudi Arabia (Google); Saudi Arabia (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Saudi Arabia (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Saudi Arabia (University of Texas, Austin)