Constitution Executive JUDGES AND JUSTICE Legislative Legal Reference General Sources (includes LC Portals: Belize)

CONSTITUTIONAL LINKS

• Constitution of Belize (2002) (Belize Legal Information Network) in English
• Constitution of Belize (1981) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) with 1988 updates; in English

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• British Monarchy (represented by the Governor General)
• Prime Minister
• Government of Belize - includes How We Are Governed and library of current documents
• Belize Trade and Investment Development Service
• Belize Archives Department

JUDGES AND JUSTICE

• COURTS: Supreme Court; see How We Are Governed: JUDGES AND JUSTICE Branch
• Attorney General's Ministry and Ministry of Information includes description of courts
• Belize Legal Information Network: E-Library (Belize. Ministry of the Attorney General) includes court rules and court judgments

LEGISLATURE AND ELECTED

• PARLIAMENT: National Assembly and Senate; see How We Are Governed: Legislative Branch
• Laws of Belize (Belize Legal Information Network)
• NATLEX: Belize (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Reference AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Belize (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Attorneys in Belize (U.S. Embassy, Belize)
• Belize Legal Information Network
• ForIntLaw: Belize (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Caribbean Law Research (Yemisi Dina via GlobaLex) May 2006
• World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Belize (Germany Bundestag)
• World Law Index: Belize (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from North America: Belize (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Belize () January 1992
• Handbook of Latin American Studies ()
• Portals to the World: Belize ()
• Background Notes: Belize (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Belize (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Belize (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Belize (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile: Belize (BBC Monitoring)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Belize (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Governments on the WWW: Belize (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Belize (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Belize (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library Service - information (IFLA)
• NEWS: BBC World Americas
• U.S. Embassy, Belize City (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Belize (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Belize (Google); Belize (Yahoo); WWW-VL Latin American Studies: Belize (University of Texas, Austin)