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

CONSTITUTIONAL LINKS

• International Constitutional Law: South Korea (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• President
• Prime Minister
• Korea Government - in Korean with English
• KOIS: Korean Information Service

JUDGES AND JUSTICE

• Supreme Court
• Constitutional Court
• Ministry of Justice

LEGISLATURE AND ELECTED

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Kwanbo
• PARLIAMENT: Kukhoe [National Assembly]
• Global Legal Network: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers 2,897 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations from October 1948 to October 2004, with full-text access
• Comprehensive Legal Information Service System (Ministry of Legislation/Supreme Court) includes a guide in English
• NATLEX: Korea (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: South Korea (Baker & McKenzie)

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Legal Reference AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: South Korea (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• FindLaw: Korea (South)
• ForIntLaw: Republic of Korea (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases - Korea (New York University Law Library)
• JURIST: South Korea (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Korean Bar Association in Korean
• Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet (Southern Illinois University School of Law Library)
• Lawyers Directory (LawKorea.com) in Korean
• Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes Korea
• World Law Index: Korea (South) (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Asia: Korea (Republic) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: South Korea () June 1990
• Portals to the World: Korea ()
• Background Notes: South Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Korea, South (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: South Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Korea, South (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Republic of Korea (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: South Korea (The Economist)
• Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Korea (Republic) (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Republic of Korea (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Korea, Republic of (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Korea (in Korean); see English version
• NEWS: BBC World Service Asia-Pacific
• U.S. Embassy, Seoul (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Korea, South (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: South Korea (Google); Korea, South (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: South Korea (Duke University)