Foreign Law: M, N

Macau (see China)
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niue
Nigeria
Norway

Malaysia

Constitution

• Constitution (Helplinelaw.com) In English.
• Constitution (summary and history only). (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Laws and Legislation

• Acts Searchable database of full-text acts from 1990 to 2001. (Parliament of Malaysia).
• Bills Searchable database of full-text bills from 1990 to 2001. (Parliament of Malaysia).
• Laws of Malaysia (LawsofMalaysia.com): Provides an alphabetical index to Malaysian laws in English and Malay, also has a  subject index.  Can be used as a bibliographic tool because not full-text.
• Laws and Acts of Parliament  (Malaysian Administrative Modernisation & Management Planning Unit): Links to laws on government websites.  List in English.

Laws by Subject

• Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Malaysian Ministry of Health).
• Environment Protection Act 2002 (Sabah Electronic Government Network).

Government

• Prime Minister's Office (official website): Includes speeches, publications and other information in English.
• Parlimen / Parliament of Malaysia (official website): Includes Hansard (debate transcripts, in Malay only), Order Papers (in English and Malay).
• Sabah Electronic Government Network (in English and Malay).

Other

• Journal Articles (Malaysian Law Journal/Lexis): In English.
• Online Legal Resources (Lawyermen.com): Somewhat awkwardly organized, but does contain useful information.
• Malaysia The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Subscription Databases

• Legal Network Malaysia (CLJ Legal Network): Complete legal database in English.  Includes free access to legal information, but full-text cases and acts only available to subscribers.

Maldives

Constitution

• Constitution of Maldives In English. Includes summary. (Office of the Presidency).
• Constitutional Reform In English. (The Royal Family of Maldives).

Government

• The Presidency of Maldives In English and Thaana. (Official Website).
• Ministry of Justice In Thaana and romanized script. (Official Website)
• Royal Family of Maldives In English. (Official Website).

Other

• Maldives The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Marshall Islands

Constitution

• Constitution (PACLII).

Laws and Legislation

• Marshall Islands Laws Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII).

Other

• Marshall Islands The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Mexico

Constitution

• Constitucion and Reformas al la Constitution (Camera de Diputados): In Spanish.
• Constitution (Georgetown University): In Spanish and English.
• Evolución de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Infojus): Includes the 1917 Constitution and all subsequent reforms in Spanish.
• Juridico Constitucional (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico): Includes caselaw, legislation and bibliography all concerning the constitution in Spanish.
• Constituciones Generales and Constitutciones de los Estados Federales (Bibliotecha Virtual de Miguel de Cervantes): Includes historical and state constitutions.
• Cuestiones Constitucionales: Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional (Infojus): Recent articles in full-text.

Laws and Legislation

• Diario Oficial / Official Gazette Scroll down - link is on the left-hand side.  (Secretary of Government): Searchable by date, entity and full-text.  Also Infojus provides indexes for the last two years.
• Legislación Federal Vigentee (Camera de Diputados): Provides access in Spanish to Mexican legislation and constitution. Also provides full-text codes in HTML or PDF format.
• Inforjus (Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas): Federal and State legislation.
• Asistente de Búsqueda en Legislación Federal / Searching Assistence for Federal Law (Supreme Court): Allows full-text searching of most of the major laws of Mexico.
• GLIN (Library of Congress): Searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations from 1944 to the present.
• Treaties (Ministry of Foreign Affairs):  Full-text collection of treaties with an index.

Laws by Subject

• Administrative (Ministry of Administrative Control and Development): In Spanish.
•   Agricultural Reform (Ministry of Agricultural Reform): In Spanish.
• Banking (Bank of Mexico): In Spanish.
• Communications (Ministry of Communications and Transportation): In Spanish.
• Competition (Federal Commission for Competition): In English and Spanish.
• Energy (Ministry of Energy): In Spanish.
• Environment ( Ministry of the Environment): In Spanish.
• Government Contracts ( Procuraduria General de la Republica): State and federal legislation, as well as agreements, in Spanish.
• Government Regulation (Federal Commission of Regulation): In Spanish.
• Intellectual Property (Instituto Mexicano de la Propriedad Industrial)
• Labor (Ministry of Labor and Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas): Includes jurisprudence, legislation and bibliographies in Spanish.
• Telecommunications (Federal Commission of Telecommunications): In Spanish.

Codes

• Codigo Civil / Civil Code (Solon.org): In Spanish.
• Codes (Camara de Diputados): Search for "Codigo." Contains a number of codes in Spanish.

State Legislation

• Legislacion Local / State Legislation (Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas): Searchable database in Spanish.
• Gaceta Official del Distrito Federal / Official Gazette of the Federal District (Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas): From 2000 to the present in Spanish.

Jurisprudence

• Decisions of the Supreme Court (official website): Decisions from 1917 to 1996.  A separate  database includes decisions from 1996 to the present.

Government

• Government Websites (Infojus).
• President (official website): Speeches, news and other information.
• Camera de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies (official website): Includes debates, lists of initiatives, federal legislation, state legislation and a great deal of other information.
• Senado / Senate (official website): Includes Gaceta Parlamentaria and other information.
• Corte Suprema / Supreme Court (official website): Includes basic laws, communications of the court, a database of  session summaries and decisions, as well as information.
• Consejo de la Judicatura Federal / Federal Judicial Council (official website).

Other

• Resources on Aztec and Mayan Law (University of Texas School of Law): Bibliography of print resources.

Subscription Databases

• Diario Oficial de la Federacion (Infosel): Mexican official gazette from 1973 or 1917 depending on the part required.

Micronesia

Constitution

• Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia (Government of Micronesia Legal Information System.)

Laws and Legislation

• Legal Information System Contains laws, the constitutions, cases, directories of government agents and more at the federal and state level.(Government of Micronesia).
• Federated States of Micronesia Law Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII)

Jurisprudence

• Supreme Court Decisions Contains a browsable list of cases from the Supreme Court from 1985-2005. The Supreme Court  Rules and Regulations are also available here. (Government of Micronesia Legal Information System.)
• Court Decisions and Rules at the state level are also available throught Legal Information System listed above.

Other

• Federated States of Micronesia The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Moldova

Constitution

• Constitution (Parliament): In Romanian.
• Constitution (Constitutional Court): In English and Romanian.
• Constitution (University of Richmond): In English.

Laws

• Laws (LexInfoSys from University of Bremen): Extensive collection of laws, mainly in Romanian and Russian.
• Legislation 1993-     (in Moldavan and Russian).

Law by Subject

• Bankruptcy (Agency for Restructuring Agriculture): In English.
• Commercial (Centrul de Drept Necomerical): In Romanian.
• Elections ( International Foundations for Election Systems): In English.
• Energy (National Energy Regulatory Authority): In English with much more in Romanian.
• Environment (Center for Prevention of Industrial Pollution): In Romanian.
• Industrial Property (Patent Ltd): In Romanian.
• Pharmaceuticals (Pharmaplus): In Romanian.
• Privatization (Department of Privatization and State Property Administration): In English.
• Telecommunications (National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority): In English.  Also under "acte normative" in Romanian.

Jurisprudence

• Decisions of the Constitutional Court (Constitutional Court): In Romanian from 1995.

Government

• Government (official website): Informational website.
• Inter-Agency Internet Center (official website): Provides website support for various government entities that have no other web presence like the Ministry of Justice.
• Parlamentul / Parliament (official website): Information about the Parliament.  
• Constitutional Court (official website): Includes the law, information and decisions.  Many aspects of the website are available in multiple languages.
• Supreme Court (Interagency Internet Center): Information in Russian.

Subscription Databases

• Moldlex (Centrul Republican de Informatica): Includes databases of legislation from 1990 to the present and jurisprudence from 1996 to the present.  Available in Romanian and Russian.

Mongolia

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Constitution (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): In English.

Laws and Legislation

• Laws (LexInfoSys University of Bremen): Laws organized by subject in Mongolian, English and Russian.
• Mongolian Law Library (University of Indiana): Includes important law in English.
• Policy Documents, Laws and Regulations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): In English.

Laws by Subject

• Banking (Bank of Mongolia): In English.
• Financial Laws (Bank of Mongolia).
• Copyright (UNESCO).
• Privatization (State Property Committee): In English.

Government

• Government (official website): Links to government websites, in English and Russian. 
• State Great Hural / Parliament (official website): Information in English and Russian.  Are laws available in Russian version.

Other

• Mongolia The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Myanmar

Constitution

• Myanmar Provides the full-text of Myanmar's historical constitutions plus some legal history. (Jurist)

Laws and Legislation

• Laws, Proclamations and Notifications (Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the UN).

Government

• Government of Myanmar In English. (Official site).

Other

• Myanmar The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).
• Myanmar Country information and news site. (ASEAN).

Nauru

Constitution

• Constitution (PACLII).

Laws and Legislation

• Nauru Laws Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII).

Other

• Nauru The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Nepal

Constitution

• Constitution (U Texas).
• Constitution (His Majesty's Government of Nepal).

Government

• Government Departments Directory In English. (His Majesty's Government of Nepal).
• His Majesty's Government of Nepal In English. (Official site).

Other

• Nepal The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Netherlands

Research Guide

• Researching Dutch Law (LLRX).

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht):  Both 1972 and 1989 versions in English.
• Grondwet / Constitution (Lower House of the Dutch Parliament): In Dutch in .pdf format.

Laws and Legislation

• Guide (Parliament): The Dutch legislative process in English. 
• Government's Official Publications (Government Publications Office): Laws, treaties, bills, parliamentary questions, and departmental regulations(1995--).  Search by document type, date or text. In Dutch.

   Unofficial Sources 

• WetWegWijzer .
• Recht4all.nl  .

Laws by Subject

• Competition Act.
• Telecommunications Act.
• Copyright Act.
• Neighbouring Rights Act.
• Database Act.
• Industrial Property Laws.
• Personal Data Protection Act.
• Media Law.
• Advertising Code .

Jurisprudence

• Dutch Court System (official website) Information on the Dutch Court System as well as decisions.

Government

• Parliament (Parlement--Eerste en Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal).
• Royal House  (Het Koninklijk Huis) .

Citation Guide

• Leidraad voor jurisische auteurs (Kluwer Publishing). Guidelines for legal citation with a database of legal abbreviations.

New Zealand

Basic Law

• Basic Laws (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Laws and Legislation 

• Acts (Knowledge Basket): Includes browsable acts and the Hansards debates.  More available for a fee.
• Publications and Information (Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives): Includes select bills and other parliamentary publications like committee reports.
• How Laws are Made and Changed ( NZGO): Description of legislative process.
• Laws of New Zealand (Lexis): NZ:LONZ is a legal encyclopedia including information about the substance of various areas of law. [password required].

Jurisprudence

• Decisions of the Court of Appeals (Austlii): Selected decisions from 1998.
• Decisions of the Court of Appeals (Brookers): Decisions from 1995.
• Judgments of the Privy Council (official website): From 1999 with selected earlier decisions.
• New Zealand Law Reports (Lexis): NZ:NZLR is a database of decisions from 1958 to present.  Updated monthly within seven months of decision.  Includes Court of Appeals, High Court and Privy Council decisions. [password required].
• New Zealand District Court Reports (Lexis): NZ;NZDCR is a database of decisions from 1997 to present updated monthly. [password required].
• New Zealand Family Law Reports (Lexis): NZ;NZFLR is a database of decisions from 1981 to present updated monthly from all levels of court. [password required].
• New Zealand Administrative Reports (Lexis): NZ;NZAR is a database of decisions from 1997 to present. [password required].
• New Zealand Cases (Lexis): NZ;NZCAS is a combined database of all of the above Lexis databases. [password required].
• Butterworths Current Law (Lexis): NZ:NZCL is a current awareness tool for caselaw developments. [password required].
• Opinions and Decisions of the Human Rights Commission (official website): From 1997 to the present.
• Waitangi Tribunal Reports (official website).
• Refugee Law (Knowledge Basket): Database of caselaw and other important information on refugee law.
• Directory of Decisions (University of Waikato): List of the Courts, Tribunals, Statutory Authorities, and other such bodies which make legal or quasi-legal decisions and reports with brief information on them and their reports.

Other

• LawTalk (New Zealand Law Society): Reports from various committees and sections on current developments in law.  An index is available.
• The New Zealand Legal System (Auckland District Law Society): Detailed description of the legal system by Fiona Crichton.
• An Overview of New Zealand Law (LLRX): Excellent guide to legal system and legal publishing in New Zealand by Margaret Greville.
• Justice and Law (Statistics New Zealand): Section 10 of the New Zealand Official Yearbook of 1999.

Government

• Government Online (official website): Information and links to government ministries.
• Courts (official website): Information on various courts.

Subscription Databases

• GP Legislation (Knowledge Basket): Searchable databases of acts, regulations, bills, Hansards and other information.
• Status Publishing (Butterworths): Provides legal databases for a fee.
• Brookers (Thomson Publishing): Subscription legal databases.

Research Guides

• Harvard Law School Library Guide to Reasearching New Zealand Law

Nicaragua

Constitution

• Constitution (National Assembly): In Spanish.
• Constitutions (Georgetown University): In Spanish.

Laws and Legislation

• Legislación Nicaraguense (National Assembly): From 1969-1999.  Organized by type of legal instrument and by date.  In Spanish.
• Bills (National Assembly): For the last two years in Spanish.
• GLIN (Library of Congress): 2,153 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations from January 1976 to the present. 
• Universo Juridico de Nicaragua (Derechos Reservados) includes a  thematic index of the Official Gazette from 1848, the various codes and other interesting resources.

Laws by Subject

• Elections (Georgetown University):  In English.
• Elections (Supreme Electoral Council): In Spanish.
• Immigration (Organizacion Internacional para las Migraciones): In Spanish.

Jurisprudence

• Sentencias de la Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema (official website): Decisions for 1999-2000 for the Constitutional chamber of the Supreme Court.

Government

• Asamblea Nacional / National Assembly (official website): Includes legislation, bills, laws establishing the National Assembly and information, all in Spanish.
• Corte Suprema de Justicia / Supreme Court (official website): Includes basic laws, information.

Niue

Constitution

• Constiution Act (PACLII).

Laws and Legislation

• Niue Laws Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII)

Government

• Government of Niue In English.(official website.)

Nigeria

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Constitution (International Centre for Nigerian Law)

Laws and Legislation

• Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (International Centre for Nigerian Law): Reproduces the table of contents for the most recent compilation of Nigerian laws from the Ministry of Justice in 1990.  Some laws are full-text.

Laws by Subject

• Natural Resources Law (University of Denver College of Law).

Jurisprudence

• Judiciary (official website).
• Judgements of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (International Centre for Nigerian Law): Selected decisions with citations to the Nigerian Internet Law Reports.

Government

• House of Representatives (official website).
• Nigeria (Governments on the Web): Links to Nigerian government websites.
• Nigeria Congress Online.
• President (official website).

Norway

Research Guides

• Online Legal Information in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Suzanne Thorpe (LLRX).
• Juridisk Nettviser--portal to online legal information from the law librarians at Oslo, Bergen, and Tromsø.  

Constitution

• Constitution (Norges grunnlov).

Laws and Legislation

• Lovdata--(Fee-based legal database but portions are free) Full-text laws and regulations, updated consolidations, cases and administrative circulars.
•  Norwegian Legislation in translation.  (University of Oslo Faculty of Law Library)  Searchable database of translated laws and regulations.   

Government

• Parliament  (Stortinget)--legislative proposals, resolutions, reports of debates and decisions,  and other documents. 
• ODIN--Access to all Ministries of the government.  
• ESOP--Searchable bibliographic database of  government and parliamentary  publications since 1971 (Full-text from the 1996/97 session)

Jurisprudence

• Lovdata--(Fee-based legal database but portions are free) As above but also includes full text of decisions of the Supreme Court until they are published in the Norwegian Court Gazette and  decisions from the Courts of Appeals from recent months. 
• Norwegian Courts (Domstolene i Norge) --Portal to individual courts.