Foreign Law: S

Samoa (American)
Samoa (Western)
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Switzerland

Samoa (American)

Laws and Legislation

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

Samoa (Western)

Constitution

• Constitution (PACLII).

Laws and Legislation

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

Other

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

Saudi Arabia

Constitution

• Basic Law of Government (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht).

Laws by Subject

• Anti-Money Laundering Law (Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency): In English and Arabic.
• Banking and Finance Laws (Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency): In English and Arabic.
• Co-operative Insurance Companies (Ministry of Finance): In English and Arabic.
• Foreign Investment Law (Cornell University Middle East and Islamic Studies Collection): In Arabic from 2000.
• Foreign Investment Law (Saudia Online): In English.
• Intellectual Property (Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property): In English.

Government

• Majlis Ash Shura / Consultative Council (official website): Includes basic law, rules, description of organization and other information in English.  In Arabic includes the publication  Nashrah as well as news, the basic laws, and other information.
• Ministry of Finance (official website): In English and Arabic.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (official website): In English and Arabic.

Other

• Judicial System (Library of Congress Country Studies).

Senegal

Constitution

• Constitution (Association  des Cours Constitutionnelles): Also includes other information on constitution.
• Constitution (summary by ILO): In English.

Law and Legislation

• Selected Laws (Droit Francophonie): In French. Selected texts available full-text -listed by year.

Law by Subject

• Cour des Comptes (fundamental textes, from the Cour des Comptes): In French.
• Telecommunications Code (Telecommunications Regulation Agency): In French.

Jurisprudence

• Decisions of the Conseil Constitutionnel :  Selected decisions.
• Decisions of the Cour de Cassation (Droit Francophonie): In French. Selected texts available full-text -listed by year.

Government

• Cour des Comptes de Senegal (official website): In French.
• Telecommunications Regulation Agency (officiale website): In French. Includes summaries of laws , regulations as well as the full text of decisions .

Serbia and Montenegro

Constitution

• Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Montenet). In English.

Laws by Subject

• Criminal Code of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Nationbuilding in the Balkans). In English.
• Media Law (B92).

Government

• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (official website): Website of the federal government which includes Serbia and Montenegro.  Includes the constitution, some laws and information.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Montenegro (official website): In English.
• Serbian Government (official website): English interface is primarily informational.
• Statistical Office (official website): In English and Serbian.

Guides

• Guide to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Legal Research (LLRX).

Other

• Balkans Human Rights Links (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library).

Sierra Leone

Laws and Legislation

• Sierra Leone.org This site is an amazing find as it provides, in reverse chronological order from 2004 to 1926, the full-text of Sierra Leone laws including citations!

Singapore

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.
• Constitution (Government of Singapore).

Laws and Legislation

• Singapore Gazette Subscription Required.(official site).
• Singapore Statutes Online In English. (Attorney General's Office).

Jurisprudence

• Supreme Court (official site).

Government

• Attorney General of Singapore (official site).
• Singapore Government (official site).

Other

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

Slovak Republic

Constitution

• Constitution (from the Government Office): In English.
• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Law and Legislation

• SSLP / Legislative System (National Council): Information about legislation and links to full-text in Slovak.  Can also get there from National Council website and selecting "zákony".
• Návrhy zákonov (Ministry of Justice): In Slovak.

Laws by Subject

• Banking (National Bank)
• Environment (Ministry of the Environment): Extensive legislation translated into English.  Also  legislation available in Slovak.
• Health (Ministry of Health): In Slovak.
• Intellectual Property (Industrial Property Office): In English and Slovak.

Government

• Government (official website): Includes documents, information from various sessions of the government, and news.  The English interface contains  documents, communiques from sessions of government.
• President (official website).
• National Council / Národná Rada (official website): In English, German and Slovak.
• The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic: In English and Slovak. Decisions and background information about the court, as well as full-text law.
• National Bank (official website): In English and Slovak.

Slovenia

Constitution

• Constitution (National Assembly): Includes subsequent amending acts in English and Slovene.
• Constitution (Government): In English, Slovenian, German and French.
• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Law and Legislation

• Legislative Database (National Assembly): Adopted laws from independence on June 25, 1991 and adopted acts from the second session of the legislature.  Draft laws and acts are available for the current term.  Organized by title or searchable by various parameters and only available in Slovene. 
• Translated Slovenian Regulation (Ius-Info): Translations in English of some Slovenian law with a link to the law and information about the source.

Laws by Subject

• Banking (New York University): In English.
• Competition (Competition Protection Office): In English.
• Environment (Ministry of the Environment): In English.
• Finance (Ministry of Finance): In English.
• Intellectual Property (Intellectual Property Office): In English.
• Telecommunications (Telecommunications and Broadcasting Agency): In English.

Jurisprudence

• Ustavno Sodišče/Constitutional Court (official website): Includes cases from 1991 in Slovene, and selected cases in English from 1992.
• Vrhovno Sodišče / Supreme Court (official website): Includes cases from 1992 in Slovene.

Government

• Republika Slovenija / Republic of Slovenia (official website): Links to all major government entities through Slovenian and English interface.  With a useful list of ministries.
• Državni zbor / National Assembly (official website): Legislation, working documents from recent sessions and information with English interface.
• Državni Zvet / National Council (official website): Information in Slovenian.
• Ustavno Sodišče/Constitutional Court (official website): Includes legal basis, decisions, news and information in Slovenian and English.
• Vrhovno Sodišče / Supreme Court (official website): Includes laws, decisions, news and information in Slovenian.

Subscription Databases

• Ius-Info (commercial website): Full-text databases of law and cases, as well as other legal information, available in Slovenian.
• Uradni List / Official Gazette (official website): Is available online from Jan. 1, 1997 or as a CD-ROM with a subscription.
• Bonex (commercial website): Subscription legal database.

Solomon Islands

Constitution

• Constitution (PACLII).

Laws and Legislation

• Solomon Islands Law Contains links to case law and legislation (PACLII).

Other

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

South Africa

Constitution

• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht).
• Constitutional Matters (Unwembi Communications): includes constitutional texts and links to constitutional bodies.

Legislation

• Legislation (Ministry of Justice): includes bills, acts, notices, proclamations, regulations and other documents.
• Bills of the South African Parliament (Parliament): also includes links to acts, green papers, white papers and reports.  Includes a  Bill Status Monitor.  There bills and documents available from the Parliamentary Monitoring Group.
• South African Government Information (Unwembi Communications): Links include bills,  legislation and  regulations.
• Acts Online (First Commerce and Guarantee Trust Hypertext Systems Ltd): a slightly awkward interface, but includes acts with updating information and regulations in some cases.  Goes further back in time than the other websites with legislation.
• Table of Statutes (Jutastat): has information about repeal of statutes.
• South African Cyber Treaty Series (Arnold Pronto & Jennifer Sisk): Provides South African action on multilateral treaties with links to treaties where available.

Laws by Subject

• Broadcasting (Independent Broadcasting Authority).
• Competition (Competition Commission): Includes regulations and cases.
• Electricity (National Electricity Regulator).
• Emergency Laws (Queen's University of Belfast).
• Revenue (South African Revenue Service).
• Value Added Tax (Ian Anderson).

Courts

• Constitutional Court (official website): Judgments from 1995 to the present.
• Supreme Court of Appeal (Wits Law School): from 1999 to the present in order by date or in alphabetical order.
• Supreme Court of Appeal (University of the Orange Free State): From 1999 to the present.  Searchable by case name or keyword.
• Land Claims Court (Wits Law School): from 1996 to present in date and alphabetical order.
• Labour Courts (Wits Law School): from 1998 to present.
• Truth & Reconciliation Commission.  Includes links to the TRC's legal background, to the work of its committees, to the Amnesty Database, etc.
• Competition Tribunal (official website): Includes act, tribunal rules and judgments.
• Index to the South African Law Reports ( Jutastat).

Government

• Parliament (official website): Includes the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
• South African Law Commission (sponsored by Wits Law School): includes reports, discussion papers and other documents relating to the study and investigation of South African Law as is the mandate of the SALC.
• Ministry of Justice (official website): includes documents, as well as legislation.
• South African Government Index (Unwembi Communications): Links to all government entities with a web presence, as well as providing other important information such as white and green papers.

Subscription Databases

• Jutastat (Juta and Co.): Includes statutes, caselaw and current awareness tools.
• Legalnet (Butterworths): Includes statutes, caselaw and current awareness tools.  Trial subscription available.  A weekly legislative service is available for free.

Spain

Constitution

• Constitution (Office of the President): In Spanish.  Also includes other laws about the structure of government.
• Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English and Spanish.

Law and Legislation

• Boletin Oficial de Estado / Official Bulletin of the State (official website): Available in full-text from 1995.  There is a search engine and organization by date.  This site also includes the dictámenes of the Consejo de Estado from 2000 to the present.  Many other databases available via subscription. 
• Proyectos de Ley / Bills (Congreso de los Diputados): Includes bills, and other legislative documents, from the last 5 years.
• Proyectos de Ley / Bills (Senado): Includes bills from the last two years.
• Official Bulletins of the States
• Juisweb (Juris): Links to legislation on the internet. Organized by subject.

Codes

• Projecte "Norma Civil": Access to the full text of the Código Civil (civil code) in Spanish, as well as legislation related to the Code.

Laws by Subject

• Budget (Ministry of Taxation): In Spanish.
• Commerce (Ministry of Economics): In Spanish.
• Immigration (Ministry of the Interior): In Spanish.
• Public Finance (Ministry of Economics): In Spanish.
• Taxation (Ministry of Taxation): In Spanish.

Jurisprudence

• Decisions of the Constitutional Court (official website): Decisions from 1999 to the present in Spanish.
• Supreme Court Tribunal
• Decisions of the Supreme Court(Jurisprudencia Tribunal Supremo)

Government

• Government (official website): Links to and organizes other government websites.  In Spanish.
• El Rey / The King (official website): Informational website.
• Ministerio de la Precidencia / Office of the President (official website): Information, legislation about government, legislative activities and news.  In Spanish.
• Congreso de los Diputados / Congress of Deputies (official website): Includes  databases of legislative documents,  databases of publications, and other information.  In Spanish.
• Senado / Senate (official website): Includes legislative initiatives,  control initiatives, official publications, and other information.  In Spanish.
• Tribunal Constitucional / Constitutional Court (official website): Includes decisions, relevant laws and information.
• Consejo General de Poder Judicial / General Council of Judicial Power (official website): 

Subscription Databases

• Westlaw.es (Aranzadi): Includes legislation from 1930, jurisprudence of various courts, databases arranged by area of law and other databases.
• Colex-Data ( Colex): Legal databases including legislation and jurisprudence.

Other

• Sumarios de Revistas (Bibliotecha Facultad de Derecho Caceres): Indexes the tables of contents of articles the library collects.  Some full-text articles, but mostly just summaries.  English interface.

Sri Lanka

Constitution

• Constitution (Government of Sri Lanka).
• Constitutions Contains links to the full-text of historical Sri Lankan constitutions. (Jurist).

Laws and Legislation

• Acts Index Only 1985-2003. See also New Legislation Full text. (Ministry of Justice).

Jurisprudence

• Courts of Sri Lanka Links to Court websites. (Government of Sri Lanka).

Government

• Directory of Government Ministries (Government of Sri Lanka).
• Ministry of Justice (official site)

Other

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

Sweden

• Information Rosenbad: National government web site which includes reports and proposed legislation.
• Riksdagen: Links to all departments of the government. Includes a directory of email addresses.

Switzerland

Constitution

• Constitution (Federal Authority of the Swiss Confederation): In German, French and Italian.
• Constitution ( International Constitutional Law Project Information/ICL website). In English.
• Constitution (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs). In French, German, Italian and English.
• Constitutional History (University of Bern): Documents and articles about Swiss constitutional history in German.

Law and Legislation

• Recueil systématique du droit fédéral / Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts / Raccolta sistematica del dritto federale / Systematic Collection of Federal Law (Federal Authority of the Swiss Confederation): Inclusive database of Swiss federal law organized by subject, including the civil and criminal codes, available in French, German or Italian. Searchable.
• Recueil officiel des lois fédérales / Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesrechts / Recollata ufficiale della leggi federali / Official Collection of Federal Laws (Federal Authority of the Swiss Confederation): Inclusive database of Swiss federal law organized chronologically.  Searchable.In German, French and Italian.
• Bundesblatt (Federal Authority of the Swiss Confederation): The official gazette organized chronologically which also contains materials that have no legal effect.

Laws by Subject

• Agreements with the U.S. (Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs). In English.
• Banking (Banking Commission): In English, French and German.
• Commerce (KPMG): In English, includes laws on banking, stock exchange etc.
• Communications (Federal Commission of Communications): Decisions for the most part in German.
• Copyright (Federal Arbitral Commission): Decisions on copyright in French.

Jurisprudence

• Swiss Federal Supreme Court: Decisions beginning in 1975 through the present are searchable in French, Italian and German.
• Federal Court / Bundesgericht (official website): Decisions available full-text from 1954 to present.  Searchable full-text, and available in French, German and Italian.  It is important to search in all languages because decisions are somtimes only published in the language of the case.

Cantonal Law

• Cantonal Laws (Institute of Federalism at the University of Fribourg): In German or French.
• Jurisprudence Administrative Bernoise (BVR).
• Canton of Schwyz (SRSZ).Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). In German.
• Canton of Aargau Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). In German.
• Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhodden (Legislation for Appenzell Ausserrhoden). Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden (Legislation for appenzell Innerrhoden).Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Canton of Basel-Landschaftt Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). In German. (Click on the "Gesetzessammlung" on the left frame).
• Canton of Basel-Stadt Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Bern Collection of Laws. Searchable database.In french.
• Canton of St. Gall (sGS).Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Fribourg Banque de donnees de la legislation Fribourgeoise. Searchable database, in French.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Geneve In French.
• Canton of Glarus Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). In German.
• Canton of Graubunden Searchable database for decisions.In German,Italian and Rumantsch.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Jura Searchable database. In French.
• Canton of Luzern Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Neuchatel In French.
• Canton of Nidwalden Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Canton of Obwalden In German.
• Canton of Schaffhausen Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). In German.
• Canton of Schwyz Searchable database. In German.
• Canton of Solothurn Searchable database. In German.
• Canton of Thurgau Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Reports of Laws in force for the canton of Ticino In Italian.
• Official Gazette(Amtsblatt) of Canton Uri.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Valais Searchable database. In French.
• Recueil Systématique du Canton de Vaud Searchable database. In French.
• Canton of Zug Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.
• Canton of Zurich Collection of Laws (Gesetzessammlung). Searchable database. In German.

Government

• Parliament (official website): The English index allows access to committee reports, debates, parliamentary initiatives and drafts.
• Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (official website , in English).

Other

• Information Juridique (Federal Coordination Facility for the Publication of Legal Information): Great overview of the materials available electronically from the governments, both federal and cantonal.
• Federal Department of Foreign Affairs This database contains information on all the international treaties that are in force for Switzerland or have been signed by Switzerland, together with information on other important treaties.