Foreign Law: K, L

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Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of (South)
Kyrgyzstan
Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Latvia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania

Kazakhstan

Constitution

Constitution (President).

Law and Legislation

Laws (LexInfoSys from University of Bremen): In Russian and English.

Selected Laws (Golden Eagle Services): In English and Russian.

Selected Laws (customs-info.kz): In Russian.

Laws by Subject

Central Banks (NYU Center for the Study of Central Banks): In English.

Commercial (BISNIS): Scroll down to "Legal and Regulatory" where there are some acts in English.

Election (University of Essex).

Immigration (IOM): In English.

Media (Internews): Sections of constitution, codes, laws and other legal acts that pertain to the media. In English.

Government

President (official website).

Supreme Court (official website): In Russian.

Subscription Database

Zakon (Zakon.kz): Legal database in Russian.

Other

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

Kenya

Constitution

Constitution (University of Richmond).

Constitution (rcbowen.com).

Laws by Subject

Copyright (from UNESCO).

Jurisprudence

Law Reports Official law reports of the Republic of Kenya.

Government

State House (official website): Presidential news, speeches and other information.

Other

Organization for the Harmonization in Africa of the Law of Business: Texts (Juris International).

Subscription Databases

LawAfrica (Lawtel Africa): Includes cases from Kenyan courts and legislation.

Kiribati

Constitution

Constitution (PACLII)

Laws and Legislation

Kiribati Contains links to case law and legislation. (PACLII)

Other

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

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)

Constitution

Constitution (overview) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Socialist Constitution in english (The People's Korea).

Socialist Constitutions in english (NovexCn.com).

Historical Constitution in english (The People's Korea).

Comparison of Old Constitution with New (Commentary in english) (The People's Korea).

Legislation

Laws of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NovexCn.com) In english.
Includes: Arbitration Law, Commercial Joint Venture Law, Constitutional Law,
Customs Law, Economic Plans, Fisheries Law, Foreign Enterprises Law,
Foreign Investment Law, Free Trade Ports/ Economic Trade Zones, Immigration/Emigration Law,
Labour Law, Tax Law.

Laws by Subject

Agriculture (Article by article description, in English) (The People's Korea).

Arbitration (Article by article description, in English) (The People's Korea).

Economic Plans (Article by article description, in English) (The People's Korea).

Fish Breeding Law (Article by article description, in English) (The People's Korea).

Government

Government (Official website of DPRK).

Other

Foreign Relations (Commentaries on Foreign Relations of DPRK). (The People's Korea).

News, Blogs, Links and Commentary (NKzone is a "blog-zone" on North Korea: an experiment in interactive, participatory journalism.)

Korea, Republic of (South)

Constitution

Constitution (National Assembly): In English.

Constitution (Ministry of Leglislation): In English.

Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Legislation

Comprehensive Legal Information Service System (Ministry of Legislation) (Korean and English). This website includes an on-line database of legislative information and court cases. Contains a variety of Acts, regulations, court cases, and books on jurisprudence. Information is searchable by word/phrase, subject term, amendment number, title, case number and more.

Economic laws on foreign investment in Korea.(Ministry of Legislation : Korea Legislation Research Institute): in English.

Kwanbo Kwanbo (Official Gazette). (The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs).
Includes official notices on new laws, budget, presidential decrees, treaties, regulations, courts, elections, public notices, local government administration, etc. The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs has been responsible for publishing and distributing the Official Gazette since 1999. The full text of the issues is also available at Korea E-government portal site.

Law Korea (mten.com (was Vision Of Information & Technology (VOIN))). Comprehensive database of Korean laws and regulations; current revised regulations; proposed legislation; treaties; cases, and free legal consultation services. This is free service, but requires a member registration. Searchable by keyword, date, case number, and referenced Acts.

Laws and Regulations (Korean Information Service) Contains a number of English texts of Korean legislation including foreign investment, immigration, customs, consumer protection, monopolies, financial laws, industrial property, labor laws, etc.

Legal Texts Website includes news and a very limited number of legal texts.(Ministry of Justice): In English and in Korean.

Laws by Subject

Economic (Ministry of Legislation): In English.

Environment Lists and summaries of laws (Ministry of the Environment): In English and in Korean.

Patent Act (Intellectual Property Office): In English.

Jurisprudence

Supreme Court (official website): Decisions since in Korean. Some decisions are available in English.

Constitutional Court (official website): Decisions since   in Korean. Some decisions abstracted in English.

Government

Government (Korean Information Service) In English. Includes comprehensive government organizational charts with current links to government bodies and ministry websites.

Office of the President (official website): Press releases and speeches in English.  Comprehensive Korean site also.

Prime Minister (official website): Information in English. More available in Korean.

National Assembly (official website).

Supreme Court (official website).

Constitutional Court (official website).

Other

Korean Legal Research (University of Washington School of Law): A very comprehensive Guide to doing research on Korean law. Helpful in describing paper resources.

Index to Korean Legal Materials (Seoul National University Press): Index of articles, books and other materials from 1945 to 1998 in Korean.

Internet Legal Information Forum.

Bibliography of Asian Studies (Harvard only): Standard bibliographical tool for Western-language publications in the field of East, South, and Southeast Asian Studies.

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

Subscription Databases

Statutes of the Republic of Korea (Korean Legislation Research Institute): Only table of contents to paper publication. Available full-text as a subscription service.

Kyrgyzstan

Constitution

Constitution (Government website): In Russian.

Constitution (Law and Environment Eurasia Partnership): In English.

Constitution (Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway): In English.

Law and Legislation

Laws (LexInfoSys from University of Bremen): Mostly in Russian. Contains a wide variety of laws.

Legal Base (Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway): Contains full-text in English of selected laws, mostly business oriented.

Laws by Subject

Central Bank (NYU): In English.

Non-Commercial Organizations (International Center For Not-For-Profit Law): In English.

Government

Government (official website).

Other

On the Prospect of Legal Reform in Kyrgyzstan (Institutional Reform and Information Service from the University of Maryland).

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

Kuwait

Constitution

Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Constitution - a summary (The Official Website of the State of Kuwait).

Laws and Legislation

Council of Ministers - Law and Legislation (State of Kuwait - in English and Arabic).

Ministry of Justice (official site, in Arabic).

Laws by Subject (World LII, in English).

Government

Government Directory (Kuwait Information Office).

Central Bank of Kuwait (in English and Arabic).

Kuwait Information Office (in English).

Kuwait Investment Authority (in English and Arabic).

Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (in Arabic).

Ministry of Finance (in English and Arabic).

Other

Kuwait Directory (in english).

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Constitution

Constitution (Lao People's Republic Embassy to the US)

Government

Lao People's Deomocratic Repbulic Embassy to the US (Official site).

Other

Lao People's Democratic Republic The Asian Development Bank provides a number of fact sheets, country reports, project summaries including legal initiatives and more. (Asian Development Bank).

Laos Contains links to government, laws and policies. (Droit Francophonie)

Latvia

Constitution

Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Constitution (Chancery of the President): In English.

Legislation

Normative Acts of the Republic of Latvia (Normativo Aktu Informacijas Sistema): In Latvian.

Laws (Translation and Terminology Centre): Official translations of selected laws and regulations.

Bills (Parliament).

Laws by Subject

Banking (Latvian Bank): In English and Latvian.

Citizenship (Naturalization Board): In English and Latvian.

Commercial (State Enterprise Registry): In Latvian, with the Commercial Law in English.

Competition (Competition Council): In English and Latvian.

Copyright (UNESCO): In English.

Defense (Ministry of Defense): In English and Latvian.

Education and Science (Ministry of Education and Science): In Latvian.

Environment (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development): In English.

Finance (Ministry of Finance): In Latvian.

Human Rights (Institute on Human Rights at the University of Latvia).

Information (Association of Computer Technologies): In Latvian, and includes the Criminal Code.

Maritime (Latvian Maritime Law Association: In Latvian, except for the Lithuanian Maritime Code.

Patents (Soros Foundation Latvia and Latvian Academy of Sciences): In English.

Social Security (Ministry of Welfare): In Latvian.

Taxes (State Revenue Service): In English. More laws available in Latvian.

Goverment

Chancery of the President (official website): Includes speeches and news in English.

Latvijas Republikas Ministru Kabinets / Cabinet of Ministers (official website): Includes information, legal basis and documents in English and Latvian.

Saeima / Parliament (official website): Includes background in English.

Latvijas Republikas Satversmes tiesa / Constitution Court of the Republic of Latvia (official website): Selected decisions in English. Also includes law and rules of procedure. Same information available in Latvian.

Other

The Legal System of Latvia (Ministry of Justice).

Legislative Terminology (Translation and Terminology Centre): Engish-Latvian, Latvian-English.

Lebanon

Constitution

Constitution (Constitutional Court): In French. Also available in Arabic.

Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Legislation

Value Added Tax (Ministry of Finance): In Arabic. Includes the main law as well as relevant regulations and decrees.

Government

Ministry of Economy and Trade (official website): In Arabic and English. (Netscape preferable.)

Ministry of Finance (official website): In Arabic and English.

Ministry of Industry (official website): In Arabic and English. Includes recent decrees in Arabic.

Ministry of Justice (official website): In Arabic.

President (official website): In French. Includes speeches, statements and information.

Parliament (official website): In English, French and Arabic. (Netscape preferable.)

Conseil Constitutionnel / Constitutional Court (official website): Includes laws establishing court, a decision and information about the court.

Jurisprudence

Conseil Constitutionnel/Constitutional Court (official website): Includes decisions of the court organized by topic.

Other

Foreign Investment Legal Framework (Investment Development Authority of Lebanon).

Intellectual Property Law Summary (Info-Prod Research (Middle East) Ltd.)

Lebanese Legal System (Chibli Mallat).

Libya

Constitution

Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht): In English.

Liechtenstein

Constitution

Constitution (Fürstenhaus): In German. Includes the 1921 Constitution and the 2003 revised Constitution.

Constitution of 1921 (Dag Trygsland Hoelseth). In English.

Legislation

Collection of Laws (LLV Government Portal). Liechtenstein Gazette. The Chronological Collection encompasses all Liechtenstein Legal Gazette (Landesgesetzblatt, LBGl.) entries in the chronological order of their publication. The Systematic Collection contains all enactments of Liechtenstein national law (Landesrecht, LR) and of treaty law (Staatsvertragsrecht, SV) in updated form, i.e., in the currently valid version. The Systematic Collection is structured according to areas of the law.

Liechtenstein Law (Juris Verlag). Searchable and browsable index.

Jurisprudence

Courts System (summary) (Government Spokesperson's Office).

Government

Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein (official website of the Prince of Liechtenstein). In English and German.

Government (official website): In English and German.

Landtag (official website of the Parliament). In German.

Other

Introductions to Liechtenstein Law (WorldLII listing).

Lithuania

Constitution

Constitution (the Seimas).

Constitution (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht).

Law and Legislation

Litlex: (Legal Information Center): Access in Lithuanian to a database of laws. Also, access to some basic laws of the Republic of Lithuania in English.

Legal Acts (Information Technologies Department of the Parliament): Searchable by document number, date and full-text with English interface. Many of the laws are available in English.

Proposed Legislation (Ministry of Justice): Back to 1999.

GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (U.S. Law Library of Congress) - 4700 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from January 1921 to the present.

Laws by Subject

Elections (University of Essex): In English.

Finance (Ministry of Finance): In English.

Intellectual Property (Lithuanian Patent Office): In English.

Minorities (Consortium of Minority Resources): In Engish.

Privatization (State Property Fund): In English.

Securities (Securities Commission): In English.

Transportation (Ministry of Transport and Communication): In Lithuanian. Includes proposed legislation.

Jurisprudence

Rulings of the Constitutional Court (official website): In English and Lithuanian from 1993 to the present.

Government

Prime Minister (official website): Links to government websites.

President (official website): Interviews, speeches and information in Lithuanian.

Parliament / Seimas (official website): Includes information on legislative procedure in English.

Konstitucinis Teismas / Constitutional Court (official website): Includes rulings, law of the court and information in English and Lithuanian.

Aukščiausiojo Teismo / Supreme Court (official website): Includes law of the court and information in Lithuanian.