Constitution Executive COURTS AND JUDICIARY Legislative Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Mexico)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Reformas a la Constitución (Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión) in Spanish
• Mexico: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes the 1917 constitution with 2004 reforms; in Spanish
• Las Constituciones de México y sus Estados (INFOJUS, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM) federal and state constitutions; in Spanish
• International Constitutional Law: Mexico (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

EXECUTIVE ARM

• President
• Procurador General de la República [Attorney General]

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
• Consejo de la Judicatura Federal

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Diario oficial de la federación, organo consitutcional del los Estados Unidos mexicanos
• PARLIAMENT: Congreso de la Union, consisting of Cámara de Diputados and Cámara de Senadores
• Global Legal Network: Global Legal Information Network (Law Legal Issues ) offers 7,746 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from January 1954 to the present
• Legislación Federal de México (Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión) full text of more than 225 Mexican federal laws in HTML and PDF; in Spanish
• NATLEX: Mexico (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Mexico (Baker & McKenzie)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Mexico (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Mexico (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• An Electronic Guide to Mexican Law (Francisco A. Avalos and Elisa Donnadieu, via GlobaLex) November 2005
• Electronic Guide to the Best Mexican Law Websites (Jorge A. Vargas , University of San Diego School of Law, via LLRX)
• FindLaw: Mexico
• Federal Code of Mexico (Jorge A. Vargas , University of San Diego School of Law, via LLRX) April 25, 2005
• ForIntLaw: Mexico (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases Mexico (New York University Law Library)
• INFOSEL/ LEGAL Official Gazette source; provides some links to online information by subscription.
• Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) in Spanish; includes legislación y jurisprudencia
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: Mexico (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Latin American Network Information Center: Mexico (University of Texas, Austin)
• Mexican Trademark and Copyright Law as it Applies to E-Commerce (Jose-Juan Mendez, via LLRX) March 19, 2001
• World Law Index: Mexico (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from North America: Mexico (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Mexico () June 1996
• Handbook of Latin American Studies ()
• Portals to the World: Mexico ()
• Background Notes: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Mexico (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of Mexico (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By The Sweat and Toil of Children: A Report to Congress, Volume I (July 15, 1994)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Western Hemisphere / the Americas
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Mexico (The Economist)
• Embassy of Mexico, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Mexico (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Mexico (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Mexico (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
• NEWS: BBC World Americas
• U.S. Embassy, Mexico City (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Mexico (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Mexico (Google); Mexico (Yahoo); Mexico Online Site Map (MexOnline); Sistema de Búsqueda (Mexmaster)