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

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Constitution of the Republic of SA (Act No. 108 of 1996) (South African Government Information)
• International Constitutional Law: South Africa (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes

EXECUTIVE ARM

• President; Executive Deputy President; Cabinet
• Government Online
• Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
• Human Rights Commission
• South Africa Law Commission (University of Witwatersrand School of Law)
• South African Cyber Treaty Series (Arnold Pronto)
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• Constitutional Court
• Supreme Court of Appeal (University of Witwatersrand School of Law)
• Land Claims Court (University of Witwatersrand School of Law)
• Labour Courts (University of Witwatersrand School of Law)
• Index to South African Law Reports (JutaStat)

LEGISLATIVE

• PARLIAMENT: National Assembly and National Council of Provinces
• Acts Online
• South African Legislation
• NATLEX: South Africa (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• Emergency Law Database: South Africa (Queen's University at Belfast, Centre for International and Comparative Human Rights)
• Natural Resources Legislation: South Africa (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: South Africa (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• FindLaw: South Africa
• ForIntLaw: South Africa (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: South Africa (New York University Law Library)
• JURIST: South Africa (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Researching South African Law (Amanda Barratt and Pamela Snyman, via GlobaLex) March 2005
• Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex) June 2006
• University of Witwatersrand School of Law and eWits catalogue
• World Law Index: South Africa (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Africa: South Africa (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: South Africa () May 1996
• Portals to the World: South Africa ()
• Background Notes: South Africa (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: South Africa (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: South Africa (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: South Africa (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under the Africa Bureau
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: South Africa (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: South Africa (The Economist)
• Embassy of South Africa, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: South Africa (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in South Africa (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: South Africa (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of South Africa
• NEWS: BBC World Africa
• U.S. Embassy, Pretoria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: South Africa (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: South Africa (Google); South Africa (Stanford University); South Africa (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: South Africa (Columbia University)