Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Syria)

• International Constitutional Law: Syria Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1973 constitution plus background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information
• Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic (Syria Ministry of Information)
• Constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic Laws (Syria Ministry of Information)

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade - in Arabic and English; includes Investment Regulations
• Ministry of Information

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Supreme Constitutional Court; High COURTS AND JUDICIARY Council; Court of Cassation; State Security Courts

LEGISLATIVE

• PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Sha'b [People's Council]
• NATLEX: Syrian Arab Republic (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• Natural Resources Legislation: Syria (University of Denver College of Law)
• Summary of Syria Trademark Law (LebanonLaw)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Syria (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Islamic Family Law: Syria (Emory University Law School)
• JURIST: Syria (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Law Index: Syria (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Syria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• WWW-VL Islamic Law: Syria (University of London, Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Law)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Syria () April 1987
• Portals to the World: Syria ()
• Background Notes: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of the Republic of Syria, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Syria (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Syria (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Syria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Assad National Library - information (IFLA)
• NEWS: Al-Thawra Newspaper; BBC World - Middle East; Syrian Arab News Agency; Yahoo Full Coverage - Syria
• U.S. Embassy, Damascus (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Syria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Syria (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Syria (Google); Syria (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Syria (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Syria (University of Texas, Austin)