legislation

Afghanistan - Sharia Law (found in Qur’an)

Algeria - Library of legislation https://guides.loc.gov/law-algeria/legislative

Angola - (use Portuguese VPN) https://www.africa-laws.org/Angola.php

Antigua and Barbuda - https://laws.gov.ag

Argentina - (Extremely dodgy, recommended to use VPN (locate to Argentina)) http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/2388.html

Armenia - (Extremely hard to access. Might help with VPN but not tested) http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=alpha&ltype=3&lang=eng19

Australia - legislation.gov.au

Austria - https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Ergebnis.wxe?Abfrage=Erv (Federal law only - provincial accessed by asking their courts)

Azerbaijan - cis-legislation.com/cis/azerbaijan/legislation.html

Bahamas - https://laws.bahamas.gov/cms/

Bahrain - https://www.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/en/BNP/AboutTheKingdom/BahrainiLegislations and https://guides.loc.gov/law-bahrain/legislative

Bangladesh - http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/ (Not very reliable, however my research shows that this is the most reliable, might be good to use VPN to access)

Barbados - http://barbadosparliament-laws.com/ (need to use vpn)

Belarus - https://pravo.by/ (Very very dodgy. Belarus has a history of human rights abuse and not following their laws. VPN to Ukraine recommended)

Belgium - https://www.belgielex.be/en

Belize- https://www.agm.gov.bz/laws/

Benin - https://guides.loc.gov/law-benin/legislative

Bhutan - https://oag.gov.bt/language/en/resources/acts-2/ (Bhutan is a very secretive country [not in a bad way] so laws are not very clear and may be a bit broad. This is not to say they are a bad country In terms of human rights and stuff, but their laws might be a bit hard to work with)

Bolivia - https://guides.loc.gov/law-bolivia/legislative

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Република Српска and Федерација Босне и Херцеговине (Serbian Republic [not to be confused with Republic of Serbia, another country that is not in Bosnia and Herzegovina] and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) are two different entities much like the states of the usa. They are pretty different so their legislation are probably very different.) https://www.ohr.int/laws-of-bih/

Bostwana - https://www.gov.bw/law-crime-and-justice/access-laws-botswana

Brazil - http://www4.planalto.gov.br/legislacao (No English translation, all in Portuguese)

Brunei - https://www.agc.gov.bn/AGC Site Pages/Legislation Online.aspx/

Bulgaria - www.dv.parliament.bg.

Burkina Faso -http://legiburkina.bf/ (Laws might have changed because of the military coup d'état

Burundi - http://www.assemblee.bi/

Cabo Verde - http://www.parlamento.cv/legislacao

Cambodia - http://en.national-assembly.org/

Cameroon - https://guides.loc.gov/law-cameroon/legislative

Canada - https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/

Central African Republic - Https://guides.loc.gov/law-central-african-republic/legislative

Chad - Https://www.africa-laws.org/Chad.php (key laws only)

Chile - https://www.bcn.cl/leychile

China - http://www.npc.gov.cn/englishnpc/Law/Frameset-index.html

Colombia - http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/

Comoros - WorldLII

Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Contacting ministry of justice

Congo, Republic of the - Ministry of justice contact

Costa Rica - https://www.asamblea.go.cr/

Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) - Ministry of justice contact

Croatia - https://www.sabor.hr/en

Cuba - Very hard to do; might be good to ask Universidad de la Habana's legal team/section

Cyprus - http://www.cylaw.org/

Czech Republic - http://www.psp.cz/en

Denmark - https://www.retsinformation.dk/

Djibouti - contact ministry of justice

Dominica - CARICOM legal database

Dominican Republic - https://www.congreso.gob.do/

East Timor (Timor-Leste) - first step would be to reach out UNOTIL. However because east timor is a relatively new country they probably do not have that much data too so maybe reach ministry of justice of timor leste

Ecuador - http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ec/

Egypt - contact University of Cairo

El Salvador - https://www.asamblea.gob.sv/

Equatorial Guinea - https://guides.loc.gov/law-equatorial-guinea/legislative

Eritrea - contact Eritrean embassies

Estonia - https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/

Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) - swazi government publications

Ethiopia - https://guides.loc.gov/law-ethiopia/legislative

Fiji - https://www.parliament.gov.fj/

Finland - https://www.finlex.fi/en/

France - https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/

Gabon - https://guides.loc.gov/law-gabon/legislative

Gambia - contact their ministry of justice

Georgia - https://matsne.gov.ge/en

Germany - https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/

Ghana - http://www.ghanajustice.gov.gh/

Greece - https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/en/Vouli-ton-Ellinon/To-Politevma/Elliniko-Nomothesiako-Deltio/

Grenada - https://guides.loc.gov/law-grenada/legislative

Guatemala - http://www.congreso.gob.gt/

Guinea - https://guides.loc.gov/law-guinea/legislative

Guinea-Bissau - https://guides.loc.gov/law-guinea-bissau/legislative

Guyana - https://parliament.gov.gy/

Haiti - https://guides.loc.gov/law-haiti/legislative

Honduras - http://www.congresonacional.hn/

Hungary - https://www.parlament.hu/en/web/house-of-the-national-assembly

Iceland - https://www.althingi.is/

India - https://indiacode.nic.in/

Indonesia - http://www.dpr.go.id/

Iran - Iranian embassies

Iraq - Iraqi embassies

Ireland - https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/

Israel - https://www.knesset.gov.il/laws/special/eng/laws_index.htm

Italy - https://www.normattiva.it/

Jamaica - http://www.japarliament.gov.jm

Japan - http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp

Jordan - https://guides.loc.gov/law-jordan/legislative

Kazakhstan - http://adilet.zan.kz/eng

Kenya - http://www.kenyalaw.org/

Kiribati -https://guides.loc.gov/law-kiribati/legislative

North Korea (DPRK) - Good first step would be to access https://kls.law.columbia.edu/content/north-korean-law-translation but not all. Pingsh law firm could be portal, however Pyongyang Law Firm would be the best as its the biggest law firm in North Korea. However it might be hard to access that law firm because a middleman is needed and it is unknown how to get a middleman [written law is not in nk as useful as western countries] https://guides.loc.gov/law-north-korea/legislative good too

South Korea (ROK) - http://www.law.go.kr/eng

Kosovo - https://gzk.rks-gov.net/ActList.aspx

Kuwait -https://guides.loc.gov/law-kuwait/legislative

Kyrgyzstan - http://cbd.minjust.gov.kg/act/list/ru-ru/2035

Laos - https://guides.loc.gov/law-laos/legislative

Latvia - https://likumi.lv/

Lebanon - http://www.lp.gov.lb/

Lesotho - https://guides.loc.gov/law-lesotho/legislative

Liberia - http://www.liberlii.org/

Libya - https://guides.loc.gov/law-libya/legislative

Liechtenstein - https://www.gesetze.li/

Lithuania - https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.1.1

Luxembourg - http://legilux.public.lu/

Madagascar - https://guides.loc.gov/law-madagascar/legislative

Malawi - https://www.malawilii.org/

Malaysia - http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/

Maldives - https://www.maldivianlawyers.com/

Mali - https://guides.loc.gov/law-mali/legislative

Malta - https://legislation.mt/

Marshall Islands - https://guides.loc.gov/law-marshall-islands/legislative

Mauritania - https://guides.loc.gov/law-mauritania/legislative

Mauritius - http://attorneygeneral.govmu.org/English/Pages/default.aspx

Mexico - http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/index.htm

Micronesia, Federated States of - https://guides.loc.gov/law-micronesia/legislative

Moldova - http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=363491

Monaco - http://www.conseil-national.mc/index.php/textes-et-lois

Mongolia - https://www.legalinfo.mn/

Montenegro - http://www.skupstina.me/

Morocco - http://www.sgg.gov.ma/

Mozambique - https://guides.loc.gov/law-mozambique/legislative

Myanmar (Burma) - extremely dodgy. Military junta changed rules around. Use http://www.myanmar-law-library.org/law-library/laws-and-regulations/ for reference, but with vpn.

Namibia - http://www.parliament.na/

Nauru - https://guides.loc.gov/law-nauru/legislative

Nepal - http://www.lawcommission.gov.np/en/

Netherlands - https://wetten.overheid.nl/

New Zealand - http://www.legislation.govt.nz/

Nicaragua - http://legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni/

Niger - https://guides.loc.gov/law-niger/legislative

Nigeria - http://www.nigeria-law.org/

North Macedonia - http://www.sobranie.mk/

Norway - https://lovdata.no/

Oman - https://guides.loc.gov/law-oman/legislative

Pakistan - http://www.na.gov.pk/en/legislation.php

Palau - https://guides.loc.gov/law-palau/legislative

Panama - http://www.asamblea.gob.pa/

Papua New Guinea - http://www.parliament.gov.pg/

Paraguay - https://www.bacn.gov.py/

Peru - http://www.leyes.congreso.gob.pe/

Philippines - http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/section/laws/

Poland - http://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/

Portugal - https://dre.pt/

Qatar - https://guides.loc.gov/law-qatar/legislative

Romania - http://legislatie.just.ro/

Russia - http://www.pravo.gov.ru/ [legislation is dodgy]

Rwanda - http://www.amategeko.net/

Saint Kitts and Nevis -https://guides.loc.gov/law-saint-kitts-and-nevis/legislative

Saint Lucia -https://guides.loc.gov/law-saint-lucia/legislative

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - https://legal.gov.vc/legal/index.php/recent-legislations

Samoa - https://guides.loc.gov/law-samoa/legislative

San Marino - http://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home.html

São Tomé and Príncipe - https://guides.loc.gov/law-sao-tome-and-principe/legislative

Saudi Arabia -https://www.saudiembassy.net/laws

Senegal - http://www.jo.gouv.sn/

Serbia - http://www.parlament.gov.rs/

Seychelles - http://www.seylii.org/

Sierra Leone - http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/constitution1991.html

Singapore - https://sso.agc.gov.sg/

Slovakia - https://www.slov-lex.sk/

Slovenia - http://pisrs.si/Pis.web/

Solomon Islands - https://guides.loc.gov/law-solomon-islands/legislative

Somalia - https://guides.loc.gov/law-somalia/legislative

South Africa - https://www.gov.za/documents/acts

South Sudan - https://guides.loc.gov/law-south-sudan/legislative

Spain - https://www.boe.es/

Sri Lanka - http://www.parliament.lk/en/legislation

Sudan - https://guides.loc.gov/law-sudan/legislative

Suriname - https://guides.loc.gov/law-suriname/legislative

Sweden - https://www.riksdagen.se/en/

Switzerland - https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/federal-law.html

Syria - https://guides.loc.gov/law-syria/legislative - Syrian civil war will make laws dodgy

Republic of China (Taiwan) - https://law.moj.gov.tw/

Tajikistan - http://www.mmk.tj/

Tanzania - http://www.parliament.go.tz/

Thailand - http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/

Togo - https://guides.loc.gov/law-togo/legislative

Tonga - https://guides.loc.gov/law-tonga/legislative

Trinidad and Tobago - http://www.ttparliament.org/

Tunisia - http://www.legislation.tn/

Turkey - https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/

Turkmenistan - legislationline.org/turkmenistan - Turkmenistan is very secretive, much like north korea. So laws are very dodgy

Tuvalu - https://guides.loc.gov/law-tuvalu/legislative

Uganda - http://www.parliament.go.ug/

Ukraine - http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/

United Arab Emirates - https://www.elaws.gov.ae/

United Kingdom - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/

United States of America - https://www.congress.gov/ - also ‘statutes at large’ [not codified]

Uruguay - https://www.impo.com.uy/

Uzbekistan - http://lex.uz/

Vanuatu - https://parliament.gov.vu/index.php/icons/legislation

Vatican City (Holy See) - https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/cic_index_en.html

Venezuela - http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ve/

Vietnam - http://vbpl.vn/

Yemen - complicated relationship. Civil war so legislation is very very mundane. https://alp.unescwa.org/country/yem is good start

Zambia - http://www.parliament.gov.zm/

Zimbabwe - http://www.parlzim.gov.zw/

**N.B.: the websites provided by Library of Congress are incomplete and do not represent the whole of the legislation

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