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

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Constitution (Arab Republic of Egypt) in English
• Constitution (Arab Republic of Egypt) in Arabic
• International Constitutional Law: Egypt (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only
• Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in Arabic, English, and Spanish

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Presidency
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs - includes the texts of treaties and historical documents
• Ministry of Information Egyptian State Information Service / US mirror

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Supreme Constitutional Court

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: al-Jaridah alrasmiyah-Jumhuriat Misr al-Arabiyah
• PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-Sha`b / L'assemblee du peuple [People's Assembly]; see also Majlis al-Shura [Consultative Council]
• NATLEX: Egypt (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Egypt (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Egypt Information Highway
• FindLaw: Egypt
• ForIntLaw: Egypt (Washburn University Law Library)
• Islamic Family Law: Egypt (Emory University Law School)
• JURIST: Egypt (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Egypt (University of Denver College of Law)
• An Overview of the Egyptian Legal System and Legal Research (Mohamed S. Abdel Wahab, via GlobaLex) October 2006
• Sources of Online Legal Information for African Countries (Jane Williams, via GlobaLex) June 2006
• World Legal Materials from Africa: Egypt (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• WWW-VL Islamic Law: Egypt (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Egypt () December 1990
• Portals to the World: Egypt ()
• Background Notes: Egypt (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Egypt (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Egypt (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Egypt (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of Egypt (U.S. Dept. of Labor) excerpt 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 Near East / North Africa
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Egypt (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Egypt (The Economist)
• Governments on the WWW: Egypt (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Egypt (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Egypt (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Egyptian National Library and Archives [Dar el-Kotob] - information
• U.S. Embassy, Cairo (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Egypt (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Egypt (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: African Studies: Egypt (Columbia University); Egypt (Google); Egypt (Yahoo); WWW-VL African Studies: Egypt (Columbia University) ; WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Egypt (University of Texas, Austin)