Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides Other Sources

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Verfassung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (Liechtenstein Government) in German
• Constitution of the Principality of Liechtenstein (Liechtenstein Government) in English
• Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Princely House of Liechtenstein
• Head of Government and Four Councillors

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Oberster Gerichtshof [Supreme Court]; Obergericht [Superior Court]; Landgericht [District Court] - see Courts of Law / Gerichte

LEGISLATIVE

• PARLIAMENT: Landtag des Fürstentums Liechtenstein [Diet of the Principality of Liechtenstein]
• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt
• NATLEX: Liechtenstein (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• Staatsverträge [Register] (Gesetze) laws in German
• English Documents (Liechtenstein Press and Information Office) includes acts, ordinances, and executive documents on banking, investment undertaking, due diligence, legal assistance, and the criminal code; in PDF

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Liechtenstein (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Liechtenstein (New York University Law Library)
• Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe: Liechtenstein (Andrew Grossman, via LLRX) October 1, 2001
• Mini Research Guide to the Law of Liechtenstein (Ted Metzler, via LLRX) June 28, 2002
• World Law Index: Liechtenstein (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Liechtenstein (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Background Notes: Liechtenstein (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Liechtenstein, Principality of (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State) includes Liechtenstein
• Country Information: Liechtenstein (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Liechtenstein (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Governments on the WWW: Liechtenstein (Gunnar Anzinger)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Liechtenstein (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek
• National Libraries of Europe: Liechtenstein (European Library)
• NEWS: BBC World Service Europe
• World Factbook: Liechtenstein (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Liechtenstein (Google); Liechtenstein (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies: Liechtenstein (University of Pittsburgh)