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

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Constitution (Jordan National Assembly) in Arabic
• Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan National Assembly) in English

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Monarchy
• Library of Documents - both national and international (i.e. Constitution; National Charter; Law of Election to the House of Deputies; Political Parties; Investment Promotion Law & Regulations; Washington Declaration; Jordan-Israeli Peace Treaty; UN Res. 242 1967)
• Jordan National Information System

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Court of Cassation

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
• PARLIAMENT: Majlis al-'Ummah al-'Urdunni [National Assembly] - in English and Arabic; includes previous actions
• NATLEX: Jordan (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Jordan (Baker & McKenzie)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Jordan (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Jordan (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• ForIntLaw: Jordan (Washburn University Law Library)
• Islamic Family Law: Jordan (Emory University Law School)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: Jordan (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Law Index: Jordan (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Middle East: Jordan (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• WWW-VL Islamic Law: Jordan (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Jordan () December 1989
• Portals to the World: Jordan ()
• Background Notes: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• 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: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of Jordan, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Jordan (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Jordan (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Jordan (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NEWS: BBC World Middle East
• U.S. Embassy, Amman (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Jordan (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency )
• World Hunger: Jordan (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Jordan (Google); Jordan (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Jordan (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Jordan (University of Texas, Austin)