Constitution

• Panama: Constitutions / Constituciones (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) Includes the 1972 Constitution with 1994 reforms; in Spanish
• International Constitutional Law: Panama Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

Executive

• Presidencia
• Panama: Executive Institutions / Instituciones Ejecutivas (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)

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Judicial

• Judicial Branch [Órgano Judicial] (external link)

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Gaceta oficial; organo del estado
• PARLIAMENT: Asamblea Legislativa
• GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations; full-text
• NATLEX: Panama (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Panama (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• FindLaw: Panama (external link)
• ForIntLaw: Panama (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• World Legal Information Institute: Panama (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from North America: Panama (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Panama (Library of Congress) December 1987
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
• Background Note: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Panama (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Human Rights in Panama (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional - information (external link) (IFLA)
• NEWS: BBC World News: Latin America & Caribbean (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Panama (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Panama (external link) (Yahoo); WWW-VL Latin American Studies: Panama (external link) (University of Texas, Austin)

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Last Updated: 08/09/2012