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Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajawadi Janarajaya / Ilangai Jananayage Socialisak Kudiarasu (formerly: Ceylon)
Constitution
- Constitution Government Proposals for Constitutional Reforms Presented to Parliament on 24.10.1997 (external link) (Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat, Policy Research & Information Unit)
- International Constitutional Law: Sri Lanka (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only
- Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond Law School) English; (PDF)
Executive
- President (external link)
- Prime Minister (external link)
- Government (external link)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (external link); includes policy statements
Judicial
- Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission; Court of Appeals
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Prajatantrika Samajawadi Janarajaye Parlimentuwa (external link)
- NATLEX: Sri Lanka (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
- Telecom Act of Sri Lanka (external link) (Sri Lanka, Telecommunications Regulatory Commission) available in Sinhala and Tamil
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Sri Lanka (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Sri Lanka (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- AsianLII: Sri Lanka (external link) (Asian Legal Information Institute)
- Islamic Family Law: Sri Lanka (external link) (Emory University Law School)
- Sri Lanka: Legal Research and Legal System (external link) (Aquinas V. Tambimuttu via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Sri Lanka (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Asia: Sri Lanka (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Sri Lanka (Library of Congress) October 1988
- Background Note: Sri Lanka (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Sri Lanka (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Sri Lanka (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Sri Lanka (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Sri Lanka (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Sri Lanka (external link) (The Economist)
- Embassy of Sri Lanka, Washington (external link)
- Human Rights in Sri Lanka (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Sri Lanka(U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Sri Lanka - information (external link) (IFLA)
- NEWS: Sunday Times - Sri Lanka (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Colombo (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Sri Lanka (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: Sri Lanka (external link) (World Food Programme)
- Yahoo: Sri Lanka (external link)
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Last Updated: 07/26/2012
