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Brazil
Federative Republic of Brazil
Rep?blica Federativa do Brasil

CONSTITUTION

* Brazil: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes the current (1988 with 2005 reforms) and historic editions in Portuguese; with an older edition (1988 with 2003 reforms) in English
* Constitui¡Ño da Rep?blica Federativa do Brasil (Brazil. Senate) includes the 1988 edition with current reforms in Portuguese
* International Constitutional Law: Brazil (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) includes Constitution and updates in English and background notes

EXECUTIVE

* Government of Brazil
* PresidÕncia da Rep?blica

JUDICIAL

* COURTS: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Supreme Constitutional Court]; Superior Tribunal de Justi¡a [Superior Court of Justice]
* Ministry of Justice
* JurisprudÕncia Online (CD-Graf Publica¡?es EletrŸnicas Ltda) in Portuguese; offers links to Brazilian federal court system and decisions, including Direct Actions on Unconstitutionality ("ADINs")

LEGISLATIVE

* OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Di?rio Oficial
* PARLIAMENT: CÇmara dos Deputados [Chamber of Deputies] and Senado Federal [Federal Senate]
* GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers 12,703 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from January 1950 to present, with full-text access
* Legisla¡Ño Federal Brasileira (Brazil. Senado Federal) provides full-text access to the Constitution, federal Codes and major laws
* NATLEX: Brazil (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* E-Transaction Law Resources: Brazil (Baker & McKenzie)
* Natural Resources Legislation: Brazil (University of Denver College of Law)

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Brazil (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* Doing Legal Research in Brazil (Edilenice Passos, via GlobaLex) February 2005
* FindLaw: Brazil
* ForIntLaw: Brazil (Washburn University Law Library)
* Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Brazil (New York University Law Library)
* Judicial Assistance: Taking Depositions in Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
* JURIST: Brazil (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Brazil (IFLA/Germany Bundestag)
* World Legal Information Institute: Brazil (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from South America: Brazil (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: Brazil (Library of Congress) April 1997
* Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
* Portals to the World: Brazil (Library of Congress)
* United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures (Library of Congress / Brazil Biblioteca Nacional)
* Background Notes: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Brazil (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Information: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Profile of Brazil (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 Western Hemisphere
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Economic Briefing: Brazil (The Economist)
* Embassy of Brazil, Washington
* Governments on the WWW: Brazil (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Brazil (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional
* NEWS: BBC World Americas; BBC Portuguese
* U.S. Embassy, Brasilia (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Brazil (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Brazil (Google); Brazil (Yahoo); WWW-VL Latin American Studies: Brazil (University of Texas, Austin)