Myanmar Law - Library of Congress - Myanmar Law Resources

Burma
Union of Burma / Myanma Naingngandaw

CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Myanmar (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) background information only
* World Factbook: Burma - Government: "3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September 1988); national convention started on 9 January 1993 to draft a new constitution; progress has since been stalled"

EXECUTIVE

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs
* Ministry of Communications, Posts, and Telegraphs
* State Peace and Development Council

JUDICIAL

* World Factbook: Burma - Government: "remnants of the British-era legal system are in place, but there is no guarantee of a fair public trial; the judiciary is not independent of the executive"

LEGISLATIVE

* OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Pyihtaungsu Hsoshelit Thamata Myanma Naingngantaw Pyantan - LC Call Numbers: LAW Burma 1 (paper); LL (o) 84/10037 (microform)
* PARLIAMENT: Pyithu Hluttaw [People's Assembly]
* Laws and Notifications (Myanmar Permanent Mission, Geneva)
* Human Rights of Parliamentarians: 166th Council Session from 1999 and previous year indexed from Human Rights Cases (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
* NATLEX: Myanmar (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* Natural Resources Legislation: Myanmar (University of Denver College of Law)

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Burma (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* AsianLII: Myanmar (Asian Legal Information Institute)
* JURIST: Myanmar [Burma] (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* World Legal Information Institute: Myanmar (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Asia: Myanmar (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Portals to the World: Burma (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Burma (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: Burma (Myanmar) (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Information: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Governments on the WWW: Myanmar (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Myanmar (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Burma (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: Myanmar National Library - information (IFLA)
* NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific; BBC Burmese
* Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar to the UN and Other International Organizations, Geneva
* U.S. Embassy, Rangoon (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Burma (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Myanmar (Google); Myanmar (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: Burma (University of Leiden)