Oman Law - Library of Congress

Oman
Sultanate of Oman / Saltanat 'Uman

CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Oman Index (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the current constitution plus background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to comparative information

EXECUTIVE

* Sultan/Prime Minister
* State Council
* Ministry of Commerce and Industry

JUDICIAL

* COURTS: Supreme Court

LEGISLATIVE

* OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Al-Jaridah al-Rasmiyah
* PARLIAMENT: Majlis Oman; includes the Majlis ad-Dawla (upper chamber) and the Majlis ash-Shura (lower chamber)
* NATLEX: Oman (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Oman (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* Islamic Family Law: Oman (Emory University Law School)
* World Legal Information Institute: Oman (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Middle East: Oman (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: Oman (Library of Congress) January 1993
* Portals to the World: Oman (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: Oman (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Oman (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: Oman (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Analysis Brief: Oman (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
* Country Information: Oman (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: Oman (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Governments on the WWW: Oman (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Oman (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Oman (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NEWS: BBC World Service Middle East
* U.S. Embassy, Muscat (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Oman (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Oman (Google); Oman (Yahoo); Middle East Studies: Oman (Columbia University); WWW-VL Middle East Studies: Oman (University of Texas, Austin)