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Holy See (Vatican City)
Santa Sede (Stato della Cittá del Vaticano)

CONSTITUTION

* Apostolic Constitution of 1967 (effective 1 March 1968)
* Code of Canon Law (Holy See/Vatican)

EXECUTIVE

* Vatican: The Holy See - official web site; available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese

JUDICIAL

* COURTS: Three tribunals responsible for civil and criminal matters within Vatican City; three other tribunals rule on issues pertaining to the Holy See. Judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio of Pius XII on 1 May 1946 [from the World Factbook]

LEGISLATIVE

* PARLIAMENT: unicameral Pontifical Commission
* Fundamental Law of the State of Vatican City (Vatican City State) - in Italian, German, and Portuguese

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Holy See (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* ForIntLaw: Vatican City (Washburn University Law Library)
* JURIST: Vatican City (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Micro-States and Small Jurisdictions of Europe: Vatican State (Holy See) (Andrew Grossman, via LLRX) October 1, 2001
* World Legal Information Institute: Vatican City State (WorldLII)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Portals to the World: Holy See (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: The Holy See (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Holy See (State of the Vatican City) (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* Consular Information Sheet: Italy, Holy See, and San Marino (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Country Information: Holy See (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Governments on the WWW: Vatican (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Vatican (Amnesty International)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
* National Libraries of Europe: Vatican City (European Library)
* NEWS: BBC World Europe
* Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the UN
* U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Holy See (Vatican City) (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Vatican City (Google); Vatican City (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies: Vatican City (University of Pittsburgh)

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