Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides Other Sources (includes LC Portals: Venezuela)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Constitution of the Republic of Venezuela (Venezuela Embassy)
• Venezuela: Constitutions / Constituciones (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) in Spanish
• International Constitutional Law: Venezuela Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Presidencia
• Venezuela: Executive Institutions / Instituciones Ejecutivas (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• Tribunal Supremo de Justicia

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Gaceta oficial de la República de Venezuela
• PARLIAMENT: Asamblea Nacional consisting of the Senado and Camara de Diputados
• Global Legal Network: Global Legal Information Network (Law Legal Issues ) offers 4,518 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from January 1950 to December 2001
• Legislación (Tribunal Supremo de Justicia) includes commercial, human rights, administrative, penal, Ley Orgánica del Trabajo and other documents; in Spanish
• NATLEX: Venezuela (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 )
• Multinational Collections Database: Venezuela (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• FindLaw: Venezuela
• ForIntLaw: Venezuela (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Venezuela (New York University Law Library)
• An Introduction to Venezuelan Governmental Institutions and Primary Legal Sources (Antonio Ramirez via GlobaLex) May 2006
• JURIST: Venezuela (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Venezuela (University of Denver College of Law)
• World Law Index: Venezuela (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from South America: Venezuela (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Venezuela () December 1990
• Handbook of Latin American Studies ()
• Portals to the World: Venezuela ()
• Background Notes: Venezuela (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Venezuela (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Venezuela (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Venezuela (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Western Hemisphere / the Americas
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Venezuela (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Venezuela (The Economist)
• Embassy of Venezuela, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Venezuela (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Venezuela (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Venezuela (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela
• NEWS: BBC World Americas; World Coverage: Venezuela
• US Embassy, Caracas (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Venezuela (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Venezuela (Google); Venezuela (Yahoo); WWW-VL Latin American Studies: Venezuela (University of Texas, Austin)