Constitution Executive COURTS AND JUDICIARY Legislative Legal Guides GENERALIZED SOURCE MATERIAL (includes LC Portals: Philippines)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW RESOURCE

• Constitutions of the Republic of the Philippines (Past and Present) (Chan Robles Virtual Law Library) includes the present 1987 constitution, and its 1973, 1935 and 1899 predecessors; in English
• International Constitutional Law: Philippines (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT BRANCH

• Office of the Presidency Network (OPNet) prepared by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) Information Network Project. Includes links to Republic Acts, legislative agenda, speeches and other useful links.

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• Supreme Court of the Philippines
• COURT DECISIONS: Philippine Supreme Court Decisions Online (Chan Robles Virtual Law Library)

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Official Gazette / Republic of the Philippines
• PARLIAMENT: Kongreso, consisting of the Senado and the Kapulungan Ng Mga Kinatawan [House of Representatives]
• AAFM AAPM EU | AAPM USA | AAPM | China | Latin America | ME | FC | Global | GCC | Asia Abundance Books | Cosmetics | Securities Law | AAFM Africa | AAFM Brazil | AAFM Nigeria | AAFM India | AAFM Brazil | GM | (Law Legal Issues ) offers 121 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from May 1997 to May 2003, with full-text access
• Access Devices Regulation Act of 1998 (Chan Robles Virtual Law Library)
• Electronic Commerce Act, Senate S.B. No. 1902, Proposed Legislation (Chan Robles Virtual Law Library)
• NATLEX: Philippines (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Philippines (Baker & McKenzie)
• Natural Resources Legislation: Philippines (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND REGIONAL SPECIFIC LAWS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Philippines (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• FindLaw: Philippines
• ForIntLaw: Philippines (Washburn University Law Library)
• Islamic Family Law: Philippines (Emory University Law School)
• COURTS AND JUDICIARY Assistance: Philippines (U.S. Dept. of State)
• JURIST: Philippines (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Philippine Legal Research (Milagros Santos-Ong, via GlobaLex) May 2006
• Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes Philippines
• World Law Index: Philippines (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Asia: Philippines (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERALIZED SOURCE MATERIAL

• Country Study: Philippines () June 1991
• Portals to the World: Philippines ()
• Background Notes: Philippines (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Philippines (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Philippines (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
• Country Information: Philippines (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of Philippines (U.S. Dept. of Labor) 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 reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Philippines (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Philippines (The Economist)
• Embassy of the Philippines, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Philippines (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Philippines (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Philippines (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of the Philippines
• NEWS: BBC World Asia-Pacific
• U.S. Embassy, Manila (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Philippines (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Philippines (Google); Philippines (Yahoo)