Belize
Belize
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Belize Online Legal Resources
Constitution
Constitution of Belize (from Georgetown University).
Constitution of Belize (from the Belizelaw.org/e-library website). Updated 28 Oct. 2002 (PDF format)
constitution of Belize (from the Belizelaw.org/e-library website, continued). Updated 28 Oct. 2002 (PDF format)
Legislation
Bills (from the House of Representatives): not complete, just recent.
Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2000. This is a wonderful, searchable database with an efficient search engine. The search results are full-text pdf versions of the statutes contained in the most recent revision for Belize. (Link not working 01/12/2003).
Laws by Subject
Please also visit the sites listed under Subject Specific Foreign Law Metapages.
Jurisprudence
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals decisions This is a very useful full-text html index arranged in reverse chronological order. This site actually contains full-text of judgments from the 1970s to the present. (BelizeLaw) (Link not working 01/12/2003).
Government
Government of Belize (official website).
Appendix E U.S. and Belize Contacts (at pg. 38 from the Country Commercial Guide FY 2000 by the Department of State).
Note: We linked the resources to archive.org in an effort to decrease the number of broken links cited.