Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides GENERALIZED SOURCE MATERIAL (includes LC Portals: Albania)

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW RESOURCE

• Constitution for the Republic of Albania (Chicago-Kent College of Law) 1988 Constitution
• International Constitutional Law: Albania Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers translations of the 1991 constitution, the draft Constitution of 1998, background notes, a key number system to locate parts, and links to the approved Constitution of 1998 and its drafting process
• Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English and Albanian

EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT BRANCH

• Presideni i Republikës së Shqipërisë - in Albanian with English
• Ministry of Information - in Albanian with English
• Albanian Election Commission

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Supreme Court (chairman is elected by the People's Assembly for a four-year term) - from World Factbook: Albania - Government (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)

LEGISLATIVE

• GAZETTE: Fletorja Zyrtare Republikës të Shqipërisë
• PARLIAMENT: KuvendI Popullor
• NATLEX: Albania (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights

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LEGAL GUIDES AND REGIONAL SPECIFIC LAWS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Albania (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Albania - WWW Resources (East European Constitutional Review)
• Albanian Legal Information Initiative (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
• FindLaw: Albania
• ForIntLaw: Albania (Washburn University School of Law Library)
• A Guide to Researching the Albanian Legal System (Mbaresa Veleshnja Gentry via GlobaLex) July 2005
• World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Albania (Germany Bundestag)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Albania (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL RESOURCES

• Country Study: Albania () April 1992
• Portals to the World: Albania ()
• Background Notes: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Albania (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Governments on the WWW: Albania (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Albania (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Albania (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteka Kombetare
• National Libraries of Europe: Albania (European Library)
• NEWS: BBC Albanian; BBC World Europe
• UNDP in Albania (United Nations Development Programme)
• U.S. Embassy, Tirana (U.S. Dept of State)
• World Factbook: Albania (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Albania (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Albania (Google); Albania (Yahoo); WWW-VL Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh)