Constitution

• Bahamas Independence Order 1973 (external link) (Bahamas Government)
• Bahamas Independence Order 1973 (S.I. 1973 No.1080) (external link) (Legislative.gov.uk)
• Bahamas Constitution, 1973 (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) in English
• WIPO Lex: The Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 1973 (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
• International Constitutional Law: Bahamas Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

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Executive

• Government (external link)
• Bahamas: Executive Institutions / Instituciones Ejecutivas (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas)

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Judicial

• Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (external link)
• Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (external link)

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Legislative

• PARLIAMENT: Parliament (external link), consisting of the Senate and the House of Assembly
• Bills, Laws, and Acts (external link)
• Bahamas Laws On-Line (external link) includes statute law, subsidiary legislation, and statutory instruments
• FAOLEX: Bahamas (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
• NATLEX: The Bahamas (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• RefWorld Legal Information: Bahamas (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: Bahamas (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

• Child Restraint and Seat Belt Regulations: Bahamas (Law Library of Congress)
• Global Legal Information Catalog: Bahamas (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Bahamas (Law Library of Congress)
• Law Library of Congress Search: Bahamas (Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• Foreign Official Gazette Database: Bahamas (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
• ForIntLaw: Bahamas (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• Update: Guide to Caribbean Law Research (external link) (GlobaLex)
• World Legal Information Institute: Bahamas (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from North America: Bahamas (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean (Library of Congress) includes the Bahamas; November 1987
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
• Maps: Bahamas (Library of Congress)
• World Digital Library: Bahamas (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
• BBC News: Bahamas Country Profile (external link)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Bahamas (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: The Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of the Bahamas, Washington (external link)
• FAO Country Profiles: The Bahamas (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations with The Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
• A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• Human Rights in Bahamas (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Bahamas (U.S. Dept. of State)
• LIBRARY: Bahamas Library Service (external link)
• National Archives of the Bahamas (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Nassau (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: The Bahamas (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Bahamas (external link)

For more information on the Bahamas, see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Bahamas
• Law Library of Congress Search: Bahamas

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Last Updated: 10/13/2017