Constitution

• Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil (external link) (Brazil. Senate) in Portuguese
• Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988 (external link) (Presidência da República) in Portuguese
• Brazil: Constitutions / Constituciones (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) includes the current and historic editions in Portuguese
• International Constitutional Law: Brazil (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) includes Constitution and updates in English and Background Note
• WIPO Lex: Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Executive

• Government of Brazil (external link)
• Presidência da República (external link)
• Ministério Público (external link)

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Judicial

• COURTS: Supremo Tribunal Federal [Supreme Constitutional Court] (external link); Superior Tribunal de Justiça [Superior Court of Justice] (external link)
• Ministry of Justice (external link)
• Brazilian Constitutional Court Cases in English (Law Library of Congress)

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Diário Oficial
• PARLIAMENT: Câmara dos Deputados [Chamber of Deputies] (external link) and Senado Federal [Federal Senate] (external link)
• Legislação Federal Brasileira (external link) (Brazil. Senado Federal) provides full-text access to the Constitution, federal Codes and major laws
• LexLM Brazil: Legislative and Legal Information Portal (external link) a product of the Projecto LexML Brasil (external link)
• FAOLEX: Brazil (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources
• GLIN Archive Search: Brazil (1934-2012) (Law Library of Congress)
• NATLEX: Brazil (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• RefWorld Legal Information: Brazil (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: Brazil (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

• Global Legal Information Catalog: Brazil (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Global Legal Monitor: Brazil (Law Library of Congress)
• In Custodia Legis: Brazil (Law Library of Congress)
  • FALQs: Impeachment Process in Brazil
  • FALQs: Legal Framework for Fighting Corruption in Brazil (Part I)
  • FALQs: Legal Framework for Fighting Corruption in Brazil (Part II)
  • FALQs: New Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure
  • Global Legal Collection Highlights
  • Laws Behind the Rio Olympics
• Law Library of Congress Search: Brazil (Library of Congress)
• Law Library of Congress Legal Reports: Brazil (Law Library of Congress)
  • Brazil: Legal Responses to Health Emergencies
  • Constitutional Right to an Education: Brazil
  • Refugee Law and Policy: Brazil
  • Regulation of Bitcoin: Brazil
  • Restrictions on Genetically Modified Organisms: Brazil
• Legal Research Guide: Brazil (Law Library of Congress)
• Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
• Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Brazil (external link) (New York University Law Library)
• Foreign Official Gazette Database: Brazil (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
• ForIntLaw: Brazil (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
• International Judicial Assistance: Legal Considerations: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
• RefWorld Legal Information: Brazil (external link) (UNHCR)
• Update: Doing Legal Research in Brazil (external link) (GlobaLex)
• WIPO Lex: Brazil (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
• World Legal Information Institute: Brazil (external link) (WorldLII)
• World Legal Materials from South America: Brazil (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

• Country Study: Brazil (Library of Congress) April 1997
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
• Maps: Brazil (Library of Congress)
• United States and Brazil: Expanding Frontiers, Comparing Cultures (Library of Congress / Brazil Biblioteca Nacional)
• World Digital Library: Brazil (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
• BBC News: Brazil Country Profile (external link)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Brazil (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
• The Economist: Brazil (external link)
• Embassy of Brazil, Washington (external link)
• FAO Country Profiles: Brazil (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
• A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• Human Rights in Brazil (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Labor Affairs in Brazil (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Brazil (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional (external link)
• U.S. Census Bureau: Trade in Goods with Brazil
• U.S. Embassy, Brasilia (U.S. Dept. of State)
• U.S. Office of the Trade Representative: Brazil
• World Factbook: Brazil (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Brazil (external link)

For more information on Brazil, see:

• Global Legal Monitor: Brazil
• In Custodia Legis Blog Search: Brazil
• Law Library of Congress Legal Reports Search: Brazil
• Law Library of Congress Search: Brazil

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Last Updated: 10/13/2017