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Constitution
- Costa Rica: Constitutions / Constituciones (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) Includes the 1949 Constitution and 2003 reforms; in Spanish
- WIPO Lex: Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- International Constitutional Law: Costa Rica Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) includes background information and links to constitutions elsewhere
Executive
Judicial
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: La Gaceta, Diario Oficial (external link)
- PARLIAMENT: Asamblea Legislativa (external link)
- Normas Basicas de Derecho Publico (external link) (CESDEPU - Centro de Estudios Superiores de Derecho Publico) offers updated and consolidated full texts in Spanish of the constitution and laws; in Spanish
- FAOLEX: Costa Rica (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: Costa Rica (1916–2012) (Law Library of Congress)
- NATLEX: Costa Rica (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- RefWorld Legal Information: Costa Rica (external link) (UNHCR)
- WIPO Lex: Costa Rica (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Crimes Against Humanity: Costa Rica (Law Library of Congress)
- Family Reunification Laws: Costa Rica (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Costa Rica (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Costa Rica (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Search: Costa Rica (Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Regulations Concerning the Private Possession of Big Cats: Costa Rica (Law Library of Congress)
- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Costa Rica (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database: Costa Rica (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- ForIntLaw: Costa Rica (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Update: Guide to Legal Research in Costa Rica (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Costa Rica (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from North America: Costa Rica (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
- Maps: Costa Rica (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Costa Rica (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Costa Rica Country Profile (external link)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Costa Rica (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Costa Rica (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Costa Rica (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Costa Rica (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Embassy of Costa Rica, Washington (external link)
- FAO Country Profiles: Costa Rica (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Costa Rica (U.S. Dept. of State)
- A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Costa Rica (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Costa Rica (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas Costa Rica (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, San José (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Bank: Costa Rica (external link)
- World Factbook: Costa Rica (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Costa Rica (external link)
For more information on Costa Rica, see:
Last Updated: 08/23/2017
