Constitution

• Constitución Políticas (Panama Centro de Documentación Judicial)
• Constitución Política de la República de Panamá (external link) (Panama Parliament)
• Panama: Constitutions / Constituciones (external link) (Georgetown University Political Database of the Americas) Includes the 1972 Constitution with 2004 reforms; in Spanish
• WIPO Lex: Constitution of the Republic of Panama (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
• International Constitutional Law: Panama Index (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

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Executive

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

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Judicial

• Judicial Branch [Órgano Judicial] (external link)
• Centro de Documentación Judicial - Búsqueda en el Registro Judicial (external link)

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Legislative

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Gaceta oficial; organo del estado
• PARLIAMENT: Asamblea Legislativa (external link)
• Legispan y Gaceta Oficial (external link)
• GLIN Archive: Panama [1904–2009] (Law Library of Congress)
• FAOLEX: Panama (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources
• NATLEX: Panama (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
• RefWorld Legal Information: Panama (external link) (UNHCR)
• WIPO Lex: Panama IP Laws and Treaties (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)

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Legal Guides

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

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General Sources

• Country Study: Panama (Library of Congress) December 1987
• Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress)
• Reference Guide to Panama Materials (Library of Congress) PDF
• World Digital Library: Panama (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
• BBC News: Panama Country Profile
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Panama (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of Panama, Washington (external link)
• FAO Country Profiles: Panama (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations With Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• A Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
• Human Rights in Panama (external link) (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Reports: Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• NATIONAL LIBRARY: Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá (external link)
• U.S. Embassy, Panama (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Panama (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Health Organization: Panama (external link)

For more information on Panama, see:

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

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Last Updated: 08/23/2017