Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution
of Japan, from the House of Councillors of the National Diet
(Legislature) of Japan |
| Constitution
of Japan, from the Institut für öffentliches
Recht, Bern,
Switzerland |
| Constitution
of Japan, from the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan |
| Constitution
of Japan, from the Venice Commission |
Other legal documents online
|
| Court Organization Law,
Law No. 59, April 16, 1947 (unofficial translation; extracts),
from the Venice Commission |
| English
Translation of Japanese Laws |
| Judgments
of the Supreme Court of Japan (English); there appears to be no
English-language guide to the judgments, and the website's search engine
seems not to locate terms in the judgments |
| Kampo,
the official Gazette of Japan (Japanese) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| An
Introduction to Japan, from the Australian Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade |
| An
Overview of the Judicial System, from the Supreme Court of Japan |
| Birth
of the Constitution of Japan, from the National Diet Library |
| Country
profile: Japan, from the BBC News |
| Fishery
Country Profile—Japan, from the Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Japan,
Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State (2003) |
| Japan,
from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Japan,
U.S. Library of Congress Country Study (1994) |
| Japan Information Bureau |
| Japan
Law, from Roderick Seeman |
| Japan
Law Links, from Luke Nottage (updating ended June 2001) |
| Japan
Links, a meta-directory from Web Japan |
| Jguide,
the Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources |
| LLRX.Com, Japanese
Law via the Internet, by Makoto Ibusuki |
| Japanese
Legal Research, from Rob Britt of the University of Washington
Law School |
| Outline
of Civil Suit in Japan, from the Supreme Court of Japan |
| Outline
of Criminal Justice in Japan, from the Supreme Court of Japan |
| Prime
Minister of Japan |
| Statistics
Bureau and Statistics Center, Government of Japan |
| The
Supreme Court of Japan, from the Venice Commission |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth
Office, Country
Profile: Japan |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
