Legal Sites and Resources in Africa

This page was last updated on August 19th.

Algeria

Lex Algeria is a site provided by Algerian lawyer Dahmene Touchent on Algerian law and covering topics such as code of the family, civil code, constitutions, labor law and jurisprudence. (It's in French).

Kenya

Law Africa is a new site providing legal resources for Kenya. It is an attractive site and has links to useful resources like Parliament, Law reports and the Kenya Law Society.

Nigeria

International Centre for Nigerian Law provides information on all legal topics related to Nigeria.

South Africa

Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) is the latest addition to the AUSTLII family, this time to provide free access to legal information in Southern Africa. It is produced from data developed and published by the University of the Witswaterand Law School with assistance from the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII). Databases include the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Appeal, the Land Claims Court, Legislation and Law Reform.

University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, the Wits Law School, continues to be a good starting point for legal resources in South Africa in its own right, as well as being part of SAFFLI as above.

Profind is an attorney directory for South African Lawyers which can be searched by region and subregion.

KG Druker & Associates provides a good set of links to South African Law sites. They also offer free initial legal advice to members of the public.

The following links have kindly been provided to me by Ria Greaves, Law Librarian of the Faculty of Law, at Rhodes University (listed alphabetically).

  • Aardwark Search Engine - specifically South African search engine.

  • ANC

  • Botswana Government

  • The Banking Council of South Africa

  • Competition Tribunal of South Africa

  • Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)

  • De Rebus - South Africa's Attorneys' Journal

  • E-Commerce Debate - "The purpose of this web site is to present background information and a discussion forum for the many policy issues surrounding e-commerce in South Africa, in order to best formulate a coherent policy strategy".

  • Gauteng Law Council

  • Johannesburg Securities Exchange

  • Employment Law, Legislation, Case Law (some free information)

  • Daily Mail and Guardian
  • Natal Law Society

  • Organisation of SA Law Libraries

  • Parliamentary Monitoring Group - Monitoring South African Parliamentary Committees

  • South Africa Government Information - useful index

  • The Supreme Court Of Appeal of South Africa

  • Treaties, Conventions & International Organizations

  • Unisa Library Catalogue - - The Unisa Library is one of the largest academic libraries in Africa and also one of the best endowed with information resources, information technology and expert staff.

  • Zambian Acts - The Zambia Legal Information Institute (ZamLII) was established by the Law School of the University of Zambia in 1996,

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