Belize

Government Departments and Institutions:

1. Government of Belize
   [Official site of the Government of Belize]
2. Ministry of Finance and Foreign Affairs
3. Office of the Prime Minister
4. How we are governed
   [Basic information about the machinery of Government and a general introduction to the Constitution of Belize]
5. Attorney General's Ministry and Ministry of Information
   [Includes description of courts]

Legislation:

1. Constitution of Belize 1981
2. Representation of the People Ordinance
3. Commercial Free Zone Regulations 1995
4. Export Processing Zone Regulations 1992
5. Gaming Control (General Regulations of Licensed Gaming Premises) Regulations 1999
6. Gaming Control Act
7. Commercial Free Zone Act 1994
8. Fiscal Incentives Act
9. International Business Companies Act
10. Trust Act
11. Offshore Banking Act 1996
12. Retired Persons Incentives Act
13. NATLEX (International Labour Organisation)
    [Labour Law]

Treaties:

1. Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters
2. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)
3. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of September 1886 (2 October 1979)

Tax Treaties (Double Taxation Agreements):

1. Belize - UK (Double Taxation Agreement)

Judgments:

1. Privy Council Decisions
   [All decisions for 1999 and 2000 and selected decisions from prior to 1999]

Tillet v The Queen (Belize) [1999] UKPC 29 (28 June 1999)

Lawyers and Legal Institutions:

General:

1. Belize Investment Guide
   [Published by the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)]
2. Deloitte & Touche
3. KPMG Corporate Services Ltd

Legal Articles:

1. The Law Lords: Is time running out for reform?
2. "Delivering Justice": A three year plan of action for Improving the Administration of Justice in Belize
3. "Bench and Bar in the New Millennium" Opening Address
4. "International Adoption in Belize" US State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs
5. Maya Aboriginal Land and Resource Rights and the Conflict Over Logging in Southern Belize" by S James Anaya

6. The Judges'  Rules
   [A police guide to interviewing persons in custody]

7. Justice of the Peace Manual (5th ed, 1999)
   [This Manual is dedicated to all Justices of the Peace in Belize, both past and present, and to the dedicated men and women who operate the Belizean system of justice with integrity and impartiality, without fear or favour, affection or ill will]

8. A Brief History of Justices of the Peace in Belize, by G Rodwell Hulse

9. How we are Governed
   [Basic information about the machinery of Government as well as a general introduction to the Constitution of Belize]