Saturday, August 30, 2008

Legal Matters The Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia has established one of the most modern and accessible national online legal resources available anywhere. The Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia includes:

bulletthe national Constitution and the constitutions of each of the FSM's constituent states: Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap
bulletfor both the nation and each state the code of laws, judicial decisions, rules of court, and selected administrative regulations, well organized in the website's own index
bulletthe Compact of Free Association, establishing the relationship between the United States, on the one hand, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, from the Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia to the United States and
bulleta collection of historical legal documents.

The Compact of Free Association is also available online from:

bulletJoint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations (JCN) of the Federated States of Micronesia, in HTML or PDF format; or
bullet by clicking the "Notes" link at the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.

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