A GUIDE TO LEGAL RESOURCES FOR THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD

A GUIDE TO LEGAL RESOURCES FOR THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS bodleian law library a g u i d e to l e g a l r e s o u r c e s f o r t h e windward and leeward islands e-mail: law.library@bodley.ox.ac.uk www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/ L I B R The Windward and Leeward islands are located in the West Indies; some are independent states and others dependent territories. The area was discovered by Christopher Columbus and the islands were colonised by European settlers in the seventeenth century. The legal system of all the islands reflects this colonial history, with the majority retaining the British common law system. The power structure in all the independent countries is between the executive, legislative and judiciary. The location of materials in the Law Library reflects the islands’ history, specifically the jurisdictions imposed by the British administration from the nineteenth century onwards. General material on the area can be found at Cw W Indies. St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada were administered as the Windward Islands Colony between 1834 and 1960; see Cw Windw Is, subdivided further by individual country, e.g. Cw Windw Is Gren. The Leeward Islands Federation, in existence between 1871 and 1956, comprised Antigua, Montserrat, St Christopher, Nevis, the British Virgin Islands and Dominica, and relevant material can be found at Cw Leew Is, subdivided by individual country, e.g. Cw Leew Is Antigua. After 1956, the majority of the colonies gained independence. The remaining British Overseas Territories are largely autonomous today, though the UK government retains responsibility for external affairs, with a Governor appointed by the Crown. Each British Overseas Territory has its own constitution, its own legislation, and regional and appeal courts. Some UK statutes do also apply in these territories. These Caribbean Overseas Territories are not members of the European Union although their citizens are British and therefore have many of the same rights within the EU. Material on non-British dependent territories can be found with their sovereignty, e.g. the Antilles at Netherlands Ant. Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago are in the area (and were at one time administered as part of the Windward Islands) but are geographically a separate area. See Cw Barbados and Cw Trinidad. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is the high court for Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and the three British Overseas Territories. The final Court of Appeal for the English-speaking Caribbean used to be the Privy Council in London. In 2005, after lengthy negotiations, the Caribbean Court of Justice was established in Port of Spain, Trinidad, to replace it, but not all countries have yet signed up. After the colonial federations were dissolved, the countries of the Caribbean continued to form strategic alliances. The Caribbean Free Trade Association was created in 1965, and was succeeded in 1973 by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which aims to increase local integration. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States was created in 1981 to encourage economic and legal integration between member countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The former British colonies are all members of the Commonwealth and are often referred to collectively as the Commonwealth Caribbean. Apart from Dominica, they have all retained a monarchical constitution, recognising the Queen as sovereign. As a general rule, if you are looking for current material, you should look at the Library’s general Caribbean collections (see immediately below) and the electronic resources, (described at the end of this guide). If your interest is historical (pre-1980s), then the material shelved in the Library under the individual island names may well be useful – but these collections came to the Bodleian via donation, so their coverage is variable. (A brief guide to sources held, Island by Island, is the middle section of this guide.) | GENERAL SOURCES | LAW REPORTS, JUDGMENTS, DIGESTS West Indian reports (v.1, 1991- ) Decisions in Supreme Court of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands. Law reports of the Commonwealth (1993- ) OECS law reports (1991) Cw W Indies 100 Cw Gen 100 L30 Cw W Indies 105 | OTHER IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS West Indies (Federation) Order in Council 1957 West Indies Act 1967 Acts and ordinances of the colony of the Leeward Islands, 1928-1956 Leeward Islands. Statutory rules and orders (1930-1956) West Indian Federation Orders in Council, 1957, 1962 Cw W Indies 510 C758a Cw W Indies 510 C758b Cw Leew Is 010 Cw Leew Is 090 Byre, A Clarke, G Comparative Law Studies DeMerieux, M Denbow, C European Commission Fiadjoe, A Geiser, H International human rights Internat 570 I61.9a law in the Commonwealth Caribbean (1991) Offshore tax planning (13th, 2006) Cw UK 615 C598.5b13 General 510 O68.3a1 Law and legal systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean states (1986) Cw W Indies 510 D376a Fundamental rights in Commonwealth Caribbean constitutions (1992) Income tax law in the Commonwealth Caribbean (1997) The European Union and the overseas countries and territories Commonwealth Caribbean public law (3rd , 2008) Cw Gen 510 D391a EC/G per.21 (99) Cw W Indies 510 C758a British Overseas Territories Act 2002 is available at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/ukpga_20020008_en_1 | JOURNALS Caribbean law review (v.1-8, 1991-1998) Commonwealth law bulletin (v.1, 1977- ) Offshore & international taxation review (v.2, 1992- ) West Indian law journal (v.1, 1977- ) Cw Gen 300 C10 Cw Gen 300 C50 General 300 O32 Cw W Indies 300 W20 Cw W Indies 510 F438a2 Internat 681CA G313a Legal problems of Caribbean integration: a study of the legal aspects of CARICOM (1976) Commonwealth Caribbean civil procedure (2nd, 2005) Commonwealth Caribbean property law (2nd, 2005) Commonwealth Caribbean trusts law (2nd, 2002) Commonwealth Caribbean tort law (3rd, 2003) Cw W Indies 510 K76e2 Cw W Indies 510 K76d2 Cw W Indies 510 K76c2 Cw W Indies 510 K76b3 Internat 540 L525a | KEY TEXTS Tolley’s tax havens (3rd, 2000) Alexis, F Antoine, R Antoine, R Brana-Shute, G Changing Caribbean constitutions (1984) Internat 590 T651a3 Cw W Indies 510 A384 Kodilinye, G Kodilinye, G Kodilinye, G Kodilinye, G Leibowitz, A Crim 500 S562a Mohamed, S Cw W Indies 510 A634a2 Commonwealth Caribbean law and legal systems (2nd ed., 2008) Trusts and related tax issues in offshore financial law (2005) Crime and punishment in the Caribbean (1980) General 510 A634b Colonial emancipation in the Pacific and the Caribbean (1976) Cw W Indies 510 M697a Fundamental rights and freedoms of the Commonwealth Caribbean (1993) Newton, V Owusu, S Phillips, F Ramlogan, R Spitz, B Seetahal, D Commonwealth Ref Bibl Cw W Indies N566a2 Caribbean legal literature (2nd, 1987) Commonwealth Caribbean land law (2007) Commonwealth Caribbean constitutional law (2002) Commonwealth Caribbean business law (2004) 2000 International tax havens guide Cw W Indies 510 097a Cw W Indies 510 P559b Cw W Indies R174a Ref 55 Anguilla Constitution Order, 1982 Consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1996 Cw Leew Is Anguilla 510 C758b Cw Leew Is Anguilla 080 1996 Anguilla Constitution Order 1982 (rev. 1990) also available at http://www.gov.ai/images/Anguilla%20Const.pdf http://www.gov.ai/ Government website Some recent legislation is available for purchase online from the Attorney General’s Chambers, at http://www.anguillalaws.com/ http://www.anguillafsc.com/legislation.html Full texts of financial services legislation in force, provided by the Anguilla Financial Services Commission. Cw Gen 510 S453a2 Commonwealth Caribbean criminal practice and procedure (2nd, 2006) | ISLANDS, A-z Anguilla British settlers from St Christopher (later known as St Kitts) colonised Anguilla in 1650, and in the 1830s it was amalgamated, despite local opposition, with St Kitts and Nevis into a single British dependency, administered as part of the Leeward Islands group. It belonged to the Federation of the West Indies which collapsed in 1962, and in 1969 Anguilla attempted to evade the control of St Kitts and declared independence. Britain intervened but it was not until 1980 that Anguilla finally became a British dependency separate from St Kitts. It is now a British Overseas Territory. The Statutes of the islands of Saint Christopher and Anguilla, 1711-1857 (1857) Cw Leew Is St C 020 1857 | REPORTS [Law Reports – judgments] (1979-) Cw Leeward Is Anguilla 100 Antigua and Barbuda English settlers from St Kitts colonised Antigua in 1632 and it became a major producer of sugar. It was developed by Nelson in 1784 as a key British naval base, controlling the major sailing routes into the colonies. It was administered as part of the Leeward Islands group. In 1967, along with the island of Barbuda, it became an Associated State of the Commonwealth, and in 1981 it became fully independent. Antigua. Acts and Ordinances (1845- ; incomplete) Cw Leew Is Antigua 010 The Laws of Antigua, 1668-1864 Revised laws of Antigua: prepared under authority … by P Cecil Lewis (1965) . Antigua Constitution Order 1967. (Associated States) Cw Leew Is Antigua 020 1865 Cw Leew Is Antigua 030 Cw Leew Is Antigua 510 c758b Cw Leew Is St C 030 1961 Revised laws of St Christopher, Nevis & Anguilla: prepared under authority … by P Cecil Lewis (1964) . The Laws of Anguilla, 1971-1980 (1982) The Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla Constitution Order 1967 Anguilla Act, 1980 Cw Leew Is Anguilla 010 Cw Leew Is St C 510 C758a Cw Leew Is Anguilla 510 C758a Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981 Consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1996 Cw Leew Is Antigua 510 c758d Cw Leew Is Antigua 080 1996 The latest version of the Constitution came into force in June 2007 and is available at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20071678_en_1 http://www.bvifsc.vg/Default.aspx?tabid=211 The BVI Financial Services Commission legislation library Dominica Dominica has been both a British and a French possession, but in 1783 it was awarded to the British. An elected assembly was established by the British, and after the abolition of slavery this assembly was unique among British colonies for being controlled by non-whites. In 1871 Dominica became part of the Leeward Islands Federation, though geographically it is closer to the Windward Islands. It was granted independence in November 1978. [Incomplete collection of statutes, ordinances, rules & orders 1772- ] Cw Leew Is Domin 010 Laws of the island of Dominica: from 1763 to 1859 Cw Leew Is Domin 020 1858 Cw Leew Is Domin 010 Antigua and Barbuda government website, containing text of major laws in force: http://www.ab.gov.ag/gov_v2/government/lawsandregulations/index.html Text of 1981 constitution available at http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Antigua/antigua-barbuda.html British Virgin Islands The British Virgin Islands is a collection of about 60 islands, many uninhabited. The largest island, and centre of government, is Tortola. Discovered in 1493 by Columbus, they became a British colony and in 1872 were incorporated into the Leeward Islands colony. They refused to join the West Indian Federation and left the colony of the Leeward Islands in 1956, at which point the islands came under direct rule from Britain. The British Virgin Islands now has the status of British Overseas Territory. [Incomplete collection statutes/ordinances 1961-(1964-)] Revised laws of the Virgin Islands: prepared under authority … by P Cecil Lewis (1965) . Statutory Rules and Orders of the British Virgin Islands (1962- ) Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories: the Virgin Islands Constitution Order 1976 Cw Leew Is VI 010 Cw Leew Is VI 030 Cw Leew Is VI 090 Cw Leew Is VI 510 C758a Dominica. Ordinances (1931-2003; incomplete) Dominica Constitution Order 1967. (Associated States) Commonwealth of Dominica. Statutory Rules and Orders (1980- ) Cw Leew Is Domin 510 C758a Cw Leew Is Domin 090 Cw Leew Is Domin 080 1996 Commonwealth of Dominica consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1996 The 1984 update of the 1978 constitution is available at http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Dominica/dominica78.html Grenada Despite an attempted settlement by the British, French settlers from Martinique claimed Grenada and it remained a French territory until 1762. The British ruled from 1763 to 1779, when it was recaptured by the French. Cw Leew Is VI 080 1997 British Virgin Islands consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1997 The Trident guide to British Virgin Island trusts(2nd, 2005) Cw Leew Is VI 510 T824a2 Under the Treaty of Versailles it became British once more, and despite an attempted rebellion, remained so until independence in 1974. It was the headquarters of the government of the British Windward Islands Federation between 1885 and 1958. Grenada became a self-governing state in association with the UK in 1967 and achieved full independence in 1974. In 1979 the elected government was overthrown and replaced by the People’s Revolutionary Government, who attempted to establish a socialistcommunist state. In 1983 the PRG’s leader was assassinated, and this led to a controversial military intervention by the United States and combined forces from the eastern Caribbean nations. Democracy was restored in 1984. Laws of Grenada and the Grenadines, 1766-1875 Laws of Grenada from 1763 to 1805 Ordinances (1930-1988; incomplete) Proclamations, Orders in Council, Laws Grenada Constitution Order 1967. (Associated States) Grenada Constitution Order 1973 Cw Windw Is Gren 020 1875 Cw Windw Is Gren 020 Cw Windw Is Gren 010 Cw Windw Is Gren 510 c758b Cw Windw Is Gren 510 c758c of France (Région d’Outre-Mer) administered by a regional council just like other areas of mainland France. The legal system is French civil law. EC/G Per 28 Compilation of texts. Association of the overseas countries and territories, French overseas departments (1982- ) http://www.outre-mer.gouv.fr/outremer/front French government site containing official bulletins and reports from 2006 onwards, in French. Martinique The French claimed Martinique in 1635 along with Guadeloupe, but both islands experienced short periods of British rule until 1814, when the Treaty of Vienna restored them to France. In 1946 it became a dependent territory, and then an overseas region of France (Région d’Outre-Mer) with its own local government. The legal system is French civil law. Code de la Martinique, 1807-14 See also Guadeloupe, above. FCO Deposit 1419 Please ask Staff Cw Windw Is Gren 080 1996 Grenada consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1996 Cw Windw Is Gren 030 1990 The revised laws of Grenada: statutes and subsidiary legislation in force on 31st December 1990 Shahabuddeen, M Conquest of Grenada (1986) Guadeloupe The two main islands of Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre were discovered by Columbus and originally settled by the Spanish, despite strong resistance from the native Caribs. The French later successfully established a colony which existed, with intermittent short periods of British rule, until 1946, when it was given the status of Departement. It is now officially an overseas region Internat 750 S525a Montserrat Montserrat was colonised by the British in 1632 but has also experienced short periods of French rule. It is now a self-governing overseas British territory. The most recent constitution came into force in 1990 but is currently under review. Montserrat. Sessional Laws (1867-1986; incomplete) Cw Leew Is Monts 010 Cw Leew Is Monts 080 1995 Montserrat. Consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1995 Montserrat Constitution Order 1990 is Statutory Instrument no. 2401, 1989 Cw UK 90 S797.2 1990 Constitution also available at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19892401_en_1.htm http://www.gov.ms/ Government website, including some information on tax incentives. Netherlands Antilles (Curacao, Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba, Sint Maarten) Formerly a colony of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles now form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, according to the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, agreed in 1954. However, this relationship has been subject to review and the Netherlands Antilles as an entity is in the process of being dismantled. From 2009, Curacao and Sint Maarten will become Associated States (like Aruba) while Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba will become a direct part of the Netherlands as ‘special municipalities’, similar to French overseas departments. The legal system is Dutch civil law; see Netherlands for relevant material. The 2007 decree to change the status of St Barthelemy and St Martin is available at http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000017 764815&dateTexte= St Kitts and Nevis Columbus landed on St Kitts in 1493 and named it after his patron saint, St Christopher. Its name was shortened by English settlers, who arrived in 1623, to St Kitts. It was the first English colony in the Caribbean and acted as a base for further colonisation. Although it was disputed between Britain and France, St Kitts was awarded to Britain in 1783 and both islands formed part of the colony of the Leeward Islands (1871-1956) and were members of the West Indies Federation (1958-1962). Along with Anguilla, St Kitts and Nevis became a self-governing state in association with Great Britain in 1967, but Anguilla seceded later that year to become a British dependency. The federation of St Kitts and Nevis attained full independence in 1983. St Christoper-Nevis. Acts (1896) Report of the St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Constitutional Conference, 1966 The Saint Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla Constitution Order 1967. (Associated States) Cw Leew Is St C 010 S22 (Staff PCR) Please ask Staff Cw Leew Is St C 510 c758a Cw UK 90 S797.2 Raworth, P Constitutions of dependencies . General 510 C760 and territories. Vol. 5 includes an English translation of the Charter for the Kingdom (Statuut voor hert Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) Netherlands Ant 035 2001 Civil code of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (2002) Text in Dutch with parallel English translation Netherlands Antilles Burgerlijk Netherlands Ant 035 2004 wetboek Boek 2 (2005) Text in Dutch with parallel English translation Cijntje, D Netherlands Antilles business law (1999) Netherlands Ant 510 C571a Federation of St Kitts and Nevis Constitutional Order 1983 is UK statutory instrument no. 881, 1983 http://www.minbzk.nl/bzk2006uk/subjects/aruba-and-the Dutch government website with up-to-date information about the changes to the Antilles’ constitutional relationship with the Netherlands. St Barthélemy St Barthélemy was owned by Sweden between 1784 and 1878. It then passed to the French, and was a commune forming part of Guadeloupe. After a referendum in 2003, it seceded in 2007 from Guadeloupe to become a separate French Overseas Collectivity. The legal system is French civil law. See also Guadeloupe, above. 1983 Constitution is also available online at http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html www.gov.kn/ Government website including text of some legislation since 2006. St Lucia The British and French fought over St Lucia for many years but eventually Britain took control of it in 1814. Representative government was introduced and it was a member of the Federation of the West Indies between 1958 and 1962. It became an associated British state in 1967, and then fully independent in 1979. The legal system is unusual for the English-speaking Caribbean as it is strongly influenced by French civil law. Civil code of Saint Lucia, 1879 Criminal code of Saint Lucia, 1920 Laws of Saint Lucia (1925-1990; incomplete) Saint Lucia. Law reports (1967-1973) Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1967. (Associated States) Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978 Cw Windw Is St Luc 510 C582 Cw Windw Is St Luc 510 C929 Cw Windw Is St Luc 010 Cw Windw Is St Luc 100 Cw Windw Is St Luc 510 C758a Cw Windw Is St Luc 510 C758b 1871, and was a member of the Windward Islands Federation until 1959, and then the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. In 1969 the island became an Associated State, and, with the Grenadines, achieved full independence in 1979. Laws of Grenada and the Grenadines, 1766-1875 Saint Vincent. Ordinances (1930-1979) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Ordinances (1980-1994) Saint Vincent Statutory Rules and Orders (1945-1999; incomplete) Associated States: the Saint Vincent Constitution Order 1969 Saint Vincent Constitution Order 1979 Laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in force on the 1st of January 1991 Cw Windw Is Gren 020 1875 Cw Windw Is St V 010 Cw Windw Is St V 010 Cw Windw Is St V 090 Cw Windw Is St V 510 C758b Cw Windw Is St V 510 C758c Cw Windw Is St V 030 1990 Cw Windw Is St Luc 080 1997 Saint Lucia. Consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1997 http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/agencies/office_of_the_governor_general.htm Official website, including full text of the Constitution St Martin/Sint Maarten St Martin used to be a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, but in 2003 voted to secede from Guadeloupe and become a separate overseas collectivity. See St Barthélemy, above. For Sint Maarten, see the Netherlands Antilles, above. St Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent and the Grenadines consists of several islands, the largest of which is St Vincent itself. The Grenadines include Mustique, Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau and Union Island. St Vincent was named by Columbus, but the native Caribs held out against colonial settlement for many years. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ceded St Vincent to the British but it was the subject of continued fighting, with the French seizing control in 1779, and the native Caribs rebelling. The island was administered as part of the British colony of the Windward Islands in Cw Windw Is St V 080 1997 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines consolidated index of statutes and subsidiary legislation to 1st January 1997 http://www.gov.vc/govt/index.asp Government website, including text of 2006 bills and links to other government departments. http://www.stvincentoffshore.com/laws.htm Full text of laws relating to financial services, provided by the International Financial Services Authority of St Vincent. US Virgin Islands (St John, St Thomas and St Croix) These islands were a crown colony of Denmark but once slavery was abolished the islands became dependent on Denmark for financial support. On several occasions Denmark attempted to sell the islands to the United States but did not succeed until 1917, by which time they were an important strategic base for naval operations in the First World War. The islands were sold for $25 million. For some time they were governed under the authority of the US Department of the Navy until they passed to the Department of the Interior in 1931. Congress ratified the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands in 1936, which gave the islands greater independence; subsequent revisions have allowed a central government with an elected Governor General along with executive, legislative and judicial branches. The islands are now classed as an organised unincorporated United States territory. Citizens are classed as US citizens but they do not vote in Presidential elections. They return one non-voting senator to Congress. United States Federal Law is in force. Virgin Islands code annotated (1967 ed.) USA Virgin Is 030 this aims to provide primary legal materials, including legislation, treaties, and case law, from all the Commonwealth Caribbean countries. The collection was established in 1971, and includes some materials dating back to the 1950s. Available via Oxlip | ONLINE RESOURCES – INTERNET Caribbean Court of Justice Court of last resort for Caribbean community members; also responsible for interpreting the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community. http://www.caribbeancourtofjustice.org/default.htm CaribInLaw Links for English-speaking Caribbean countries, including legislation, treaties, judgments and law firms. Published by legal publisher Niumedia. http://www.niumedia.com/niumedia/index.htm Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Criminal and civil judgments at High Court and Court of Appeal levels for Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines. 1996 onwards. http://www.eccourts.org/index.html IMF staff assessments: offshore financial centres Ongoing series of reports by the IMF, assessing the supervision and regulation of offshore banking in individual countries. http://www.imf.org/external/np/ofca/ofca.asp Integrated database on trade disputes for Latin America and the Caribbean Searchable database, provided by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). http://idatd.eclac.cl/controversias/index_en.jsp http://uniset.ca/other/cs6/39Stat1706.html Text of the 1917 agreement between Denmark and the United States. http://www.doi.gov/oia/pdf/RevOrganicAct_1954.pdf Organic act 1954 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/48/ch12.html Text of the US Code relevant to the Virgin Islands http://www.legvi.org/ Official site of the USVI Legislature, including searchable database of bills from 2007 onwards. http://onepaper.com/vibarherald/ The USVI Bar Assocation site, including introduction to the legal system and links to government documents. http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/states/virginislands.cfm Links and guide to resources, provided by Georgetown Law Library. | ONLINE RESOURCES – DATAbASES Carilaw – Caribbean Law Online Provided by the Faculty of Law Library at the University of the West Indies, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Information about member states, and text of some treaties and agreements. http://www.oecs.org/ Organization of American States, foreign trade information system OAS foreign trade information system, including full text of trade agreements in force between member countries, including the Englishspeaking nations of the Caribbean. http://www.sice.oas.org/ Political database of the Americas Links to text of constitutions, electoral laws, and branches of government for all the independent Caribbean states. http://pdba.georgetown.edu/ University of West Indies legal resources Links to other online legal resources, provided by the University of the West Indies. http://lawlibrary.cavehill.uwi.edu/html/links.html World Legal Information Institute: Caribbean area Caribbean section of this powerful websearch tool for legal materials relating to the Caribbean, and links to some relevant databases. Provided by the Australasian Legal Information Institute. http://www.worldlii.org/cgi-bin/gen_region.pl?region=50662 Online research guide Globalex Guide to Caribbean law research Summary of printed resources, and links. http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Caribbean1.htm | NOTES | NOTES Reader guides & legal research classes supported by Bodleian Law Library Email: law.library@bodley.ox.ac.uk Web: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/ This leaflet is also available online in alternative formats (http:// www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/guides). Please contact aracu@ouls.ox.ac.uk for requests for Braille and audio. [prepared by FT 22/02/08 v.1] 07/08/6575