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Foreign Law: Costa Rica

This guide is designed to provide instructions on how to effectively find domestic laws of other states.

Legal System

Civil Law (Spanish and French)

Constitution

Available at HeinOnline: World Constitutions Illustrated

Provides English and Spanish versions
Old and current, and original and consolidated texts are available

Also available at Constitutions of the Countries of the World

Provides English text with very useful introductory note and select bibliography

Statutes and Regulaitons

Available at Costa Rican Judicial Information System (El Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica).

Database created as a part of the legal information modernization program of the administration of justice (Administración de Justicia), funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It contains codes, executive orders, international treaties, regulations and other rules of general application.

Also available at the National Printing Office website (Imprenta Nacional).

New legislation and regulations are published first in Official Gazette: La Gaceta, Diario Oficial
Available at http://www.imprentanacional.go.cr/gaceta/

Official Print Compilation: Leyes de Costa Rica anotadas.
e.g. Civil Code: El Código Civil - Ley Nº 30 del 19 de abril de 1885

Cases

Available through the official court website.

at Costa Rican Judicial Information System (El Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica) at .

Official Reports: Revista Judicial

Last Updated: Jan 23, 2020 1:18 PM
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Subjects: International Law, Upper Level Topics

Tags: comparative law, costa rica, foreign law, legal sytem