Southeast Asian Region Countries Law

Detailed information on finding cases, constitutions and legislation for each of the 10 countries in this guide is contained within the individual country tabs. This page is intended to provide access to single resources / databases that either list or provide access to cases, constitutions and legislation for all 10 countries. 

Books on courts and Southeast Asian judicial systems

• Judicial Training in ASEAN: A Comparative Overview of Systems and Programs (Human Rights Resource Centre, 2014) (open access)

Use the resources on the Global and Comparative Constitutional Law page of our Constitutional Law Research Guide to find resources that include: 

• Constitutions of all countries of the world
• Commentary on Constitutions 
• Tools for comparing Constitutions

To compare two or more ASEAN nations' constitutions, we recommend Constitute (open access) on The Comparative Constitutions Project website. It includes:

• links to the constitutions of all ASEAN nations in English;
• a very useful 'compare' feature which allows Article by Article comparison, arranged by topic.

Warning: while very useful 'one stop shops', many of these sites & databases may not include the current version of a country's constitution. If it is important that you refer to the current version, ensure you access Constitutions from the individual countries' official government legislation websites. Also note that English translations are not official.

Warning: while very useful 'one stop shops', many of the above sites & databases may not include the current or official version of a country's legislation.

If it is important that you refer to the current version, ensure you access legislation from the individual countries' official government legislation websites. Also note that English translations are not official.