A Sovereign island country, Barbados is situated in the
Lesser Antilles, in the Americas. It has been an independent country since the
year 1966 and it is functioning as the constitutional monarchy and
parliamentary democracy modeled on the British Westminster system. Barbadian
monarch is the Queen and is the head of the state which is represented by the
Governor- General of the country. You can view here, the legal system of
Barbados, its Constitution, its Legislative, Executive and also Judicial with
the Legal guides and general guides at http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/barbados.php
The Constitution of Barbados
The basis and supreme law of the country is the Constitution
of Barbados under which the nation governed. Moreover, this basic law is
providing for the governmental structure, their functions and authorities with
the other important provisions. The Constitution of the country was brought
into operation from 1966 and from that time it was severally amended. Download
Constitution: https://www.oas.org/dil/The_Constitution_of_Barbados.pdf
Review of Constitution: http://www.barbadosparliament.com/main_page_content/show_content/9
Some important links for online reading and downloading
contents on Legal system of Barbados:
Child Labor
laws: http://www.unicef.org/lac/spbarbados/Legal/national/Barbados/Other/review-child-labour-laws-barbados_ILO_2005.pdf
Jurisprudence:
http://www.stetson.edu/law/international/caribbean/home/media/barbados-jurisprudence-pdf.pdf
Water
Authority law: http://faolex.fao.org/cgi-bin/faolex.exe?rec_id=001208&database=faolex&search_type=link&table=result&lang=eng&format_name=@ERALL
Social
Protection: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4688e.pdf
Mental Health
System: http://www.who.int/mental_health/barbados_who_aims_report.pdf
Anti-Terrorism
law: http://www.barbadosfiu.gov.bb/pdf/Anti-terrorism%20Act%202002.pdf
Food and
Agricultural Import policy: http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Food%20and%20Agricultural%20Import%20Regulations%20and%20Standards%20-%20Narrative_Miami%20ATO_Barbados_7-27-2009.pdf
Education
Policy and Status: http://www.ibe.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/WDE/2010/pdf-versions/Barbados.pdf
Investment
Climate: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/241689.pdf
Property
buying policy: http://features.withersworldwide.com/features/show/buying-property-in-barbados.pdf?full_pdf=true
E-Commerce
Policy: http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/texts/electcom/08-55698_Ebook.pdf
Tobacco
Control policy: http://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/barbados/laws
Laws on
Weight and Measures: http://www.commerce.gov.bb/Legislation/Documents/CAP331.PDF
Administrative
Justice laws: https://www.scribd.com/doc/53364269/The-Laws-of-Barbados-Administrative-Justice-Cap109B
Comparative
law and Justice: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Comparative_law_and_justice/Barbados
Motor
Vehicles and Road Traffic law: http://rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt/laws2/alphabetical_list/lawspdfs/48.50.pdf
Immigration
Act: http://wpanet.org/uploads/News-Zonal-Representatives/wpa-policy-papers-from-zone3/Zone%203-Barbados%20-%20Immigration%20Act.pdf
Companies
Regulation: http://www.investbarbados.org/docs/companies%20regulations%20-%201984.pdf
Law on Money
Laundering and Financing Terrorism: http://www.barbadosfiu.gov.bb/pdf/Revised%20Money%20Laundering%20and%20Financing%20of%20Terrorism%20(Prevention%20and%20Control)%20Act,%202011.pdf
Inhuman
Sentencing of Children: https://www.crin.org/sites/default/files/barbados_inhuman_sentencing.pdf
Prevention
of Drug Abuse: http://www.barbadosfiu.gov.bb/pdf/Drug%20Abuse%20(Prevention%20and%20Control).pdf
Law on
Electronic Transaction: https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/brb/Electronic_Transactions_Act.pdf
British
Prisoners guide: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/530814/Barbados_Prisoner_Pack_-_June_2016.pdf
National
Insurance policy: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/travail/docs/1222/National%20Insurance%20and%20Social%20Security.%20Chap%2047.pdf
Employment
Rights law: http://barbadosemployers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Employment-Rights-Act-2012-9.pdf
Bankruptcy
and Insolvency law: http://www.commerce.gov.bb/Legislation/Documents/Bankruptcy%20and%20Insolvency%20Act,%20Cap303.pdf
Download Law eBooks and Articles:
Education in
Barbados (Handbook): http://mes.gov.bb/Download.ashx?file=Attachments%2FEducation_in_Barbados.pdf&name=Education+In+Barbados+Information+Handbook
Laws of
Barbados: https://archive.org/download/cu31924017514435/cu31924017514435.pdf
Declaration
of Independence: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/amerbegin/power/text5/BarbadosDecIndep.pdf
Legislative
Reform Related to the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Diverse Legal
Systems (Barbados): http://www.unicef.org/policyanalysis/files/Formatted_-_Legislative_Reform.pdf
Barbados
Company Law and Regulation (Handbook): http://www.3dmaileffects.com/book/5LXyE7UzQ8sC/Barbados-Company-Laws-and-Regulations-Handbook
Barbados
Green Economy: http://www.unep.org/pdf/Barbados_GESS_study_web2.pdf
Financial
Secrecy Index: http://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/PDF/Barbados.pdf
Links for
Departments:
Parliament
of Barbados: http://www.barbadosparliament.com/
Government
of Barbados: http://www.gov.bb/
Ministry of
Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development: http://www.commerce.gov.bb/
Financial
Intelligence Unit: http://www.barbadosfiu.gov.bb/
Immigration
Department: www.immigration.gov.bb
Natural
Heritage Department: www.heritage.gov.bb/
Ministry of
Health: www.health.gov.bb/
Ministry of
Education, Science, Technology and Innovation: www.mes.gov.bb
Central
Bank: www.centralbank.org.bb/
News: www.barbadostoday.bb/