Lebanon: where to read the law
Lebanese primary material is published in Arabic, with a substantial French inheritance in the codes and in older scholarship. There is no free, official, consolidated database of legislation in force — the gazette is the record, and consolidation is something practitioners do by hand or buy. Judgments are not systematically published. The best English-language entry points are research guides written by librarians rather than anything published by the state, which is why two of the five rows below are guides rather than sources.
This is a directory, not a summary of the law. Nothing here tells you what a rule says - it tells you where the authoritative text lives so you can read it yourself. Links last checked .
1 of these sources did not answer an automated check. They are canonical and they open in a normal browser - the note on each says which case it is.
The sources
- Library of Congress — Lebanon legal research guideResearch guideThe best English-language map of the Lebanese legal system: sources, courts, and where the gazette lives.
- AUB Libraries — Lebanese law research guideResearch guideThe American University of Beirut's own guide, written for students working in Arabic and French as well as English.
- Ministry of JusticePrimary lawArabicThe ministry's own portal: courts, services and the official announcements it publishes.
- Beirut Bar AssociationProfessionArabicAdmission, professional rules and the roll of practising advocates.
- The Legal AgendaComparativeIndependent legal journalism and case reporting, in Arabic and English. Reporting, not primary law.Cloudflare challenge on automated requests; loads normally in a browser.
- The Legal 500 — LebanonComparativeWho practises what, by firm and practice area. Directory, not law.