The sources, side by side
The table lists 13 places that publish Lebanese law online. Public bodies come first, then commercial databases, then collections on one field, then this site. The order is not a ranking.
Sources
Where to read Lebanese law online
You can read Lebanese law online for free on Legiliban, the Lebanese University's legal database, on Lebanese Legislation (this site), and on the websites of Parliament and the Constitutional Council. The Official Gazette's digital edition is sold by yearly subscription, and Sader and Hamorabi sell access to larger collections.
Last checked
| Source | Free or paid | Interface language | What it holds | Full text | Search | API or data download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legiliban, the database of the Lebanese University's Centre for Research and Studies in Legal Informatics legallaw.ul.edu.lb | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic | Legal texts, court rulings, agreements, advisory opinions, a bibliography of decisions and articles, minutes of Parliament, research and studies, and the Official Gazette. | Yes. Checked on Law 3 of 2025. | Yes. By keyword, status and kind of text, and lists by year and by subject. | Not stated |
| Official Gazette, on the website of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers pcm.gov.lb | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic, English and French | The table of contents of each issue, for 2022 to 2026. | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Official Gazette, digital edition jo.pcm.gov.lb | Paid. A yearly subscription by prepaid card: LBP 10,000,000 for the private sector, LBP 5,000,000 for the public sector. | Arabic | Every issue of the Official Gazette since 1922. A new issue is added each week. | Not stated | Yes. By number, kind, year or a word of the title. | Not stated |
| Parliament of Lebanon lp.gov.lb | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic | Laws passed by Parliament, listed by year, the Constitution, the Taif Agreement, Parliament's rules of procedure, the electoral laws and pages on its sittings. | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Constitutional Council cc.gov.lb | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic, French and English | The Constitution, the Council's law and internal statutes, the electoral law, and the Council's decisions on the constitutionality of laws and on parliamentary and presidential election disputes. | Not stated | In the Constitution's table of contents. | Not stated |
| Al-Mustachar almustachar.com | Price not stated. It offers sign-in and a demo on request. The iPhone and iPad app is free to download. | Arabic | Legislation, court rulings and the Official Gazette, issue by issue. | Not stated | Yes. Search by meaning, with summaries and answers to questions. | Not stated |
| Sader (SaderLex) saderlex.com | The main laws are free. Subscription plans for the rest. | Arabic and English | Legislation, court rulings, agreements, advisory opinions, a law review, the Official Gazette and a digital library of law books. It also covers 5 other Arab countries. | Yes for the main laws, 23 of them listed for Lebanon. | Yes. Full search and advanced search. | Not stated |
| Hamorabi hamorabi.com | Paid. Online subscription: USD 20 a month or USD 230 a year, or pay as you go. Offline editions: USD 600 to USD 1,200. 30-day free trial. | English and Arabic | Lebanese legislation since 1901, the Official Gazette since 1920, studies and research, opinions of the Audit Bureau, court case law and the work of the State Council. | Not stated | Yes. An alphabetical index and search. | Not stated |
| Legal Agenda legal-agenda.com english.legal-agenda.com | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic, with a separate English site | Articles, research and advocacy on law and the courts, by a non-profit organisation founded in December 2009. | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| ILO NATLEX natlex.ilo.org | Free. No sign-in. | English, French and Spanish | Labour, social security and related human rights legislation, by country: 122 records for Lebanon. | Full texts or abstracts, depending on the record. | Yes. By country and by subject. | Not stated |
| WIPO Lex wipo.int/wipolex | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic, English, Spanish, French, Russian and Chinese | Intellectual property law: 79 texts for Lebanon, 24 laws and 55 treaties. | Yes, as PDF. Checked on Law 75 of 1999, in Arabic, French and English. | Yes. Filters on Lebanon's page. | The list of texts exports to Excel. |
| Constitute Project constituteproject.org | Free. No sign-in. | English, Arabic and Spanish | The Constitution of 1926 as revised to 2004, in English translation. | Yes | Not stated | Yes. The site links to its data and to API documentation. |
| Lebanese Legislation (this site) lebaneselegislation.com | Free. No sign-in. | Arabic, English and French | 103,112 laws, decrees and decisions, 47,656 court rulings and 6,851 issues of the Official Gazette, with legal opinions, agreements and doctrine. The texts come from Legiliban. | Yes for 100,776 texts so far (389,078 articles). The others are listed with number, date and title. | Yes. In Arabic, French or English. | A JSON API, an MCP server, and the full database on Hugging Face. |
Which one to use
- For the wording that counts in court, use the Official Gazette. It is the authoritative text.
- To read a law for free in Arabic, use Legiliban or this site. Both carry the texts catalogued by the Centre.
- For larger collections of case law, commentary and books, see Sader, Hamorabi and Al-Mustachar. Their own sites give the current terms and prices.
- For one field, use NATLEX for labour and social security law, WIPO Lex for intellectual property, and Constitute for the Constitution in English.
How this site relates to Legiliban
Legiliban is the main source of the texts on this site. This site is independent of the Lebanese University. Read about Legiliban and Lebanese Legislation.
How this list was checked
Every fact about another source comes from that source's own website, read on .
"Not stated" means the source's site did not say. It does not mean no. Prices and collections change, so the source's own site is the reference. To correct a row, use the report link at the bottom of this page.
Lebanese Legislation is not affiliated with any source in this table.
Information from published official texts, not legal advice. The Official Gazette remains the authoritative text: check it, or consult a qualified lawyer for your case. No lawyer or law firm reviews, endorses or stands behind this site.