Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Finland

Comprehensive reference database of Finnish legislation with a list of changes made on any law or decree published in the Finnish Statute Series ("the Finnish Official Gazette") since 1734. Legislation is primarily in Finnish and Swedish with approximately 600 English translations of Finnish Acts of Parliament.

Case law coverage includes decisions of the Supreme Court (Korkein oikeus), Supreme Administrative Court (Korkein hallinto-oikeus), Courts of Appeal, administrative and special courts (Market, Labour and Insurance Courts). Decisions only available in Finnish and Swedish.

International treaties - Primarily in Finnish and Swedish with English translations of most income tax treaties.

Contains machine-produced English translations of the legislation of Finland. Warning: Machine-based translations should not be relied upon in important documents and writings.

Contains English translations of Finland's constitution, criminal code, code of criminal procedure, and variety of human rights oriented legislation.

Use the 'Table of Contents' tab to navigate to this title. Countries arranged in alphabetic order. Includes the full text of the tax and commercial law of Finland in English.

By Sami Sarvilinna, update by Erika Bergström