Uruguay has a civil law legal system. Countries with civil law systems have extensive, frequently updated codes that make up their primary law. Important sources of Uruguayan law include the Constitution, laws, law decrees and resolutions. Court decisions do not form binding precedent. 

Most laws and cases from Uruguay will be in Spanish. English translations of documents are sometimes available, but translations are provided solely for convenience. The official Spanish-language versions have legal effect rather than any translated versions in other languages. 

The current Constitution of Uruguay was promulgated in 1966/1967, reinstated in 1985, and amended through 2004.

All legislation appears in the Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la República del Uruguay). For information about the history of the gazette, please see the History of the Official Journal. This is a daily publication.

The judiciary consists of the following courts:

• Supreme Court of Justice and lower courts of appeals
• Court of Appeals (16 total: Civil (7); Family (2); Labor (3); and Criminal (4)) 
• Mediation courts

• Lower courts, specialized by the types of law, such as administrative, customs, civil, criminal, et.cetera

Cases (in Spanish) can be found on the Ministry of Justice's official site:

Subject law collections provide access cases and legislation from Uruguay and other countries pertaining to a specific subject area. Using a subject law collection is particularly helpful when you are comparing the laws of more than one country. 

For more suggestions on subject-specific collections of laws, please see GlobaLex's Foreign Law - Subject Law Collections on the Web research guide.