- Law Library Home
- About the Law Library
- Find Legal Resources
- Research Help
- Research & Educational Opportunities
- News & Events
- Visiting the Law Library
- Contact Us
Related Resources at the Library
Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- Australian Constitution (Parliament of Australia) also available in Word; see also Referendums on Alterations to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
- Australian Federation Full Text Database (University of Sydney Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service) includes 19th century debates, conventions, constitutional commentaries and related to Federation
- International Constitutional Law: Australia (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of constitutional documents and Background Note
Executive
- Prime Minister
- Gov.au - governments of Australia entry point
- Australia Government
Judicial
- Australian Courts (National Library of Australia)
- High Court - includes judgments from 1948 via AustLII; citations included for earlier cases citations only
- Federal Court - includes judgments from 1977 via AustLII
- Family Court - includes judgments from 1988 via AustLII
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - decisions (AustLII) from 1985; see also Commonwealth Case Law (AustLII) for other commission and tribunals
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Federal Parliament - contains a useful site map
- House of Representatives - offers Infosheets, including Making Laws and The Constitution
- Senate - includes Senate Briefs; see The Senate and Legislation; The Role of the Senate
- SCALEPlus (Australia Attorney-General Department) contains current legislation of the Commonwealth and non self-governing terroritories
- Australia Law Online - Australia government entry point to government legal resources
- AUSTLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) includes databases, subject, and jurisdiction lists; regulations and legislation; for current legislative information, see SCALEPlus
- NATLEX: Australia (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
- Natural Resources Legislation: Australia (University of Denver College of Law)
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Collections Database: Australia (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- A Guide to Online Research Resources for the Australian Federal Legal System with Some Reference to the State Level (Petal Kinder via GlobaLex) August 2007
- Abbreviations of Legal Publications (Monash University Library)
- Australian Federation Full Text Database (University of Sydney Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service)
- Australian Legal Research Sources (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
- FindLaw: Australia
- ForIntLaw: Australia (Washburn University Law Library)
- GayLawNet's Australia Federal Laws (GayLawNet)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Australia (New York University Law Library)
- Internet Resource Guide: Australian Law Resources (Parliament of Australia, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
- Judicial Assistance: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Law Internet Resources (Parliament of Australia, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
- Law of the Pacific Islands: A Guide to Web Based Resources (Ruth Bird, via LLRX) April 15, 2002; includes Coral Sea Islands, a territory of Australia
- Parliamentary Library - publications
- Update to Researching Australian Law (Nicholas Pengelley, via LLRX) January 3, 2003
- Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region (Jane Macoustra via LLRX) June 3, 2002; includes Australia
- World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Australia (Germany Bundestag)
- World Legal Information Institute: Australia (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Australasia: Australia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Profile: Australia (Library of Congress) September 2005; PDF
- Portals to the World: Australia (Library of Congress)
- Background Notes: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reporters listed under East Asia and the Pacific
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Australia (The Economist)
- Embassy of Australia, Washington
- Governments on the WWW: Australia (Gunnar Anzinger)
- Human Rights in Australia (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Australia
- U.S. Embassy, Canberra (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency) - see also separate pages for: Ashmore and Cartier Islands; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Coral Sea Islands; Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Australia (Google); Australia (Yahoo); Australia: Government (Google)
For more information on Australia see:
Last Updated: 03/18/2008