Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- Australian Constitution (Parliament of Australia)
- 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
- Parliamentary Handbook: Referendums and Plebiscites
Executive
- Prime Minister
- Australia Government
- Australian State, Territory, & Local Governments
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Judicial
- Australian Courts
- High Court
- Decisions of the High Court
- Federal Court - includes judgments from 1977 via AustLII
- Decisions of the Federal Court
- Decisions of the Federal Court (Full Court)
- Family Court - includes judgments from 1988 via AustLII
- Decisions of the Family Court
- 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
- Australia Law Online - Australia government entry point to government legal resources
- ComLaw: Commonwealth Legislation
- AUSTLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) includes databases, subject, and jurisdiction lists; regulations and legislation
- NATLEX: Australia (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Australia (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- 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)
- 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)
- Law Internet Resources (Parliament of Australia, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
- Parliamentary Library - publications
- Researching Australian Law (Nicholas Pengelley and Sue Milne; LLRX)
- Update: A Guide to Online Research Resources for the Australian Federal Legal System with some Reference to the State Level (Petal Kinder; GlobaLex)
- 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
- 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 Human Rights Practices: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economist Topics: Australia (The Economist)
- Embassy of Australia, Washington
- Human Rights in Australia (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: National Library of Australia
- U.S. Embassy, Canberra (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Health Organization: Australia
- World Factbook: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Australia (Yahoo)
For more information on Australia see:
- Global Legal Monitor: Australia
- Children's Rights: Australia
- Legal Research Guide: Australia
- Sex Selection & Abortion: Australia
- Terrorism Laws Control Orders: Australia
- Terrorism Laws on Preventative Detention & Prohibited Contact Orders: Australia
- Terrorism Laws: Questioning Warrants: Australia
Last Updated: 01/29/2012
