Austria
Republic of Austria / Republik Österreich
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Austria (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1929 constitution as amended to 1983, related constitutional laws, and Background Note
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
Executive
- Bundespräsident [President]
- Republik Österreich - official government site
Judicial
- Oberster Gerichtshof [Supreme Judicial Court]
- Verwaltungsgerichtshof [Administrative Court]
- Verfassungsgerichtshof [Constitutional Court]
- Bundesministerium für Justiz [Ministry of Justice]
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Bundesgesetzblatt
- PARLIAMENT: Bundesversammlung [Federal Assembly] consists of Bundesrat [Federal Council] and Nationalrat [National Council]
- Republic Österreich Bundeskanzleramt Rechtsinformationssystem (RIS) (Austria Office of the Federal Chancellor) Legal Information System; includes laws in German
- NATLEX: Austria (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
- Auswahl juristischer Internetadressen im WWW (Juristiche Links der Uni Salzburg) includes laws and research; in German
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Austria (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Austria (Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- FindLaw: Austria
- ForIntLaw: Austria (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Austria (New York University Law Library)
- Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress; includes Austria on pages 7-23
- Update: The Austrian Legal System and Laws: a Brief Overview (Johannes Oehlboeck and Immanuel Gerstner; GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Austria (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: Austria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Austria (Library of Congress) December 1993
- Background Note: Austria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Austria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Austria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Austria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Austria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Topics: Austria (The Economist)
- Embassy of Austria, Washington
- Human Rights in Austria (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Austria (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
- National Libraries of Europe: Austria (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World Europe
- Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN
- U.S. Embassy, Vienna (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Austria (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Health Organization: Austria
- Yahoo: Austria
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Last Updated: 01/29/2012
