Germany
Federal Republic of Germany / Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Germany (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) includes links to German, English, Spanish, and French
Executive
- Bundespräsident [President]
- Bundeskanzler [Chancellor]
- Bundesregierung [Government]
Judicial
- Bundesverfassungsgericht [Federal Constitutional Court]
- Bundesgerichtshof [Federal Court of Justice]
- Bundesverwaltungsgericht [Federal Administrative Court]
- Bundesministerium der Justiz [Ministry of Justice]
- News Bulletins / Pressemitteilungen (Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken) provides news bulletins in German on the German Federal Constitutional Court and Federal Supreme Courts of Germany.
Legislative
- OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Bundesgesetzblatt, 1996-
- PARLIAMENT: Bundestag and Bundesrat
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1990) offers an English translation of the German Constitution, although not updated; see the French/German Loi Fundamenal / Basic Law [Grundgesetz] for current information
- Gesetze (Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken) offers a wide selection of German legal texts in German including the German Constitution [Grundgesetz or Basic Law] and various codes and laws
- Strafgesetzbuch (StGB) (Lawww.de; Recht im World Wide Web) Penal Code; in German
- NATLEX: Germany (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Germany (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Germany (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- GLobal Legal Monitor: Germany (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- FindLaw: Germany
- ForIntLaw: Germany (Washburn University Law Library)
- German Business and Commercial Laws: Guide to Translations into English and Select Auxiliary Sources (Martina Kammer and Anne Scharrenberg, via GlobaLex)
- German Law: Resources in English (University of Saarland)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases Germany (New York University Law Library)
- IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters Country Reports
- Judicial Assistance: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Law Schools of the World (FindLaw)
- Legal Research in Germany between Print and Electronic Media: An Overview (Rita Exter and Martina Kammer via GlobaLex)
- 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 at the request of the Commision; includes Germany and ten other countries
- World Legal Information Institute: Germany (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: Germany (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Profile: Germany (Library of Congress) December 2005; PDF
- Country Study: Germany (Library of Congress) July 1995
- Country Study: East Germany (Library of Congress) July 1987
- Background Note: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Germany (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Germany (The Economist)
- Embassy of Germany, Washington
- Human Rights in Germany (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Die Deutsche Bibliothek
- National Libraries of Europe: Germany (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World: Europe
- U.S. Embassy, Berlin (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Germany (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Germany
For more information on Germany see:
- Global Legal Monitor: Germany
- Children's Rights: Germany
- Habeas Corpus Rights: Germany
- Medical Malpractice Liability: Germany
Last Updated: 01/29/2012
