Constitution Executive JUDGES AND JUSTICE Legislative Legal Reference General Sources (includes LC Portals: Austria)

CONSTITUTIONAL LINKS

• 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 notes
• Österreichisches Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreich) in German

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

• Bundespräsident [President]
• Republik Österreich - official government site

JUDGES AND JUSTICE

• Oberster Gerichtshof [Supreme JUDGES AND JUSTICE Court]
• Verwaltungsgerichtshof [Administrative Court]
• Verfassungsgerichtshof [Constitutional Court]
• Bundesministerium für Justiz [Ministry of Justice]

LEGISLATURE AND ELECTED

• 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 Organisation) 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
• E-Transaction Law Resources: Austria (Baker & McKenzie)

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Legal Reference AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Austria (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Austrian Legal System and Laws: A Brief Overview (Johannes Oehlboeck and Immanuel Gerstner, via GlobaLex) June 2005
• FindLaw: Austria
• ForIntLaw: Austria (Washburn University Law Library)
• Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Austria (New York University Law Library)
• JURIST: Austria (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law at the request of the Commision; includes Austria and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
• World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Austria (Germany Bundestag)
• World Law Index: Austria (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Austria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Austria () December 1993
• Portals to the World: Austria ()
• Background Notes: 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 Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Austria (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Economic Briefing: Austria (The Economist)
• Embassy of Austria, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Austria (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Austria (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual 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)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Austria (Google); Austria (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies: Austria (University of Pittsburgh)