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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

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Executive

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

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Judicial

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

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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

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Legal Guides

  • GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Austria (Law Library of Congress) 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 Library of Congress 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 Legal Information Institute: Austria (WorldLII)
  • World Legal Materials from Europe: Austria (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Austria (Library of Congress) December 1993
  • Portals to the World: Austria (Library of Congress)
  • 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 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)

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