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Austria
Republic of Austria / Republik ˜sterreich


CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Austria (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation of the 1929 constitution as amended to 1983, related constitutional laws, and background notes
* ˜sterreichisches Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz (Johannes Kepler Universitât Linz, ˜sterreich) in German

EXECUTIVE

* Bundesprâsident [President]
* Republik ˜sterreich - official government site

JUDICIAL

* Oberster Gerichtshof [Supreme Judicial Court]
* Verwaltungsgerichtshof [Administrative Court]
* Verfassungsgerichtshof [Constitutional Court]
* Bundesministerium f?r Justiz [Ministry of Justice]

LEGISLATIVE

* OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Bundesgesetzblatt
* PARLIAMENT: Bundesversammlung [Federal Assembly] consists of Bundesrat [Federal Council] and Nationalrat [National Council]
* Republic ˜sterreich 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)


LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* 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)


GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: Austria (Library of Congress) December 1993
* Portals to the World: Austria (Library of Congress)
* 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: ˜sterreichische 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)