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Germany
Federal Republic of Germany / Bundesrepublik Deutschland



CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Germany (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes
* Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) includes links to German, English, Spanish, and French

EXECUTIVE

* Bundesprâsident [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 Saarbr?cken) 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 Saarbr?cken) 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 Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* E-Transaction Law Resources: Germany (Baker & McKenzie)


LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
* Multinational Collections Database: Germany (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
* 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) February 2005
* German Law: Resources in English (University of Saarland)
* Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases Germany (New York University Law Library)
* Judicial Assistance: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
* JURIST: Germany (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Law Schools of the World (FindLaw)
* Legal Research in Germany at the Crossroads of Traditional and Electronic Media: An Overview (Rita Exter and Martina Kammer, via LLRX) July 2, 2001
* 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
* Portals to the World: Germany (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: 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 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: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
* Economic Briefing: Germany (The Economist)
* Embassy of Germany, Washington
* Governments on the WWW: Germany (Gunnar Anzinger)
* Human Rights in Germany (Amnesty International)
* International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Germany (U.S. Dept. of State)
* NATIONAL LIBRARY: Die Deutsche Bibliothek
* NEWS: BBC World: Europe
* U.S. Embassy, Berlin (U.S. Dept. of State)
* World Factbook: Germany (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
* WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Germany (Google); Germany (Yahoo); WWW-VL West European Studies: Germany (University of Pittsburgh)