Australia
Commonwealth of Australia
Constitution
- Australian Constitution (external link) (Parliament of Australia)
- Australian Federation Full Text Database (external link) (University of Sydney Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service) includes 19th century debates, conventions, constitutional commentaries and related to Federation
- International Constitutional Law: Australia (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation of constitutional documents and Background Note
- Parliamentary Handbook: Referendums and Plebiscites (external link)
- WIPO Lex: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Executive
- Prime Minister (external link)
- Australia Government (external link)
- Australian States, Territories, & Local Government (external link)
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (external link)
Judicial
- Australian Courts (external link)
- High Court (external link)
- Decisions of the High Court (external link) (AustLII)
- Federal Court (external link)
- Decisions of the Federal Court (external link) (AustLII)
- Decisions of the Federal Court (Full Court) (external link) (AustLII)
- Family Court (external link)
- Decisions of the Family Court (external link) (AustLII)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (external link)
- Commonwealth Case Law (external link) (AustLII) for other commission and tribunals
- JADE: Judgments and Decisions Enhanced (external link) (BarNet) includes more than 245,000 decisions
- Australian Constitutional Court Cases in English (Law Library of Congress)
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Federal Parliament (external link) - contains a useful A to Z Index (external link)
- Australia: Public Safety and Law (external link) - portal to government legal resources
- Federal Register of Legislation (external link)
- AUSTLII: Australasian Legal Information Institute (external link) (AustLII) includes databases, subject, and jurisdiction lists; regulations and legislation
- FAOLEX: Australia (external link) (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) database of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture, and renewable natural resources.
- NATLEX: Australia (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security, and related human rights
- WIPO Lex: Australia IP Laws and Treaties (external link) (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Australia (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- In Custodia Legis Blog Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- Law Library of Congress Legal Reports: Australia
- Family Reunification Laws: Australia
- Government Access to Encrypted Communications: Australia
- Laws on Children Residing with Parents in Prison: Australia
- National Parliaments: Australia
- Refugee Law and Policy: Australia
- Regulation of Bitcoin in Selected Jurisdictions: Australia
- Regulation of Drones: Australia
- Law Library of Congress Search: Australia (Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Australia (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Abbreviations of Legal Publications (external link) (Monash University Library)
- Australian Federation Full Text Database (external link) (University of Sydney Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service)
- Australian Legal Research Sources (external link) (University of Washington School of Law, Gallagher Law Library)
- Foreign Law by Jurisdiction: Australia (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Foreign Official Gazette Database: Australia (external link) (Center for Research Libraries)
- ForIntLaw: Australia (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Key Internet Links on Australian Law (external link) (Parliament of Australia, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library)
- Parliamentary Library (external link) includes research publications (external link)
- RefWorld Legal Information: Australia (external link) (UNHCR)
- Update: A Guide to Online Research Resources for the Australian Federal Legal System with some Reference to the State Level (external link) (GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Australia (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Australasia: Australia (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Profile: Australia (Library of Congress) September 2005; PDF
- Maps: Australia (Library of Congress)
- World Digital Library: Australia (Library of Congress/UNESCO)
- BBC News: Australia Country Profile (external link)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economist Topics: Australia (external link)
- Embassy of Australia, Washington (external link)
- FAO Country Profiles: Australia (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
- Fact Sheet: U.S. Relations with Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Guide to Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State. Office of the Historian)
- Human Rights in Australia (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Australia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- National Library of Australia (external link)
- U.S. Census Bureau: Trade in Goods with Australia
- U.S. Embassy, Canberra (U.S. Dept. of State)
- U.S. Office of the Trade Representative: Australia
- World Health Organization: Australia (external link)
- World Factbook: Australia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
For more information on Australia, see:
- Global Legal Monitor: Australia
- In Custodia Legis Blog Search: Australia
- Law Library of Congress Search: Australia
Last Updated: 03/23/2017