Subjects:

Austria, European Jurisdictions

Contents:

Political history

the constitution, sources and interpretation of law

the political system

Austria and the European Union

legal education and legal professions

the courts

administrative adjudication

constitutional review

fundamental rights

criminal procedure

the civil law tradition

the Austrian civil code. Appendices: dates in modern Austrian political history

federal legislative and executive organs

the court system - civil procedure

the court system - criminal procedure

dates in Roman and European legal history

a note on legal research.

This text presents a broad range of aspects of Austrian law and legal culture for the purpose of comparison with other legal systems. It treats the following subjects: political history, the constitution, sources and interpretation of law, the political system, Austria and the European Union, legal education and professions, the courts, administrative adjudication, constitutional review, fundamental rights, criminal procedure, the civil law tradition, and the Austrian civil code. These characteristic features have been selected in order to acquaint the foreign observer with some of the defining elements of Austrian law and legal development. Austrian students and practitioners, too, may find this approach helpful when it comes to explaining their law to others.