Other National Governments

Items relating to the governments of countries and other political entities outside of the United States.

Sub-headings:

Canada

United Kingdom

Resources in this category:

Australasian Legal Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/

"The Australasian Legal Information Institute provides free internet access to Australian legal materials. AustLII is one of the largest sources of legal materials on the net, with over six gigabytes of raw text materials and over a million searchable documents. AustLII publishes public legal information: that is, primary legal materials (legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals); and secondary legal materials created by public bodies for purposes of public access (law reform and royal commission reports etc). AustLII's policy agenda is to convince parliaments, governments, courts, law reform bodies and other public institutions to make legal materials they control available free via the internet." It also includes the World Law Index: not as comprehensive as the Australia index, it "seeks to identify the principal valuable indexes of legal resources for each country, and major legal information servers."

Australian Bureau of Statistics World Wide Web Information Service
http://www.abs.gov.au/

"The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's official statistical organisation. We assist and encourage informed decision-making, research and discussion within governments and the community, by providing a high quality, objective and responsive national statistical service. This site has information about the ABS, the main statistical features of many current publications, and other summary statistics." Updated daily, the site contains statistical information on Australia and its population, economy, and industries.

Australian Law on the Internet
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/law.html

A comprehensive list of links to information about Australian law. It's divided into Federal, state, aboriginal, constitutional, and several other types of law, as well as other aspects of Australian law. Part of the National Library of Australia Internet Subject Lists project.

Brehon Law Project
http://ua_tuathal.tripod.com/testdefault.html

"The Brehon Law Project, a loose volunteer coalition of individuals and organizations who are interested in the study of Brehon Law, the indigenous law of Ireland." Introduction to medieval Irish law and society, along with explanation of status of ancient Irish law to current legal practice. Full-text documents in Irish and English translation and biographies of Irish historical figures. Extensive bibliographies of Irish studies materials.

Constitution of Australia
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/c167/index.ht...

The Constitution of Australia, divided by Parts and Sections.

Country Indicators for Foreign Policy
http://www.carleton.ca/cifp/

"The CIFP represents an on-going effort to identify and assemble statistical information conveying the key features of the economic, political, social and cultural environments of countries around the world...The unique collection of country indicators generated by the project can be accessed through summary tables, country reports and this accompanying Internet database." Registration is required.

The Egyptian Presidency
http://www.presidency.gov.eg/

Learn about Egypt, its government, and its current president. You can also take a virtual tour of Abdeen Palace, the official office of the Egyptian president.

Freedom of the Press Publications
http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=16&year=2005

Reports, with statistical analysis, about the freedom of the press throughout the world. Full reports are available, in addition to brief reports about each country, a press freedom map, and various tables and charts.

Governments on the WWW
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/

"Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-national organisations etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 10000 entries from more than 200 countries and territories."

Governments on the WWW: Russian Federation
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ru.html

Website with an extensive collection of links in the Russian government is explained and then links to regional resources is made available.

Indian Elections '04
http://www.indian-elections.com/

This site provides live coverage and information on the 2004 national elections in India, from exit polls to editorials. Visitors can find highly detailed information on how all the political parties faired in the elections. Features include statistics and opinion polls from the 2004 Indian Election; Editorials; Information and Links to all the political parties; Results from the 1999 Elections.

International Documents: Foreign Governments
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat...

Directory of foreign government Web sites, IGOs. Provided by the American Library Association Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).

Internet Resources for Ireland
http://pw1.netcom.com/~pohallor/ireland/irdex.html

"Internet Resources for Ireland attempts to catalogue some of the more important Irish web sites including: Irish Internet directories, Irish government web sites, Irish business resources, Irish educational resources, Irish broadcasting (real audio) and Irish media links, and links covering the situation in Northern Ireland."

National Centre of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus
http://ncpi.gov.by/

"Information about the activities of the Centre. On-line access to the Belarus legal information databank, news of legislation and law. The site is mostly in Russian, but some basic legal acts including the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus are available in English."

Parliament of Australia
http://www.aph.gov.au/

Find out about the Senate and House of Representatives, committees, publications, "This Week in Parliament," and more at the official website of the Australian Parliament.

Portal do Governo
http://www.portugal.gov.pt/Portal/EN/

The Portuguese Government Web Portal. Information on the country, the government, and the prime minister; includes government documents. Site has Portuguese and English versions.

The Public Record
http://www.abc.net.au/public/

"Your guide to the latest issues, events, and debates in Australia."

Revelations from the Russian Archives
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html

Library of Congress' exhibit of information from the Soviet Union of previously classified files.

Virtual Finland
http://virtual.finland.fi/

"Should you have any questions about Finland - any at all - the answer probably lies here, where you can get all sorts of information in several languages."

World Statesmen
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/

Provides names and timelines of rulers, politicians, and statesmen for most nations that have existed since 1760. Supplemented by national timelines, flags, and other national information.