Although an historical analysis of restitution and compensation cannot exclusively follow the course of legislation enacted on these matters, neverthess that legislation threads through the whole range of themes of the present research project, and this is why we list the most important legal norms hereunder. This survey also shows how complex the patterns of restitution and compensation were and it makes clear how frequently and over what a long stretch of time these legal foundations underwent repeated "repair work".

Law on the appointment of public administrators and public supervisors of 10 May 1945; State Law Gazette/StGBl 1945/9 (last amended in Federal Law Gazette/BGBl 1967/11).

Law on the registration of aryanised and other assets seized in connection with the assumption of power by the National Socialists, 10 May 1945; State Law Gazette/StGBl 1945/10 (as amended by the 4th Seized Property Registration Amendment).

Repatriation Act: Law on the repatriation of public property of 10 May 1945, State Law Gazette 1945/11.

Nullity Act, Federal law of 15 May 1946 concerning the declaration of nullity of legal transactions and other legal acts during the German occupation of Austria; Federal Law Gazette 1946/106.

First Restitution Act: Federal law of 26 July 1946 concerning the restitution of seized property at present administered by the Federal Government or the Provincial Governments; Federal Law Gazette 1946/156.

Second Restitution Act: Federal law of 6 February 1947 concerning the restitution of seized property at present held by the Republic of Austria; Federal Law Gazette 1947/53.

Third Restitution Act: Federal law of 6 February 1947 concerning the nullity of property seizure; Federal Law Gazette 1947/54.

Fourth Restitution Act: Federal law of 21 May 1947 concerning company names altered or deleted under National Socialist coercion; Federal Law Gazette 1947/143.

Fifth Restitution Act: Federal law of 22 June 1949 concerning the restitution of property seized from legal persons in business which lost their legal personality under National Socialist coercion; Federal Law Gazette 1949/164.

Sixth Restitution Act: Federal law of 30 June 1949 concerning the restitution of industrial property rights; Federal Law Gazette 1949/199.

Seventh Restitution Act: Federal law of 14 July 1949 concerning the assertion of claims arising from service contracts with private employers; Federal Law Gazette 1949/207.

First Restitution Claims Act: Federal law of 19 November 1947 concerning the assertion of restitution claims of the dissolved Austrian consumer cooperatives; Federal Law Gazette/ BGBl 1947/156 (last amended by Federal Law Gazette 1955/201).

Second Restitution Claims Act: Federal law of 11 July 1951 concerning the transfer of claims for the restitution of assets of certain legal persons which lost their legal personality during the German occupation of Austria and later regained it; Federal Law Gazette/ BGBl 1951/176 (last amended by Federal Law Gazette 1955/201).

Third Restitution Claims Act: Federal law of 16 December 1953 concerning the transfer of claims for the restitution of assets of further legal personalities who lost their legal personality during the German occupation of Austria and did not subsequently regain it, and on the amendment and supplementation of the Second Restitution Claims Act; Federal Law Gazette 1954/23 (last amended by Federal Law Gazette 1954/252).

Fourth Restitution Claims Act: Federal law of 17 May 1961 concerning the registration of claims by receiving organisations for the restitution of property under the Restitution Acts; Federal Law Gazette/BGBl 1947/13 (last amended by BGBl 1952/199).

First Return of Assets Act: Federal law of 6 February 1947 concerning the restoration of property of dissolved or prohibited democratic organisations; Federal Law Gazette 1947/55.

Second Return of Assets Act: Federal law of 22 June 1949 concerning the claims for restoration of dissolved or prohibited democratic organisations as leaseholders; Federal Law Gazette 1949/165.

Third Return of Assets Act: Federal law of 14 July 1949 concerning the assertion of claims arising from private service contracts and which were lost between March 1933 and March 1938; Federal Law Gazette 1949/208 (last amended by Federal Law Gazette 1953/180).

First Artistic and Cultural Assets Settlement Act: Federal law of 27 June 1969 concerning the settlement of ownership of works of art in the custody of the Federal Monuments and Fine Arts Service; Federal Law Gazette 1969/294.

Second Artistic and Cultural Assets Settlement Act: Federal law of 13 December 1985 concerning the release and disposal of formerly unclaimed works of art held by the Federal Government; Federal Law Gazette 1986/2.

War and Persecution-Related Material Damage Act: Federal law of 25 June 1958 concerning the award of compensation for damage to household equipment or professional utensils incurred as a result of war or political persecution; Federal Law Gazette 1958/127.

Insurance Indemnification Act: Federal law of 26 June 1958 concerning the settlement of life insurance claims confiscated by the German Reich; Federal Law Gazette 1958/130.

Insurance Reconstruction Act: Federal law of 8 September 1955 concerning the reconstruction of the contractual insurance system; Federal Law Gazette 1955/185.

Federal law of 4 December 1998 concerning the return of works of art from Austrian federal museums and collections; Federal Law Gazette 1998/I/181.