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Switzerland
Swiss Confederation / Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
Confédération Suisse / Confederazione Svizzera
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- Federal Constitution (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) April 18, 1999; PDF in English, French, German, and Italian
- Bund und Kantone / Confédération et Cantons / Confederazione e Cantoni [Cantons Constitutions] (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) in French, German, and Italian
- Constitution Finder: Switzerland (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
- International Constitutional Law: Switzerland (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
Executive
- Federal Council
- Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation - includes and
- Federal Chancellery
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection - includes laws and other decrees
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- Federal Office for Communications
- Cantons Online
Judicial
- COURTS: Schweizerisches Bundesgericht / Tribunal fédéral suisse / Tribunale federale svizzero [Federal Supreme Court]
- Courts
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Bundesversammlung / Assemblee Federale / Assemblea Federale [Federal Assembly]; consists of Standerat / Conseil des Etats / Consiglio degli Stati [Council of States] and the Nationalrat / Conseil National / Consiglio Nazionale [National Council] - information available in official languages and English
- Legislative Procedure (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) also in Italian, German, and French
- Systematische Sammlung Des Bundesrechts / Recueil systematique du droit / Raccolta sistematica del diritto federale [Federal Systematic Compendium of Swiss Federal Law] (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Federation) available in German, French, and Italian
- NATLEX: Switzerland (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
- Natural Resources Legislation: Switzerland (University of Denver College of Law)
Legal Guides
- GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Collections Database: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- FindLaw: Switzerland
- ForIntLaw: Switzerland (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Switzerland (New York University Law Library)
- Institut suisse de droit comparé [Swiss Institute of Comparative Law] provides information on the Institute, its library and library catalog, and links to foreign, comparative and international law websites
- Judicial Assistance: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- JURIST: Switzerland (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
- Swiss Embassy Legal Affairs (Embassy of Switzerland)
- Swiss Legal System and Research ( Gregory M. Bovey via GlobaLex) November 2006
- Update to Introduction to the Swiss Legal System: A Guide for Foreign Researchers (Fridolin M.R. Walther, via LLRX) November 15, 2001
- World Legal Information Institute: Switzerland (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: Switzerland (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Portals to the World: Switzerland (Library of Congress)
- Background Note: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Switzerland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Switzerland (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: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Switzerland (The Economist)
- Embassy of Switzerland, Washington
- Governments on the WWW: Switzerland (Gunnar Anzinger)
- Human Rights in Switzerland (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Schweizerische Landesbibliothek / Bibliothèque Nationale Suisse [National Library of Switzerland]
- National Libraries of Europe: Switzerland (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World Europe
- U.S. Embassy, Bern (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Switzerland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Switzerland (Google); Switzerland (Yahoo)
Last Updated: 04/02/2008