Switzerland
Swiss Confederation / Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft / Confédération Suisse / Confederazione Svizzera
Constitution
- Federal Constitution (external link) (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) April 18, 1999; PDF in English (external link) (PDF), French (external link) (PDF), German (external link) (PDF), and Italian (external link) (PDF)
- Bund und Kantone (external link) / Confédération et Cantons (external link) / Confederazione e Cantoni (external link) [Cantons Constitutions] (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) in French, German, and Italian
- Constitution Finder (external link) (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law)
- International Constitutional Law: Switzerland (external link) (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
Executive
- Federal Council (external link)
- Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation (external link) - includes and
- Federal Chancellery (external link)
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection (external link) - includes laws and other decrees (external link)
- Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (external link)
- Federal Office for Communications (external link)
- Cantons Online (external link)
Judicial
- COURTS: Schweizerisches Bundesgericht / Tribunal fédéral suisse / Tribunale federale svizzero [Federal Supreme Court] (external link)
- Courts (external link)
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Bundesversammlung / Assemblee Federale / Assemblea Federale [Federal Assembly] (external link); 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 (external link)
- Legislative Procedure (external link) (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) also in Italian, German, and French
- Systematische Sammlung Des Bundesrechts (external link) / Recueil systematique du droit (external link) / Raccolta sistematica del diritto federale (external link) [Federal Systematic Compendium of Swiss Federal Law] (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Federation) available in German, French, and Italian
- NATLEX: Switzerland (external link) (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Switzerland (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- FindLaw: Switzerland (external link)
- ForIntLaw: Switzerland (external link) (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Switzerland (external link) (New York University Law Library)
- Institut suisse de droit comparé [Swiss Institute of Comparative Law] (external link) provides information on the Institute, its library and library catalog (external link), and links to foreign, comparative and international law websites
- Judicial Assistance: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Swiss Embassy Legal Affairs (external link) (Embassy of Switzerland)
- Swiss Legal System and Research (external link) ( Gregory M. Bovey via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Switzerland (external link) (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: Switzerland (external link) (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- 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 Human Rights Practices: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Switzerland (external link) (The Economist)
- Embassy of Switzerland, Washington (external link)
- Human Rights in Switzerland (external link) (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Switzerland(U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY: Schweizerische Landesbibliothek / Bibliothèque Nationale Suisse [National Library of Switzerland] (external link)
- National Libraries of Europe: Switzerland (external link) (European Library)
- NEWS: BBC World Europe (external link)
- U.S. Embassy, Bern (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Switzerland (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Yahoo: Switzerland (external link)
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Last Updated: 07/27/2012