Constitutional Executive Branch Judiciary Legislatures Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Switzerland)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• 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 notes

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Federal Council
• Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation - includes news and index
• Federal Chancellery
• Federal Commissioner for Data Protection - includes laws and other decrees
• Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
• Federal Office for Communications
• Cantons Online

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• 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 Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• Natural Resources Legislation: Switzerland (University of Denver College of Law)

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Switzerland (Law ) 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
• JURIST: Switzerland (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• Swiss Embassy Legal Affairs (Embassy of Switzerland)
• SwissLawWeb
• Update to Introduction to the Swiss Legal System: A Guide for Foreign Researchers (Fridolin M.R. Walther, via LLRX) November 15, 2001
• World Law Index: Switzerland (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Europe: Switzerland (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

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• Portals to the World: Switzerland ()
• Background Notes: Switzerland (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Switzerland (Swiss Confederation) (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); WWW-VL West European Studies: Switzerland (University of Pittsburgh)