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	Federal Assembly of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Assembly in the chamber of the National Council.
		The Federal Assembly (in German, Bundesversammlung; in French, Assemblée fédérale; in Italian, Assemblea federale), is Switzerland's federal parliament.
		The Federal Assembly is responsible for electing the Federal Council, the Federal Chancellor, and federal judges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Assembly_of_Switzerland (162 words)

	Switzerland Government Information
		Switzerland is a federal state composed of 26 cantons (20 are "full" cantons and six "half" cantons for purposes of representation in the federal legislature) that retain attributes of sovereignty, such as fiscal autonomy and the right to manage internal cantonal affairs.
		The Federal Assembly is the primary seat of power, although in practice the executive branch has been increasing its power at the expense of the legislative branch.
		Federal Councilors are elected for 4-year terms; there are no term limits and no provision to recall the cabinet or individual members during the legislature.
	www.traveldocs.com /ch/govern.htm (1473 words)

	Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (Tribunal fédéral in French, Schweizerisches Bundesgericht in German, Tribunale federale in Italian) is the supreme court of Switzerland.
		Because of an emphasis on direct democracy through referendum, the Constitution precludes the court from reviewing acts of the Federal Parliament, unless such review is specifically provided for by statute.
		Federal Supreme Court in German, French or Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland (168 words)

	Switzerland (07/05)
		Traditionally, Switzerland has avoided alliances that might entail military, political, or direct economic action, but in recent years the Swiss have broadened the scope of activities in which they feel able to participate without compromising their neutrality.
		Switzerland in October 2000 implemented an ordinance to enforce UN sanctions against the Taliban (UNSCR 1267), which it subsequently amended in April 2001 in accord with tighter UN regulations (UNSCR 1333).
		Switzerland is an active participant in the OSCE, its foreign minister serving as Chairman-in-Office for 1996.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3431.htm (6470 words)

	Switzerland
		It was a white cross "traversante" on a red shield, and it came to be known in Switzerland as the "federal cross".
		Finally in 1889 the Federal Assembly ruled that Switzerland was keeping its white cross, but that it would be changed from the five equal squares to one in which the arms were one sixth longer than they were wide.
		Switzerland is embroiled in controversy over the commercial use of the flag, and confusion over its legal use.
	flagspot.net /flags/ch.html (2547 words)

	LLRX -- Introduction to the Swiss Legal System: A Guide for Foreign Researchers
		Switzerland is a federal state that lies at the heart of Europe and is bordered by Germany (to the north), Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein (to the east), Italy (to the south) and France (to the west).
		The Federal Assembly, the Swiss parliament, is a bicameral one.
		In addition, on the federal level all changes of the Constitution and the membership to some international organizations must be accepted by the majority of the people and the cantons.
	www.llrx.com /features/swiss.htm (4326 words)

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		The assembly may reverse the action of the council if it chooses and take a measure out of the 'extra coach,' but consideration of it is in that case deferred until the next year.
		Of 149 Federal laws and decrees subject to the Referendum passed up to the close of 1891 under the constitution of 1874, twenty-seven were challenged by the necessary 30,000 petitioners, fifteen being rejected and twelve accepted.
		As it is, Switzerland, without being able to obtain a pound of cotton except by transit through regions of hostile tariffs, maintains a cotton manufacturing industry holding a place among the foremost of the Continent, while her total trade per head is greater than that of any other country in Europe.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/17751/17751-8.txt (19198 words)

	History of the Swiss flag (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Switzerland had recalled its French regiments in 1792 when the Swiss Guard was massacred in Paris, but they were disarray six years later, and only Bern resisted the invasion.
		The cantons remained all-powerful and raised their own armies, but since they had their own varied flags and uniforms, a federal armband consisting of a short white cross on a red field was introduced for all troops.
		Switzerland has no Presidential flag, but during national crises the Federal Assembly appoints an overall commanding general with extraordinary emergency powers.
	switzerland.isyours.com /i/guida/generale/swiss.flag.history.html (1933 words)

	Situation and Outlook - Government
		The Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council elects the president and vice president for one-year terms that run concurrently.
		The legislative branch is a bicameral Federal Assembly consisting of the Council of States (Standerat) with 46 seats serving four-year terms and the National Council (Nationalrat) with 200 seats elected by popular vote on a basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms.
		The Federal president also is in charge of appointing the Federal Chancellor, usually the leader of the strongest party, and, at the latter’s suggestion, the members of government.
	www.ianr.unl.edu /kendrick/411/government-S00.html (19210 words)

	Adam Carr's Electoral Archive
		Switzerland is a federation of 26 self-governing cantons.
		The Swiss Federation was formed, originally by three cantons, in 1291, and gradually expanded to include more cantons until it assumed its present boundaries in 1815.
		Switzerland was the last major European state to allow women to vote, in 1971.
	psephos.adam-carr.net /countries/s/switzerland/statsswitzerland.shtml (550 words)

	Legislature - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws.
		Most legislatures are either bicameral or unicameral, although historically there have also been rare incidences of two separate chambers, usually described as an upper house and a lower house, which may differ in duties, powers, and methods for the selection of members.
		In federations it is typical for the upper house to represent the component states.
	godseye.com /wiki/index.php?title=Legislature (384 words)

	revue.ch - News about politics/Federal Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Democratic centrist Christoph Blocher and radical Hans-Rudolf Merz are the new faces in the Federal Council, which was elected on 10 December.
		Federal Councillor Ruth Metzler, 39, was elected to office just five years ago and headed the Federal Police and Justice Department.
		Since the membership of the Federal Council reflects the parties’ electoral support, UDC claimed a second seat on the Federal Council.
	www.revue.ch /en/content/politics/federal_elections/artikel_crivelli.php (667 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum, by J. W. ...
		The federal Initiative has been just adopted (1891.)[C] The form of cantonal Referendum now practiced was but begun (in St. Gall) in 1830, and forty years ago only five cantons had any Referendum whatever, and these in the optional form.
		The federal executive council is elected on the assembling of the Federal Assembly after the triennial election for members of the lower house.
		Half the area of Switzerland, at present containing 40 per cent of the inhabitants, was brought into the federation only in the present century.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/17751/17751-h/17751-h.htm (17982 words)

	Situation and Outlook
		The 64 members of the Federal Council are elected by the legislature of the nine provinces for four to six year terms.
		As the supreme authority of the country, the Federal Council is primarily responsible for the activities of the Government.
		The president is elected for a five-year term by a Federal Convention including all members of the Federal Assembly and an equal number of delegates elected by the Land Parliaments.
	www.ianr.unl.edu /kendrick/425/Central-Europe.htm (5283 words)

	Mr Wang Bakes Good Karma: "Heart of Asia". Heheh.
		Politics of Switzerland takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary democratic republic, whereby the Federal Council of Switzerland is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland.
		Switzerland is the closest state in the world to a direct democracy.
	commentarysingapore.blogspot.com /2006/03/heart-of-asia-heheh.html (3073 words)

	admin.ch - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Here you can find out all about the Federal Council, the Federal Chancellery, the departments and the offices and learn what they do and how they go about it.
		I would like to draw your attention to a particular section: the summary of the initiatives and referendums since the founding of the federal state over 150 years ago.
		Switzerland is what its people make of it.
	www.admin.ch /ch/e/cf (137 words)

	League of Nations Bibliography - S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		"The Relationship between the Assembly and the Council of the League of Nations." Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois, 1930.
		Steinbicker, Paul G. "The Assembly of the League of Nations." Ph.D. diss., University of Cincinnati, 1934.
		Message from the Federal Council of Switzerland to the Federal Assembly of Switzerland Concerning the Question of the Accession of Switzerland to the League of Nations (4 August 1919) Together with the Annexes Thereto.
	www.indiana.edu /~league/bibs.htm (2519 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Switzerland's sovereignty and neutrality have long been honored by the major European powers, and the country was not involved in either of the two World Wars.
		Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies.
		Switzerland remains a safehaven for investors, because it has maintained a degree of bank secrecy and has kept up the franc's long-term external value.
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/sz.html (1152 words)

	SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS ADMISSION OF SWITZERLAND AS MEMBER OF UNITED NATIONS
		As a neutral State, Switzerland has been an Observer with the United Nations since 1948. It also hosts a large number of international agencies and organizations, as well as the United Nations Office at Geneva. By a vote on
		The decision of the Council will be conveyed to the Secretary-General for transmittal to the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly.
		"The Security Council has decided to recommend to the General Assembly that the Swiss Confederation be admitted as a Member of the United Nations. On behalf of the members of the Council, I wish to extend my congratulations to the Swiss Confederation on this historic occasion.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2002/sc7464.doc.htm (245 words)

	Switzerland
		Switzerland is also known as "Confoederatio Helvetica", therefore the abbreviation CH.
		Bundesgericht ("federal court"), judicial authority: The federal court in Lausanne, VD is the highest court in the country.
		Swiss Bridge Federation - This is the official Website for the Swiss Bridge Federation and contains all the pertinent information for the bridge player in Switzerland and for all visitors to this beautiful country.
	www.bridgeguys.com /International/Switzerland.html (860 words)

	The World of Parliaments - Issue N°3, page 4
		Logically, a world assembly that accurately reflects national parliaments would merely be yet another vehicle for this ideology.
		Dispossessing parliamentarians elected by universal suffrage of their role as depositories of popular sovereignty means reducing representative democracy to almost nothing.
		This is why it is important to establish standing oversight bodies within parliamentary assemblies, where they do not exist, both upstream and downstream, for monitoring government action in multilateral organizations.
	www.ipu.org /news-e/3-4.htm (704 words)

	History of Switzerland: Primary Documents - EuroDocs
		Documentary excerpts of Switzerland's relations with France during the time of the Revolution.
		Documentary excerpts from Switzerland during the First World War, including sources on the General Strike of 1918.
		Documentary excerpts from Switzerland between the two world wars.
	eudocs.lib.byu.edu /index.php/History_of_Switzerland:_Primary_Documents (789 words)

	GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: Switzerland
		Federal Constitution (Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation) April 18, 1999; PDF in English, French, German, and Italian
		Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation - includes news and index
		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
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/switzerland.html (403 words)

	DIRECTORS DESK ORGANIZATIONS
		Bundesministerium für Bildung Wissenschaft und Kultur (Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture)
		Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft (Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)
		Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour)
	www.ibiblio.org /ais/deskorg.htm (205 words)

	News & Politics
		Swiss Parliament OKs DP Switzerland's Federal Assembly on September 27 by 105 - 46 approved legally recognized registered domestic partnerships for same-gender couples.
		The private member's motion by Jean-Michel Gros of the Swiss Liberal Party called on the parliament's Legal Affairs Committee to develop a bill to eliminate discrimination against gay and lesbian couples in areas of finance, taxation, inheritance, and legal residence of a foreign partner.
		Public input on five options for recognition of gay and lesbian couples -- including full marriage rights -- set forth in a discussion paper by the Federal Department of Justice, will be published at the end of this year.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?date=1999/09/28/2 (427 words)

	Artworks and Other Cultural Property Restitution and Compensation
		In addition, according to a federal law (Bundesgesetz zur Rückgabe von Kunstgegenständen aus den Österreichischen Bundesmuseen und Sammlungen) passed in December 1998, the investigations began to review stolen artworks in Austria's federal museums.
		Since 2004, the “Federal Office to Administer Open Assets” (Bundesamt zur Regelung offener Vermögensfragen [BARoV]) deals with looted art that is still in German governmental possession and since January 1, 2005 is also in charge of the Remainder of Stock CCP (Restbestand Central Collecting Point).
		In 2003 the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation along with the Grabar Institute and with the assistance of Project Heritage Revealed produced a Catalog of Art Objects from Hungarian Private Collections.
	www.claimscon.org /index.asp?url=artworks (1695 words)

	Switzerland
		Switzerland law resource page with links to the Switzerland constitution, Switzerland government, Switzerland law firms, Switzerland law, Switzerland law schools, Switzerland arbitration law, Switzerland court, Switzerland legal research, Switzerland bar association, Switzerland federal offices, Switzerland banking law, Switzerland legislature, and Switzerland law guide.
		From Swiss Infodesk a project by the Swiss National Library.
		For other languages, click here and click on "in other languages" at the Swiss Federal Constitution link.
	www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/swiss.html (272 words)

	Bundeshaus / Federal Assembly Building, Bern, Switzerland - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
		Bundeshaus / Federal Assembly Building, Bern, Switzerland - Free Pictures - FreeFoto.Com
		Built in Renaissance style in 1902 and inscribed Curia Confoederationis Helveticae (Assembly Building of the Swiss Confederation).
		Pictures of the Bundeshaus / Federal Assembly Building, Bern, Switzerland.
	www.freefoto.com /browse.jsp?id=1301-09-0 (56 words)

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