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	International Parental Child Abduction Switzerland
		Switzerland has no unified civil procedure law and no uniform court system, and the designation of the courts, rules of procedure and conditions for appeals vary considerably.
		Switzerland has established a system of legal aid that is governed (in accordance with Article 42 of the Hague Convention) by cantonal law, although a minimal standard and guidelines are set by the case law of the Federal Court.
		Pursuant to this case law, an applicant is entitled to legal aid if he or she is indigent (unable to pay a living for him/herself and his/her family in addition to the legal fees) and if the chances of winning the case are greater than the chances of losing it.
	travel.state.gov /family/abduction_switzerland.html (885 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.
		The Federal Insurance Court in Lucerne is a special department of the Federal Supreme Court with 9 judges and 9 substitute judges.
	www.llrx.com /features/swiss.htm (4326 words)

	It Shines For All: Supreme Court Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Court chairman Syed Ahmad Radzi Syed Omar said Ratnawati Mohamed Nawawi's sacking for misconduct was unjust, and the court awarded her back wages and compensation amounting to 66,850.80 ringgit ($18,570), Bernama said.
		Washington's "state Supreme Court upheld Washington's ban on gay marriage Wednesday, saying lawmakers have the power to restrict marriage to unions between a man and woman," the AP reports.
		The court upheld a conviction for ill-treatment handed down to a man who was left by his wife after what she said were years of abuse and threats.
	www.shinesforall.com /archives/supreme_court/index.html (7015 words)

	Supreme Court of the United States - Uncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States of America, and is the head of the Senior Citizen Branch of the Federal Government, one of three separate, but equal governmental bodies, along with the Lynching and the Execution branches.
		Supreme Court justices are not elected by the citizens of the United States.
		United States was a groundbreaking Supreme Court case involving the right of the divine to smite people of his or her choosing.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States (1462 words)

	Parallel Imports in Switzerland
		Since, in Switzerland, neither the Copyright Act, the Trademark Act, nor the Patent Act determined whether parallel imports of goods protected by intellectual property were allowed or prohibited, the Federal Supreme Court stepped in and decided this question by issuing three opinions relating to trademark, copyright, and patent law.
		In reaching its decision, the Court explicitly stated that the principle of international exhaustion could not be defeated by contractually limiting the distribution right of a foreign distributor to certain territories excluding Switzerland, because these limitations are of a contractual nature and cannot be invoked against third parties.
		As a result, the Federal Supreme Court had to fill this gap by putting itself in the position of the legislature (in accordance with the methodology called for by Section 1 of the Civil Code).
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/swisscor6.htm (1713 words)

	Switzerland (08/06)
		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.
		Switzerland had previously been involved as party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice and member of most UN specialized agencies, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency.
		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.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3431.htm (6573 words)

	Kid's Club: The Supreme Court
		An appellate court is where a party goes if he or she does not agree with the decision of the judge or jury in the trial court.
		Before joining the Supreme Court in 1993, she served as the ACLU's General Counsel and was a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
		He was a Judge of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, and a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
	craig.senate.gov /kidsclub/kcourt.htm (2537 words)

	Supreme Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Supreme Court ought to be "nonpolitical", but because Congress holds certain powers over the Court, justices may take Congress into consideration, and of course, their own political values.
		The Court realizes it can only do so much, but when it feels it has to deliver a power punch, it can and will exert power the likes of which are rarely seen, up to and including the immediate imprisonment of government officials.
		The main route (76% of all cases) is from a Federal Court of Appeals.
	faculty.ncwc.edu /toconnor/410/supremecourt.htm (4416 words)

	admin.ch - Homepage
		The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) welcomes the publication of the World Bank's Monitoring Report on the restitution of the Abacha funds, 21 December.
		It is an important preliminary conclusion to the years of efforts Switzerland has undertaken to repatriate the funds to Nigeria.
		In the future, Switzerland will continue to pursue a policy of repatriating the illegal assets of politically exposed persons in a comprehensive, rapid, transparent and comprehensible way.
	www.admin.ch /ch/index.en.html (157 words)

	Switzerland
		In April 2003, the Federal Tribunal ruled that it was constitutional to refuse a license to run a private school to a body affiliated with the Church of Scientology because of the latter's controversial nature, a stance the court had already taken in 1993 and 1996.
		According to the Federal Statistics Office, 24 persons were convicted in 2002 under the 1995 anti-racism law (down from 38 convictions in 2001), whereas 3 persons were sentenced for interfering with religious freedom or freedom to worship (down from 4 convictions in 2001).
		In July 2000, the Federal Tribunal ruled that a unilateral repudiation by a Muslim man against his wife could not be recognized because it contravened the country's values of justice and the basic rights of a defendant to appeal.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2004/35487.htm (3220 words)

	Switzerland 13 November 2003 Supreme Court [translation available]
		The Court called attention to well-known principles that a party has to prove the existence of the factual prerequisites contained in the legal provision from which it wants to derive beneficial legal consequences and that a party claiming an exception has the burden of proving its prerequisites.
		The court allegedly failed to consider that the impossibility of providing evidence was to be borne by the Seller, as it did not deliver any connection diagram and therefore made the re-commencement of operation of the three machine components stored at various places impossible.
		The Federal Supreme Court's (Bundesgericht) application of the notification of defects under the requirements of the CISG gives rise to a variety of criticism and is consequently not persuasive.
	www.cisg.law.pace.edu /cases/031113s1.html (6824 words)

	Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federal Administrative Court of Switzerland (FAC; German: Bundesverwaltungsgericht, French: Tribunal administratif fédéral, Italian: Tribunale amministrativo federale) is the judicial authority to which decisions of the federal authorities of Switzerland can be appealed.
		The FAC was created with the federal judicial reform in 2005 to replace some thirty boards of appeal that exercised judicial oversight over the various departments of the federal administration.
		Federal Law of 17 June 2005 on the Federal Administrative Court in the Federal Official Journal in German, French or Italian (p.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federal_Administrative_Court_of_Switzerland (287 words)

	Operation Supreme Court Freedom - CBN.com
		With the likelihood of multiple vacancies on the court, you and I are witnessing the direct result of prayer and intercession.
		Pray that the justices of the Supreme Court would rule according to the Constitution as written and not man's opinions.
		Pray for the physical protection of Supreme Court justices, the current nominee, the Senate Judiciary Committee members, and all those involved in the confirmation hearings.
	www.cbn.com /special/supremecourt/prayerpledge.asp (902 words)

	EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE RAISE QUESTIONS CONCERNING REPORTS OF SWITZERLAND ON COMPLIANCE ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Noting that Switzerland was in the forefront of many human rights issues, the expert members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed concern over the unclear locus of responsibility for further progress in gender equality in the country, given the unique structure of the Swiss Confederation.
		Introducing the report, Patricia Schultz, Director of Switzerland’s Federal Office for Equality between Women and Men, explained the three-level structure of Switzerland’s Government, consisting of the Federation, the cantons and the communes. The 26 cantons had their own political and judicial organizations and applied their own law as well as federal law, maintaining substantial powers.
		FUMIKO SAIGA, expert from Japan, noted that it had taken Switzerland a long time to ratify the Convention. She asked what the relationships of the Cantons were with the federal offices and commissions for gender equality.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/WOM1373.doc.htm (1502 words)

	CNN.com - Alleged dirty bomber appeals to Supreme Court -- again - Apr 8, 2005
		A federal judge in February concluded the government lacked the authority to hold Padilla indefinitely, and ordered him released from military custody.
		The court could then decide some weeks afterward whether to hear the case in oral arguments, probably in the fall.
		However, the Supreme Court rarely accepts cases for review while appeals are under way in lower federal courts.
	www.cnn.com /2005/LAW/04/08/scotus.padilla.appeal/index.html (591 words)

	Swiss Franc, CHF, Switzerland, Information on the Currency of Switzerland, Swissie
		The President and Vice President's roles of the Confederation are largely ceremonial and are elected by the Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year terms.
		Switzerland's judicial branch is a Federal Supreme Court, with judges elected for six-year terms by the Federal Assembly.
		Switzerland has consistently served as a safe haven for international investors as it has kept a certain degree of bank secrecy and has kept up the franc's long-term external value.
	www.gocurrency.com /countries/switzerland.htm (573 words)

	The Justices of the Supreme Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		Prior to her appointment to the federal bench, Judge Ginsburg was a constitutional law and procedures professor at Columbia University Law School for nine years.
		In 1975 she was elected judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and served until 1979 when she was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.
		In 1978, he was named Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983.
	www.usscplus.com /info/justices.htm (1556 words)

	Switzerland 18 January 1996 Federal Supreme Court
		In the present case, the federal court had to determine whether article 57(1)(b) CISG was applicable.
		The federal court construed the words of article 57(1)(b) CISG "if the payment is to be made against the handling over of the goods" in the light of article 58(1)(2) CISG, pursuant to which the seller may make such payment a condition for delivering the goods or documents.
		The federal court held that the present case did not fall within the ambit of article 57(1)(b) CISG.
	cisgw3.law.pace.edu /cases/960118s1.html (478 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 (169 words)

	allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Swiss Govt Recovers Another $7 Abacha Funds (Page 1 of 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05)
		The Report notes that he Federal Government has recently launched several important initiatives to address weakness in budget recording; reporting ; and monitoring identified in the Report including putting in place a monitoring system for tracking the utilization of debt relief proceeds," she said.
		On February 7, 2005 the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland authorized the repatriation by Switzerland to Nigeria of funds deposited by the Abacha family in Switzerland.
		In a letter, the Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria dated January 9, 2005 the Federal Ministry of Finance explained that the US$500m (N65 billion) of Abacha Looted Funds was programmed into and utilized in the 2004 budget.
	allafrica.com /stories/200612250202.html (575 words)

	RIA Novosti - World - UPDATE: U.S. will not recall Adamov extradition request
		The U.S. Department of Justice notified Switzerland that it still wanted to see ex-Russian Nuclear Power Minister Yevgeny Adamov face embezzlement charges in America rather than in Russia, where he is also wanted.
		The U.S. sent Switzerland an official request to have Adamov extradited on June 24.
		Switzerland agrees to Russian ex-minister's simplified extradition to Russia
	en.rian.ru /world/20050902/41280893.html (356 words)

	Federal Government -- Sources [Law] [ ALSO! -- U.S. Law ]
		Opinions are issued during the court's regular term, which starts the first Monday in October and ends in late June or early July.
		See a table of the federal judicial circuits showing each court's location (city) and included districts (states).
		Participating courts (which are not numerous) are located in several states and are listed on a drop-down list on the main screen.
	www.lawsource.com /also/usa.cgi?us1 (4210 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
		COURTS: Schweizerisches Bundesgericht / Tribunal fédéral suisse / Tribunale federale svizzero [Federal Supreme Court]
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/switzerland.html (405 words)

	Switzerland Banking News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News
		Italy were next followed by France and Switzerland.
		Banks in Switzerland are already refusing to lend...
		and Savoie areas of Switzerland, and the Swiss-French border area were less at risk.
	www.einnews.com /switzerland/newsfeed-switzerland-banking (1211 words)

	Taking sides on genocide - Haaretz - Israel News
		Upon his return to Switzerland, Blocher stated his intention of working to exclude from the anti-racism law the section that prohibits denial of a genocide.
		Regarding freedom of expression, the question is whether a law that prohibits the racially, ethnically or religiously motivated violation of the human dignity of particular individuals, represents a serious limitation of individual freedom.
		A state's interest in limiting this basic right was explained by the Armenian Republic's ambassador to Switzerland, who observed that by allowing the denial of past genocides, the perpetrators remain unpunished by public opinion, and the prevention of future genocides is undermined.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/spages/774031.html (955 words)

	Foreign & International - Switzerland
		Planned to contain all federal laws with a search engine searching by law number.
		Texts can be viewed in html format or in pdf format, readable with acrobat reader.
		It contains the Swiss Federal Code and an overview over all Swiss parliamentary and executive institutions.
	www.law.nyu.edu /library/foreign_intl/switzerland.html (144 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.
		For other languages, click here and click on "in other languages" at the Swiss Federal Constitution link.
		See the January 2005 issue of Student Lawyer for further information and complete study abroad listing.
	www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/swiss.html (261 words)

	Switzerland
		Federal Act on the prevention of money laundering in the financial sector
		Switzerland - Data Protection Laws and Other Decrees
		To have a Free Listing simply click here.
	www.lawworldwide.com /Switzerland.htm (103 words)

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