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The Anthology of Swiss Legal Culture

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  • About the Anthology
    • General Introduction
    • Foreword
    • Books
    • About Us
    • Membership Registration
    • Donors
  • International Law
    • Swiss Law and Legal Culture and the Process of Internationalization before and after World War II
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • A. Contributions to the foundations of public international law
        • B. Treaty law and general principles: protecting legitimate expectations
        • C. Towards constitutionalization
        • D. Contributions of the courts
        • E. Humanitarian law and human rights
        • F. Neutrality and conflict
        • G. Recent developments in economic and environmental law
        • H. Institutional landscape
        • I. Teaching and Practising International Law in Switzerland: Evolution and Portraits
      • Bibliographical references
      • Biographies of Authors
  • Globalization
    • Swiss Law and Legal Culture and the Process of Globalization – From World War II to the Present
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • A. A cultural exchange and encounter – «Travels» and «impacts» of Swiss legal culture on the legal process of globalization
        • B. A cultural exchange and encounter – «travels» and «impacts» of the legal process of globalization on Swiss legal culture
          • a) General impacts and challenges in legal practice, legal education and legal research
          • b) Impacts on Swiss governmental structures by the constitutionalisation of international law
          • c) Impacts on Swiss legal science
          • d) Impacts on Swiss legal practice and legal professions
          • e) Impacts on legislation
          • f) Globalisation and the law of information
        • Bibliographical references
        • Biographies of Authors
  • Europeanization
    • Swiss Law and Legal Culture and the Process of Europeanization before and after World War II
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • A. A cultural exchange and encounter – «Travels» and «impacts» of Swiss legal culture in Europe
          • a) Impacts and radiation on projects of Europe and European integration
          • b) The impacts and radiation on projects of the European Community and European Union
        • B. A cultural exchange and encounter – «Travels» and «impacts» of European law and integration on Swiss legal culture
          • a) Impacts on Swiss foreign policy on European Integration and the European Union – selective history of European Policy of Switzerland-examples
          • b) Impacts on Swiss law in general – and based upon the principle of Euro-compatibility by the legal process of «autonomer Nachvollzug» (autonomous adaption) in particular
          • c) Impacts on Swiss judges and Swiss courts
          • d) Impacts on Swiss legalisation
          • e) Impacts on Swiss legal professions
          • f) Impacts on the institutional changes requested by the European Union as a precondition for negotiations of further Bilateral Agreements
          • g) Impacts from the perspective of neighbouring humanities and social sciences: literature – history – political science – political economy
      • Bibliographical references
      • Biographies of Authors
  • Americanization
    • Swiss Law and Legal Culture and the Process of Americanization before and after World War II
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • A. A cultural exchange and encounter – «travels» and «impacts» of Swiss legal culture on the legal culture of the United States
          • a) Impacts and radiation from the American Revolution to the founding of modern Switzerland in 1848 on the legal culture of the United States
          • b) Impacts and radiation before and after the Civil War on the legal culture of the United States
          • c) Impacts and radiation before and after the turn of the 20th century on the legal culture of the United States
          • d) Observations and perception of Swiss law and legal culture by non-Swiss authors
          • e) Observations and perception of Swiss law and legal culture by non Swiss-authors
        • B. A cultural exchange and encounter – «travels» and «impacts» of US legal culture on the legal culture of Switzerland
          • a) Impacts and radiation from the American States Constitution to the Civil War on the legal culture of Switzerland
          • b) Impacts and radiation from the Civil War to the turn of the 20th century on the legal culture of Switzerland
          • c) Impacts and radiation on Swiss law and legal culture after World War II
          • d) Impacts on Swiss business law
          • e) Impacts on Swiss legislation
          • f) Impacts on Swiss courts
          • g) Impacts on Swiss legal science
          • h) Impacts on Swiss legal professions
          • i) Neutrality, Morality and the Holocaust – «case» study
          • j) Impacts on Swiss law in conflicts of jurisdictions with the United States – case study – the UBS case as an example
          • k) Impacts on Swiss legal language
          • l) Impacts of US law and legal culture on foreign legal cultures from the perspective and perception of US lawyers and law professors
      • Bibliographical references
      • Biographies of Authors
  • Swiss Law and Economics
    • «Wirtschaftsrecht» in Switzerland (Law and Economics)
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • A. Wirtschaftsrecht and its Methodology
        • B. Law & Economics
        • C. Corporate Governance
        • D. Group of Companies
        • E. The State as Economic Regulator
      • Biographies of Authors
  • Information Law
    • Information Law in Swiss Legal Culture
      • Foreword
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • 1 History of Information Law and of Law and Informatics
          • 1.1 Informatics
          • 1.2 Law and Informatics
          • 1.3 Information Law
        • 2 Theory of Information Law
          • 2.1 Theoretical Foundations
          • 2.2 Practical Concretization
        • 3 Spillover Effects of Information Law on “Related” Areas
          • 3.1 Data Protection/Right to Informational Self-Determination
          • 3.2 Contract Law and Liability Law
          • 3.3 Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law
          • 3.4 E-Government
        • 4 Development and Characteristics of Internet Law
          • 4.1 Internet and World Wide Web
          • 4.2 Internet Governance in Switzerland
          • 4.3 Characteristics of Internet Law
          • 4.4 Legal Framework for the Internet
      • Bibliographical references
      • Biographies of Authors
  • Philosophy of Law
    • Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence
      • General Introduction
      • Texts
        • Elementary Pre-History of Modern Swiss Legal Thought – Reconciliation of Concurring Jurisdictions and Combination of Scientific Disciplines or Methods
        • First Section: Swiss Legal Culture as a Melting Pot of Modern Philosophical Influences
        • Second Section: Legal Methodology and Scientific Character of Jurisprudence
        • Third Section: Legal Structures as an Integrative Part of Cultural Phenomenons, leading to an Inter­disciplinary Approach as Part of the Theory of Science
        • Fourth Section: Legal History and the Historicity of Law Within the Swiss Legal Context
        • Fifth Section: Insights into the Philosophical Dimensions of Rule of Law and Constitu­tio­nalism
        • Sixth Section: Swiss Theories of (Direct or Semi-Direct) Democracy and Political Thought – Participa­tion, Representation in a Strong Civil Society
        • Seventh Section: Jurisprudence as the Oldest Social Science – Social Question, Sociology, Socialism, Swiss Social Democracy, Social State
        • Eighth Section: Openness, Permeability, and Transception of Swiss Legal Thought
        • Ninth Section: Realism, Pragmatism, and Pluralism as Virtues of Swiss Legal Culture
        • Final Section: Back Into the Future – Inclinations, Tendencies, and Prospectives of Swiss Legal Thought
      • Appendix
      • Selected Bibliography For Further Reading
      • Biographies of Authors
  • International Intellectual Property Law
    • International Intellectual Property Law
      • Introduction
      • Texts
        • I. The Beginnings of Patent Protection in Switzerland
        • II. The Quest for Recognition and Justice
        • III. Switzerland, the International Bureaus (BIPRI) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
          • A. The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883)
          • B. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886)
          • C. Switzerland and the WIPO today
        • IV. Switzerland and International Registration and Classification Systems
        • V. The International Union for the Protection of Plant Varieties (UPOV)
        • VI. The Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété International (AIPPI)
        • VII. Switzerland and the Protection of IPRs in GATT, the WTO and Preferential Trade Agreements
          • A. The TRIPS Negotiations
          • B. The Quest for the Protection of Geographical Indications
          • C. Negotiating IPRs with China
        • VIII. Intellectual Property Protection and European Integration
          • A. Switzerland and the European Patent Organization
          • B. Switzerland and the EU: The Impact on Intellectual Property
        • IX. International Intellectual Property Law in Domestic Courts and before International Tribunals
          • A. Swiss Courts and International Intellectual Property Law
          • B. Intellectual Property and Investment Protection
          • C. Patent Litigation by Swiss Companies Abroad
        • X. Swiss Academic Research in International Intellectual Property Law
          • A. Harmonizing Rules on Licensing
          • B. Biodiversity and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
          • C. Digital Trade and Intellectual Property
          • D. Embedding Intellectual Property in International Law
      • Biographies of Authors
  • The Swiss Federal Supreme Court
    • The Swiss Federal Supreme Court and Constitutional Law in an International Context
      • Introduction
      • Texts
      • Part I: The Federal Supreme Court as Institution
        • A. The Role of the Federal Supreme Court in the Federation
          • 1. Separation of powers and independent judiciary
          • 2. The Federal Supreme Court in Relation to Parliament
          • 3. The Federal Supreme Court in relation to the executive branch of Government
          • 4. The Federal Supreme Court in relation to the cantons
          • 5. … and beyond: The role of the Federal Supreme Court in international law
        • B. Organization of the Federal Supreme Court
          • 1. Concentration of all supreme court powers within the Federal Supreme Court, its seat and locations
          • 2. Multilingual court departments
          • 3. The Federal Supreme Court in dialogue with foreign and international courts
        • C. Federal judges
          • 1. Appointment and re-appointment
          • 2. Justice bios
          • 3. Five Justice Bios (“The Pioneers”)
      • Part II: Federal Supreme Court rulings
        • D. Constitutional jurisdiction
        • E. Fundamental rights
        • F. Federalism
        • G. The Federal Supreme Court, legal interpretation and gap filling method
          • 1. “A pragmatic methodological pluralism”
          • 2. Comparative Law
        • H. The superseding principles of the public policy doctrine (ordre public)
        • I. International Law (incl. European Law)
          • 1. The Role of the Federal Supreme Court
          • 2. Validity of international law within national law
          • 3. Applicability of international law
          • 4. The relationship of international and domestic law
      • Biographies of Authors
  • Oral History
  • Swiss Law Bibliography
  • All Authors
    • Swiss Constitutional History
  • Workshops

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