Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Law
Kartei Details
| Karten | 62 |
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| Sprache | English |
| Kategorie | Recht |
| Stufe | Universität |
| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 12.05.2014 / 03.05.2023 |
| Lizenzierung | Keine Angabe |
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The Constitution established Switzerland as a legal community (Pyramid)
-Federal Constitution, Federal statutes, Federal ordinances
-Cantonal constitutions, Cantonal statutes, Cantonal ordninances
-Legal acts of the communes
Constitution in formal sense...
...encompasses all legal provisions enacted in the special enactment procedure of the constitution
Constitution in the substantive sense...
...encompasses all essential legal principles concerning the nature of the state and its relation to individuals
Optional referendum
Applicable on ordinary statutes on federal level
Only citizen's votes are counted
Compulsory referendum
Amendments to the contitution
Majority of citizen voting, majority of votes in a majority of cantons
Fundamental priciples which are considered as part of the constitution in the substantive sense:
-Rules on the organization and powers of the highest state authorities;
-Fundamental rights;
-Procedures applicable for the enactment of the constitution and statutes;
-Competencies of the federal entities in a federal state
Main functions of a constitution (3 points)
-Order and Organization (how the state is constitued)
-Limits of Power and Guarantees of Freedom (delimits the powers of he state)
-Creation and Direction (basic substantive goals of the state)
Customary law (three conditions)
-Evidence of a continuous, uninterrupted and coherent practice
-"an opinion of law" of the law applying institutions and individuals
-a lacuna in the written law
