Elliott Geisinger

Aug 8, 2024 | mondaq.com | Katherine Bell |Christopher Boog |Elliott Geisinger

1. Is your jurisdiction primarily a common law, civil law, customary law or theocratic law jurisdiction? Are the laws substantially derived from the laws of another jurisdiction and, if so, which? What instruments have legal force and effect? Who are the lawmaking bodies? How and where are new laws published? Can laws be passed with retrospective effect? The Swiss legal system is based on the civil law tradition.