Year: 2018
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: With the expansion of international cooperation, Switzerland, like other countries, has developed a set of specific instruments to integrate international law into domestic law. Nevertheless, direct democracy lends a distinctive aspect to the Swiss legal system. The object of the chapter is to show how the Swiss federal administration plays a role in maintaining a balance—as far as possible—between two poles: direct democracy and respect for international law. The two instruments of direct democracy, the referendum and the popular initiative, are analysed in the light of their influence on the signature, ratification and implementation of international treaties. The distribution of roles and competencies put in place within the administration demonstrates a sophisticated institutional engineering in terms of treaty ratification.
Source: Governance and public management
Authors: Sophie Weerts, Amalia Sofia
Institution: University of Lausanne
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2885196352