This book describes the mechanism of the democratic institutions peculiar to Switzerland, explains the effects of those institutions, and examines the democratic features which are so strongly marked in the institutions.
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Revival: Real Democracy in Operation: The Example of Switzerland (1920)
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Index
Aargau, 42, 44, 89, 109, 111, 126, 141, 165, 167–8, 174
Absinthe, prohibition of, see Liquor traffic
Act of Mediation of 1798, 17, 56–7
Alpnach, 75
Appenzell, 32, 49, 52, 53, 76
Appenzell-Ausserrhoden, 53, 56, 59–61, 63, 70–1, 75–6, 77, 162, 165, 173
Appenzell-Innerrhoden, 56, 71, 76, 77, 111, 165
Army, 12, 23, 24, 96–7, 104, 188–90, 193, 211, 212
Babœuf, Gracchus, 38
Bank notes, federal monopoly of, 98
Basel, 31, 32
Basel-Land, 42–3, 89, 108, 109, 165
Basel-Stadt, 40, 89, 92–3, 108, 109, 141, 142, 161, 166, 167, 174, 186
Bellinzone, 32
Bern, 31, 33–4, 35, 41, 44, 50, 89, 91, 109, 111, 128, 140, 148, 156–7, 161, 165, 168, 170, 182, 184
Berney, Prof. Jacques, 119–20, 124–5
Blenio, 32
Bonnard, Albert, quoted, 188
Bourgeois, M. Léon, 202
Buchez, P. J„ quoted, 15, 25
Burkhardt, Jacob, quoted, 21
Calonder, M., quoted, 204–9
Capital punishment, 55, 97
Capitulations, military, 40, 56
Carouge, 163
Centralization, tendency towards, 20ff., 115
Chamillard, M. de, 78
Channing, quoted, 200–1
Clemenceau, M., 179
Commugny, 135
Considérant, Victor, quoted, 79–80
Coppet, 135
Council of States, 11
Curti, Th., 33
Debts, law for recovery of, 102, 104–7, 109
Delarageaz, Louis-Henri, 40
Diet, 11, 19, 78
Droz, Numa, 82–3, 150–3, 181–2
Dubs, J., Manuel de Droit public, quoted, 16–7
Echallens, 34, 169
Education, 23, 68, 70, 98, 101, 108, 109, 112–3, 159
Einsiedeln, 32
Engelberg, 32
Entremonts, 48
Esmein, M., 81–2, 182
Factory legislation, 96
Fatio, 35
Federal Assembly, 86, 99, 106, 121, 122, 123, 149, 155, 182, 192
Federal C...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- I. Federalism in Switzerland
- II. The Evolution of Democracy in Switzerland
- III. The Landsgemeinde
- IV. The Referendum
- V. The Results of the Referendum
- VI. The Popular Initiative
- VII. The Results of the Initiative
- VIII. The Election of the Government and Officials by the People
- IX. Democracy in the Communes and the Churches
- X. Compulsory Voting and Woman Suffrage
- XI. Proportional Representation
- XII. Democracy in the Army and the Maintenance of Neutrality
- XIII. The Future of Democracy in Switzerland
- Appendix
- Index
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