Swiss law
E806476
Swiss law is the legal system of Switzerland, characterized by a civil law tradition, federal structure, and a strong emphasis on direct democracy and cantonal autonomy.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Swiss law canonical | 9 |
| Swiss civil law | 1 |
| Swiss federal law | 1 |
| Swiss federal legislation | 1 |
| federal law of Switzerland | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9558139 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss law Context triple: [Singine District, legalSystem, Swiss law]
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A.
Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code is a foundational body of private law in Switzerland that systematically regulates areas such as family law, inheritance, property, and obligations, and has served as a model for civil codes in several other countries.
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B.
Swiss customs law
Swiss customs law is the body of Swiss federal legislation and regulations governing the import, export, transit, and taxation of goods across Switzerland’s customs territory and its associated enclaves.
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C.
Geneva Law
Geneva Law refers to the body of international humanitarian law focused on protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians during armed conflict, primarily codified in the Geneva Conventions.
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D.
Swiss Criminal Code
The Swiss Criminal Code is the primary body of federal law in Switzerland that defines criminal offenses and prescribes corresponding penalties and measures.
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E.
Swiss VAT law
Swiss VAT law is the legal framework that governs the assessment, collection, and administration of value-added tax in Switzerland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss law Target entity description: Swiss law is the legal system of Switzerland, characterized by a civil law tradition, federal structure, and a strong emphasis on direct democracy and cantonal autonomy.
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A.
Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code is a foundational body of private law in Switzerland that systematically regulates areas such as family law, inheritance, property, and obligations, and has served as a model for civil codes in several other countries.
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B.
Swiss customs law
Swiss customs law is the body of Swiss federal legislation and regulations governing the import, export, transit, and taxation of goods across Switzerland’s customs territory and its associated enclaves.
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C.
Geneva Law
Geneva Law refers to the body of international humanitarian law focused on protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians during armed conflict, primarily codified in the Geneva Conventions.
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D.
Swiss Criminal Code
The Swiss Criminal Code is the primary body of federal law in Switzerland that defines criminal offenses and prescribes corresponding penalties and measures.
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E.
Swiss VAT law
Swiss VAT law is the legal framework that governs the assessment, collection, and administration of value-added tax in Switzerland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil law system
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| basedOn | written statutes ⓘ |
| codificationPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| constitutionalRevisionMechanism |
mandatory referendum
ⓘ
popular initiative ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| executiveBody |
Federal Council of Switzerland
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Federal Council
|
| federalAssemblyChamber |
Council of States
ⓘ
National Council ⓘ |
| hasCourt |
Federal Administrative Court
ⓘ
Federal Criminal Court ⓘ Federal Patent Court ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cantonal autonomy
ⓘ
direct democracy ⓘ federal structure ⓘ |
| hasLevel |
cantonal law
ⓘ
communal law ⓘ federal law ⓘ |
| highestCourt | Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Austrian law
ⓘ
French law ⓘ German law ⓘ Italian law ⓘ |
| languageOfLegislation |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Romansh ⓘ
linked to:
Romansh language
|
| legalTradition | civil law ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Federal Assembly
|
| mainAdministrativeCourtStatute | Federal Supreme Court Act ⓘ |
| mainCivilCode | Swiss Civil Code ⓘ |
| mainConstitution | Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| mainCriminalCode | Swiss Criminal Code ⓘ |
| mainObligationsCode | Swiss Code of Obligations ⓘ |
| mainPrivateInternationalLawStatute | Swiss Federal Act on Private International Law ⓘ |
| mainProceduralCode |
Swiss Code of Civil Procedure
ⓘ
Swiss Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
Swiss Federal Act on Administrative Procedure ⓘ |
| memberOfLegalOrder |
European Convention on Human Rights system
ⓘ
linked to:
European human rights system
|
| principle |
federalism
ⓘ
legal certainty ⓘ proportionality ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ subsidiarity ⓘ |
| protectsRight |
equality before the law
ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ right to property ⓘ |
| regulates |
administrative law
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ company law ⓘ contract law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ inheritance law ⓘ private law ⓘ property law ⓘ public law ⓘ social security law ⓘ tax law ⓘ |
| requiresForConstitutionalAmendment | double majority of people and cantons ⓘ |
| subjectTo | jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights ⓘ |
| supremacyOf | Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
federal popular initiative
ⓘ
mandatory referendum ⓘ optional referendum ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swiss law Description of subject: Swiss law is the legal system of Switzerland, characterized by a civil law tradition, federal structure, and a strong emphasis on direct democracy and cantonal autonomy.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Singine district
linked to: Swiss law
linked to: Swiss law
linked to: Swiss law
subject linked to:
municipality of Matran
linked to: Swiss law
subject linked to:
municipality of Hauterive-sur-Fribourg