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Swiss Legislation in the Era of Globalisation: A Quantitative Assessment of Federal Legislation (1983‐2007)
Author(s) -
Linder Wolf
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1111/spsr.12100
Subject(s) - legislation , internationalization , political science , globalization , parliament , politics , law , political economy , public administration , economics , international trade
and methodology How do globalisation and internationalisation influence Swiss legislation? While the other contributions to this debate focus on direct and indirect effects of Europeanisation, the following article deals with the more general question of internationalisation. The development of international law as part of the Swiss legislation is observed over a long period of 25, partly of 60 years. Quantitative empirical findings are used to give some answers to the following questions: To what degree can the internationalisation of politics be identified in the federal legislation, and which are the domestic legal areas particularly affected by internationalisation? Moreover, internationalisation takes place in different forms of legislation (constitutional amendments, federal laws, federal ordinances and the ratification of international treaties) and implies different political actors. This leads to institutional questions: Does internationalisation lead to changes with regard to the power balance between the executive and the parliament? And what role does direct democracy play in the era of