Confoederatio Helvetica
The central portal of the Swiss agencies; extensive services, full texts can be found under Documentation.
Federal Assembly
The internet service of the Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung) includes a searchable version of the Amtliches Bulletin (debates of National and States Councils, Official Gazette) since 1999 and other parliamentary materials. The Amtliche Bulletin from 1891 till 1999 can be searched online at the Swiss Federal Archives.
Federal Gazette
The Federal Gazette (Bundesblatt) is an important official publication of the Swiss Federal Government, including drafts of decrees, Reports of the Federal Council and written reports of the parliamentary commissions. Documents are available from 1849 onward, only in German, French and Italian.
Official Compilation of Federal Legislation
The Official Compilation of Federal Legislation (Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesrechts) is a sequential collection of federal decrees, available in PDF format from issue 34 (1 October 1998). It is supplemented by a list of the dates the published decrees came into effect. The Official Compilation of Federal Legislation from 1891 to 1995 can be searched online at the Swiss Federal Archives. It is only available in German, French and Italian.
Revised Compilation of Federal Acts and Ordinances
The Revised Compilation of Federal Acts and Ordinances (Bereinigte Sammlung) for the Years 1848-1947 can be searched online at the Swiss Federal Archives. It is only available in German, French and Italian.
Classified Compilation of Federal Legislation
The Classified Collection (Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts) contains all legislative texts currently in force. You can search by classification or within the full text. Excerpts are available in English, the full collection is only available in German, French and Italian.
Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rulings 1954 to today
Members of the University of St. Gallen can follow the link Expertensuche für Abonnenten and so take advantage of advanced search options for case law of the Federal Court: the search can be performed over landmark rulings since 1954 or over all decisions since 2000 (landmark rulings and unpublished decisions). In addition, you receive access to the electronic index volumes and can define push filters that automatically provide you with current decisions in electronic form for the topics you define. The Supreme Court also provides a tip sheet with search strategies.
With Jurivoc the Swiss Federal Supreme Court also offers a trilingual thesaurus.
For the Expertensuche für Abonnenten the University members will have to register with their SWITCH edu-ID.
Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rulings 1875 to 1953
As a part of its digitizing project, the Institute of public law at the University of Bern provides Federal Supreme Court Rulings from 1875 (Volume 1) to 1953 (Volume 79). Access is provided via the page reference; a full text search is not available.
Federal Criminal Court
Here you can find rulings of the Federal Criminal Court starting from the beginning of its activities in 2004.
Federal Administrative Court
Rulings database of the Federal Administrative Court since its founding in 2007.
Federal Patent Court
Case law of the Federal Patent Court, from 2012 on.
Federal Administrative Practices VPB
Access to rulings for the period 1987 to 2017 .
Rulings and Communications of the Asylum Appeals Commission EMARK
Here you can find fundamental decisions, a selection of additional important decisions and relevant communications of EMARK for the period 1993 to 2006.
Federal Office of Justice FOJ
A broad information service of the FOJ regarding current issues. Here you can find information on ongoing and completed consultation procedures since 1992.