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A New Classification Of Law For A Foreign, Comparative, And International Research Law Library, Jan Stepan
A New Classification Of Law For A Foreign, Comparative, And International Research Law Library, Jan Stepan
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law seated at Lausanne was established by the federal statute of October 6, 1978. The Institute is envisioned as a center for the "documentation of and research into comparative, foreign, and international law." According to the statute and the implementing decree of December 19, 1979, the Institute serves the following purposes:
(1) to supply federal agencies and the federal administration with material and studies that may be needed for decisions concerning legislation and international treaties; (2) to contribute towards international efforts at the harmonization and unification of law; (3) to provide information and expert opinions …