BGer

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BGer is the commonly used German abbreviation for the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, the country's highest judicial authority.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
BGer canonical 4
BGE 2

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court
federal court
judicial authority
supreme court
abbreviationLanguage German
additionalLocation Lucerne
alsoKnownAs Swiss Federal Supreme Court
Tribunal federal
linked to: Tribunal fédéral

Tribunal fédéral
Tribunale federale
linked to: Tribunal fédéral
appointingAuthority Federal Assembly of Switzerland
branchOfGovernment judicial branch
country Switzerland
decidesOn administrative law cases
appeals from cantonal courts
appeals from federal courts
civil law cases
criminal law cases
public law cases
social security law cases
establishedBy Swiss Federal Constitution
fullName Bundesgericht
fullNameInEnglish Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
hasChambers civil law division
criminal law division
public law division
social law division
hasType court of last instance
interprets Swiss Federal Constitution
Swiss federal law
jurisdiction Swiss Confederation
legalSystem civil law
locationCountry Switzerland
officialLanguage French
German
Italian
oversees uniform application of federal law in Switzerland
role highest judicial authority in Switzerland
seat Lausanne
shortName BGer
usesAbbreviation BGer

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