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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Switzerland is a small, mountainous country with approximately nine million inhabitants. Switzerland is traditionally neutral. As a result, it is not a members of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Nations (UN), or NATO. Switzerland maintains a federal system with 26 cantons. Criminal law varies from canton to canton and lawyers must receive license from each canton in which they wish to practice. The capital is Berne. | |||
==Type of System== | ==Type of System== | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 23 February 2011
Background
Switzerland is a small, mountainous country with approximately nine million inhabitants. Switzerland is traditionally neutral. As a result, it is not a members of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Nations (UN), or NATO. Switzerland maintains a federal system with 26 cantons. Criminal law varies from canton to canton and lawyers must receive license from each canton in which they wish to practice. The capital is Berne.
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