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Séjour at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2019
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A colleague told me about the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law when I first became a law librarian. I was researching European Union law and collecting French law and she mentioned that the Swiss Institute offered fellowships to researchers interested in comparative law.
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1 Swiss Institute of Comparative Law: http://isdc.ch/ Google Scholar
2 Detailed rules on applying for the Van Calker fellowships are available on the web site of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law: http://isdc.ch/en/boursesvisiteurs.asp/4-0-10310-5-4-0/ Google Scholar
3 The attachment to the email informing me of the fellowship was entitled “Alford_oui.”Google Scholar
4 Also known as Lake Geneva in English.Google Scholar
5 Recent conferences have focused on Internet gambling and food law.Google Scholar
6 E.g. Cross Border Gambling on the Internet: Challenging National and International Law (Zurich: Schulthess, 2004); Gastronomie, alimentation, et droit: melanges en honneur de Pierre Widmer (Zurich: Schulthess, 2003).Google Scholar
7 The entire collection is represented in the online catalog. The Institute uses SIRSI catalog software. The library has chosen not to use subject headings in its catalog. Therefore, researchers must search the catalog carefully to ensure relevant material is not overlooked. Browsing the stacks is frequently fruitful.Google Scholar
8 The Institute Library maintains a useful list of foreign legal web sites organized by country: http://isdc.ch/fr/droit-ligne.asp/4-0-1960-5-4-1/5-0-1960-11-4-2/ Google Scholar
9 Only a five minute walk away and also located on the campus of the Universite de Lausanne is the Fondation Jean Monnet, where the personal papers of Jean Monnet, the “father” of the European Union, are located.Google Scholar
10 Or Special Administrative Region in the case of Hong Kong and supranational organization in the case of the European Union.Google Scholar
11 The quality of the food was notably good.Google Scholar
12 Tribunal federal http://www.bger.ch/fr/index.htm Google Scholar
13 A greffier is a permanent law clerk to the court, equivalent to a staff attorney in US courts. A greffier is typically assigned to a judge on the court.Google Scholar
14 The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in Lausanne as is the Olympic Museum.Google Scholar
15 The article will be published in the Summer 2005 issue of the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review.Google Scholar
16 A Shortage of Regulators, National Law Journal (Jan. 3, 2005); International Financial System Risks: A Current Assessment, 29 J. Int'l Banking L. & Reg'n 40 (2005).Google Scholar