Law of Switzerland

They exercise all rights that are not vested in the Confederation" and "the principle of subsidiarity must be observed in the allocation and performance of state tasks".

[4] The Internal law (German: Landesrecht, French: Droit interne, Italian: Diritto interno, Romansh: Dretg naziunal) consists of the following parts:[3] Some major aspects are: The federal government publishes legal instruments in three principal official publications: All three publications are issued in the three official languages of Switzerland: German, French and Italian.

They are published by the Federal Chancellery of Switzerland in the form of weekly supplements to loose leaf binders.

The most recent revision (as of 2010), in effect since 2007, introduced the possibility to convert short prison sentences (below one year) into fines, calculated based on a daily rate which has to be established based on the "personal and economic situation of the convict at the time of the verdict", with an upper limit set at CHF 3000 per day of the sentence.

[6] The Federal Council in October 2010 announced its intention to revert to the earlier system, and all large parties expressed at least partial support.