Category Archives: c) Impacts and radiation before and after the turn of the 20th century on the legal culture of the United States

2.16 Swiss-American Peacemaking

James H. Hutson, Swiss-American Peacemaking: The Alabama Affair and the League of Nations, excerpt, in The Sister Republics, Switzerland and the United States, from 1776 to the Present, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 1991, p. 51 – 57

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2.17 The Initiative, Referendum and Recall in Switzerland

William E. Rappard, The Initiative, Referendum and Recall in Switzerland, in William E. Rappard: Varia Politica, publiés ou réinprimés à l occasion du soixant-dixième anniversaire de William E. Rappard, Zürich 1953, p. 121-155, full text

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2.18 Swiss and American States Constitutions

James H. Hutson, Swiss and American States Constitutions, excerpt, in The Sister Republics, Switzerland and the United States from 1776 to the Present, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 1991, p. 58 – 65

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2.19 Rappard, Wilson and the League of Nations

Heinz K. Meier, Rappard, Wilson and the League of Nations, excerpt, in Friendship under Stress, US – Swiss Relations 1900 – 1950, Berne, 1970, p. 107 – 123

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2.7/2.20 «Good offices» in the light of Swiss international practice and experience

Raymond R. Probst, “Good offices” ; in the light of Swiss international practice and experience, Dordrecht/Boston/London, 1989 ; excerpt : Chapter III, “Good offices”: The Swiss experience, p. 17-70

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2.21 Agassiz and Brazil – A story of ideas in America

Louis Menand, excerpt, Agassiz, p. 97 – 116 and Brazil, p 116 – 148 in The Metaphysical Club – A story of ideas in America, New York, 2001

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2.22 Louis Agassiz – America’s theorist of polygeny

Stephen Jay Gould, Louis Agassiz, – America’s theorist of polygeny, excerpt, in the Mismeasure of Man, revised and expanded, New York, 1980, 1996, p. 74 – 82

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2.23 Louis Agassiz vom Sockel holen und dem Sklaven Renty die Würde zurückgeben

Interpellation 07.3486, Louis Agassiz vom Sockel holen und dem Sklaven Renty die Würde zurückgeben, eingereicht am 22. Juni 2007 von Nationalrat Carlo Sommaruga und Antwort des Bundesrats vom 12. September 2007

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