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Tribunaux (JdT), La Semaine Judiciare (Sem. Jud.) and Repertorio di Giurisprudenza Patria
(Rep.)
3.2 Courts
Abbreviations of Federal Courts are:
186
Federal Supreme Court: Schweizerisches Bundesgericht (BGer), Tribunal Fédéral (TF),
Tribunale Federale (TF)
Federal Supreme Social Security Court: Schweizerisches Versicherungsgericht (EVG), Tribunal Fédéral des
assurances (TFA), Tribunale Federale delle assicurazioni (TFA)
Designations of cantonal courts vary from canton to canton; the most common are:
Appellate Court: Obergericht / Kantonsgericht / Appellationshof
District Court: Bezirksgericht / Amtsgericht
Commercial Court (some cantons only): Handelsgericht
4.0 Books
Cite books by name of the author(s) (capitalized or in small caps), title, edition, and location and
year of publication:
ROLAND VON BÜREN/EUGEN MARBACH, Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht, 2. A.,
Bern 2002.
Cite anthologies by name of the contributing author(s) (capitalized or in small caps), title of the
contribution, editor, title of the anthology, edition, and location and year of publication:
MAX KUMMER, Die Entgrenzung der Kunst und das Urheberrecht, in: Paul Brügger
(Hrsg.), Homo Creator. Festschrift für Alois Troller, Basel/Stuttgart 1976.
Citations usually include page referenced (“S.” for “Seite” or “p.” for “pagina” is optional). If a
book has consecutively numbered paragraphs (Randziffern), the paragraph number (“Rz.” or
“Rn.”) may be cited instead of the page number:
ROLAND VON BÜREN/EUGEN MARBACH, Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht, 2. A.,
Bern 2002, 161.
ROLAND VON BÜREN/EUGEN MARBACH, Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht, 2. A.,
Bern 2002, Rz. 809.