Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Stadt

Bern

Fribourg (Freiburg)

Glarus

Graubünden

Jura

Luzern (Lucerne)

Neuchâtel (Neuenburg)

Obwalden

Schaffhausen

Schwyz

Solothurn

St. Gallen

Ticino (Tessin)

Uri

Valais (Wallis)

Vaud (Waadt)

Zürich

Zug

Note: The overviews displayed here only extend to courts that exercise jurisdiction over international sales contracts under the CISG.

Articles 64 and 64bis of the Swiss Federal Constitution basically attributes legislative competence in civil procedure - including organisation of the courts, judicial procedure and the administration of justice - to the cantons (of which there are 26 in Switzerland). Accordingly, the rules concerning the judicial organisation are to be found in the cantonal codes of civil procedure. They vary considerably from canton to canton.

Article 106 of the Constitution provides for a Federal Court to administer justice in federal matters (the Bundesgericht).