Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law is a Swiss federal research and advisory body that provides expert analysis and information on foreign and international legal systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Swiss Institute of Comparative Law canonical | 2 |
| Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638594 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Context triple: [Federal Department of Justice and Police, oversees, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law]
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A.
Hague Academy of International Law
The Hague Academy of International Law is a prestigious educational and research institution in The Hague specializing in the study and teaching of public and private international law.
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B.
Centre for European Legal Studies
The Centre for European Legal Studies is a research institute at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Law dedicated to the study and analysis of European law and legal integration.
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C.
University of Bern
The University of Bern is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs across the humanities, sciences, and medicine.
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D.
University of Lugano
The University of Lugano (Università della Svizzera italiana) is a public Swiss university in Lugano known for its strong programs in computer science, informatics, and communication sciences.
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E.
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a leading German research institute specializing in public international law, European Union law, and comparative constitutional and administrative law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Target entity description: The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law is a Swiss federal research and advisory body that provides expert analysis and information on foreign and international legal systems.
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A.
Hague Academy of International Law
The Hague Academy of International Law is a prestigious educational and research institution in The Hague specializing in the study and teaching of public and private international law.
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B.
Centre for European Legal Studies
The Centre for European Legal Studies is a research institute at the University of Cambridge’s Faculty of Law dedicated to the study and analysis of European law and legal integration.
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C.
University of Bern
The University of Bern is a major public research university in Switzerland known for its strong programs across the humanities, sciences, and medicine.
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D.
University of Lugano
The University of Lugano (Università della Svizzera italiana) is a public Swiss university in Lugano known for its strong programs in computer science, informatics, and communication sciences.
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E.
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law is a leading German research institute specializing in public international law, European Union law, and comparative constitutional and administrative law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency of Switzerland
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research institute ⓘ |
| client |
Swiss federal government
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surface form:
Swiss federal authorities
cantonal authorities ⓘ companies ⓘ courts ⓘ lawyers ⓘ notaries ⓘ private individuals ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employs |
comparative law experts
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legal researchers ⓘ librarians ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
EU acquis communautaire
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surface form:
European Union law
comparative law ⓘ foreign law ⓘ international law ⓘ legal information services ⓘ legal research ⓘ private international law ⓘ public international law ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
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| hasLibrary |
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Library
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| headquartersLocation | Lausanne ⓘ |
| inception | 1978 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalForm | public law institution ⓘ |
| libraryCollectionType |
comparative law collections
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foreign law collections ⓘ international law collections ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lausanne
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Switzerland ⓘ Canton of Vaud ⓘ
surface form:
canton of Vaud
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| locatedOn |
University of Lausanne
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surface form:
University of Lausanne campus
|
| mainBuilding | Dorigny campus ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
|
| parentOrganization |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
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| partOf |
federal office of the Swiss Confederation
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surface form:
Swiss federal administration
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| providesService |
advisory services to Swiss authorities
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advisory services to courts ⓘ advisory services to private clients ⓘ advisory services to public administration ⓘ comparative law reports ⓘ documentation on foreign legal systems ⓘ legal opinions on foreign law ⓘ legal research ⓘ |
| shortName |
ISDC
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SICL ⓘ |
| website | https://www.isdc.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Description of subject: The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law is a Swiss federal research and advisory body that provides expert analysis and information on foreign and international legal systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
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hasLibrary
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Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Library