Federal Constitution of 1848

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constitution founding charter legal document

The Federal Constitution of 1848 was the founding charter of modern Switzerland, transforming the loose Swiss Confederation into a federal state with a central government and codified civil liberties.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Constitution of 1848 canonical 4
Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848 2
1848 Swiss Federal Constitution 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
founding charter ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
adoptedAfterConflict Sonderbund War ⓘ
adoptedOn 1848-09-12 ⓘ
approvedBy majority of Swiss cantons ⓘ
basisOf modern Swiss federalism ⓘ
cameIntoForceInYear 1848 ⓘ
codified civil liberties ⓘ
containedProvision federal army organization ⓘ
federal citizenship in addition to cantonal citizenship ⓘ
federal control of customs ⓘ
uniform Swiss currency ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
createdChamber Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Council of States of Switzerland

Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: National Council of Switzerland
createdFederalState Switzerland ⓘ
createdInstitution Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland

Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland

Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ⓘ
definedExecutiveBranch Swiss Federal Council ⓘ
surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
definedJudicialBranch Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ⓘ
definedLegislativeBranch Swiss Federal Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Federal Assembly of Switzerland
draftedBy Swiss liberal politicians ⓘ
establishedCentralGovernment Swiss federal government ⓘ
establishedSystemOfGovernment federal state ⓘ
representative democracy ⓘ
grantedPowersToFederalLevel customs ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
military ⓘ
postal services ⓘ
guaranteedRight equality before the law for male citizens ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
influencedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
liberal constitutionalism of 19th-century Europe ⓘ
introducedBicameralParliament true ⓘ
languageOfDocument French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
laterRevisedBy Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution of 1874
limitedCantonalSovereignty true ⓘ
locationOfAdoption Federal Diet in Bern ⓘ
providedFor cantonal representation in Council of States ⓘ
direct election of National Council ⓘ
reservedPowersToCantons residual powers ⓘ
resultedIn Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form: Swiss federal state
supersededBy Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution of 1874
transformedEntity Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation → predecessor → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
Sonderbund War → followedBy → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848
Bundesversammlung → establishedInCurrentFormBy → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
Swiss cantons → currentStructureDefinedBy → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
Neuchâtel Revolution of 1848 → relatedTo → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution of 1848
Swiss mercenary tradition → restrictedBy → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal constitution of 1848
Swiss nobility → restrictedBy → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1848 Swiss Federal Constitution
Federal Constitution of 1874 → precededBy → Federal Constitution of 1848 ⓘ