. ▁ ▁Pur pose ▁and ▁goals ▁of ▁the ▁Anth ology ▁ ▁The ▁Anth ology ▁of ▁Swiss ▁legal ▁culture ▁brings ▁together ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁sem inal ▁texts ▁made ▁available ▁either ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁language ▁or ▁in ▁English ▁translation ▁and ▁to ▁link ▁them ▁to ▁an ▁introduction ▁and ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁the ▁author ▁in ▁English . ▁The ▁very ▁purpose ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁is ▁to ▁make ▁these ▁texts ▁available ▁online ▁to ▁a ▁wider ▁community ▁of ▁interested ▁legal ▁and ▁other ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁pract icing ▁law y ers . ▁Swiss ▁law ▁is ▁mainly ▁de alt ▁with ▁in ▁German , ▁French ▁and ▁Italian , ▁and ▁much ▁of ▁it ▁thus ▁remains ▁in access ible ▁to ▁the ▁world ▁at ▁large . ▁Many ▁do ▁not ▁have ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁rich ▁legal ▁tradition ▁of ▁federal ist ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁its ▁legal ▁institutions ▁strongly ▁embedded ▁in ▁the ▁contin ental ▁European ▁tradition , ▁but ▁also ▁with ▁its ▁succ inct ▁institutions ▁root ed ▁in ▁direct ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁a ▁long ▁standing ▁commun itar ian ▁tradition ▁of ▁decent ral ised ▁powers . ▁The ▁collection ▁will ▁facil itate ▁access ▁for ▁all ▁persons ▁taking ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁the ▁legal ▁culture ▁and ▁particular ities ▁of ▁the ▁legal ▁trad itions ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁beyond ▁black ▁letter ▁law ▁and ▁court ▁r ul ings . ▁It ▁is ▁thus ▁also ▁of ▁interest ▁in ▁particular ▁to ▁histor ians ▁and ▁political ▁scient ists . ▁▁ ▁The ▁collection ▁offers ▁ins ights ▁into ▁contributions ▁written ▁by ▁Swiss ▁authors ▁on ▁various ▁aspects ▁of ▁general ▁legal ▁develop ments . ▁This ▁angle ▁is ▁pre domin ant ▁up ▁to