Grand Council (Switzerland)

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The Grand Council (German : Grosse Rat, French : Grand Conseil, Italian : Gran Consiglio, Romansh : Cussegl grond) is a unicameral legislature style adopted by most Cantons of Switzerland. [1]

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References

  1. Robert Clarkson Brooks (1918). David P. Barrows; Thomas H. Reed (eds.). Government and Politics of Switzerland. World Book Company. p. 313.