Impacts of Courts on Policy Implementation in a Federal State: Evidence from Disability Insurance in Switzerland

Swiss cantons have extensive autonomy in implementing federal laws. This leads to heterogeneity in cantonal practices and policy outputs. This article explores the extent to which courts contribute to the convergence of cantonal outputs. It focuses on the disability insurance benefits granted by can...

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Main Authors:	Karin Byland, Roy Gava, Frédéric Varone
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Ubiquity Press 2015-12-01
Series:	Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences
Subjects:	Courts Disability Insurance Federalism Implementation
Online Access:	https://www.ssas-yearbook.com/articles/86

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spelling	doaj-1e77d814a778473f83a226f75e7f9caa2020-11-25T02:14:19ZdeuUbiquity PressYearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences2632-92552015-12-016110.5334/ssas.8685Impacts of Courts on Policy Implementation in a Federal State: Evidence from Disability Insurance in SwitzerlandKarin Byland0Roy Gava1Frédéric Varone2Departement of political science and international relations, University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont-d‘Arve 40, 1211 Genève 4Departement of political science and international relations, University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont-d‘Arve 40, 1211 Genève 4Departement of political science and international relations, University of Geneva, Boulevard du Pont-d‘Arve 40, 1211 Genève 4Swiss cantons have extensive autonomy in implementing federal laws. This leads to heterogeneity in cantonal practices and policy outputs. This article explores the extent to which courts contribute to the convergence of cantonal outputs. It focuses on the disability insurance benefits granted by cantonal administrations, and on the related judicial rulings by cantonal courts and the Federal Supreme Court. The findings suggest that judgments of the Federal Supreme Court have a limited but positive impact on the harmonization of cantonal outputs when a major policy change is implemented.https://www.ssas-yearbook.com/articles/86CourtsDisability InsuranceFederalismImplementation
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title	Impacts of Courts on Policy Implementation in a Federal State: Evidence from Disability Insurance in Switzerland
title_short	Impacts of Courts on Policy Implementation in a Federal State: Evidence from Disability Insurance in Switzerland
title_full	Impacts of Courts on Policy Implementation in a Federal State: Evidence from Disability Insurance in Switzerland
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title_sort	impacts of courts on policy implementation in a federal state: evidence from disability insurance in switzerland
publisher	Ubiquity Press
series	Yearbook of Swiss Administrative Sciences
issn	2632-9255
publishDate	2015-12-01
description	Swiss cantons have extensive autonomy in implementing federal laws. This leads to heterogeneity in cantonal practices and policy outputs. This article explores the extent to which courts contribute to the convergence of cantonal outputs. It focuses on the disability insurance benefits granted by cantonal administrations, and on the related judicial rulings by cantonal courts and the Federal Supreme Court. The findings suggest that judgments of the Federal Supreme Court have a limited but positive impact on the harmonization of cantonal outputs when a major policy change is implemented.
topic	Courts Disability Insurance Federalism Implementation
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Impacts of Courts on Policy Implementation in a Federal State: Evidence from Disability Insurance in Switzerland

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