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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20200501-013754-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/concentration-of-powers-in-the-federal-executive-the-application-of-emergency-powers-in-switzerland/ Concentration of Powers in the Federal Executive: The Application of Emergency Powers in Switzerland Uhlmann, Felix eng 2020-04-30 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers executive powers federalism parliamentary control Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Were we ready for the crisis? I do not mean whether Switzerland had enough hospital beds and ventilators, but whether its Federal Constitution was ready. Arguably, the former are vital, and as regards the latter, Switzerland is under no suspicion of losing its quality as a democracy and a Rechtsstaat. Still, the constitutional questions raised by the Corona crisis are troubling. The federal government is applying emergency powers unheard of since WW2, and which were previously unimaginable for most. Legal scholars are only starting to grapple the full implications of the crisis.