2. On all legal questions relating to commerce and to transactions affecting chattels (law of commercial obligations, including commercial law and law of exchange).
3. On literary and artistic copyright.[19]
4. On the legal collection of debts and on bankruptcy.
Capital punishment abolished;[20] corporal punishment is forbidden. The Confederation by law provides for the extradition of accused persons from one Canton to another; nevertheless, extradition shall not be made obligatory for political offences and offences of the press. Measures shall be taken by Federal law for the incorporation of persons without a country.[21] The Confederation has power to expel from its territory foreigners who endanger the internal or external safety of Switzerland.
The second chapter embraces the Federal Authorities:
CHAPTER II.
1. The Federal Assembly or Legislative Department.
2. The Federal Council or Executive Department.
3. The Federal Tribunal or Judicial Department.[22]
4. The Federal Chancellery.