The Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Institut suisse de droit comparé ISDC) was established in 1978. It is located on the campus of the University of Lausanne in a building designed by university architect Guido Cocchi, completed in 1981 and inaugurated in 1982.

Built on the side of a small ravine, the building originally had only two floors. The top floor, with its generous fenestration on all four sides, was added in 1998.

The core of the building is occupied by the institute’s library. Its research collection comprises over 2000 periodicals and 360,000 monographs in 60 languages, spanning jurisdictions around the world.




The images shown here were taken in October 2025. Thank you to the ISDC staff for their welcome!
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