Publications
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Verantwortlichkeit des Fahrzeughalters bei geringfügigen Widerhandlungen gegen das schweizerische Strassenverkehrsrecht durch eine unbekannte Täterschaft
(2024)
The present work provides an overview of the ordinance fine procedure and deals in depth with Article 7 of the OBG. This provision governs the basic liability of the vehicle owner in cases of minor violations of Swiss road ...
Was ist Strafverteidigung?
(2021)
Few professions elicit such ambivalent feelings as criminal defense: If criminal defense lawyers win an innocent man an acquittal, they are admired. If, on the other hand, the criminal defense stands up for the rights of ...
Court Assistance in the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
(2020)
Although international arbitration is widely hailed as an efficient, confidential and flexible way of settling commercial disputes, it has its limits. The arbitral tribunal’s lack of coercive power is thrown into particularly ...
Le secret médical
(2021)
Medical secrecy is going through a troubled period today. The multiplication of health care providers, technological progress and the pressure of financial policies tend to put pressure on this institution and to redefine ...
Le contrôle des concentrations d’entreprises
(2021)
The merger control test is being questioned in Switzerland. Many commentators are in favor of transposing the European law in this field and its SIEC test for "Significant Impediment to Effective Competition" into the Swiss ...
Between Islamic and Secular Law
(2024)
Bei der Beschreibung der Rechtssysteme und Gesetze der heutigen mehrheitlich muslimischen Staaten in der Region des Nahen Ostens und Nordafrikas werden zwei Kategorien von Gesetzen unterschieden: eine aus dem islamischen ...
Die Nichtigkeit im öffentlichen Recht
(2024)
In Swiss administrative law, the nullity of (state) acts that have legal effects has so far been decided on the basis of the evidence theory. This work contrasts the theory of evidence with the constitutional concept of ...
Der Prozess
(2023)
Trials play a central role in jurisprudence. The XXIV edition of the APARIUZ series focuses on the court process and at the same time opens up a view of other processes in law. In addition to procedural issues, the authors ...
Der Staatsanwalt als Richter
(2025)
Custodial sentences are among the most severe sanctions that can be imposed by a state. The European Convention on Human Rights therefore guarantees that custodial sentences may only be imposed by a court. However, the ...
Blockchain and Collective Rights Management of Copyright and Related Rights at the Global Level
(2024)
Online music streaming has become an important source of revenue within the music industry, but the necessary licensing of musical works and sound recordings can still be quite cumbersome. The thesis discusses what blockchain ...
Gerechte Strafen ohne Gleichheit?
(2025)
When sentencing, courts must find an appropriate punishment in the area of conflict between individualization and equal treatment. In the dogmatic part, this dissertation shows that individualization is wrongly given ...
Das Verbot von extremistischen Organisationen im schweizerischen Recht
(2023)
Bans on organizations are not part of the traditional range of instruments used in dealing with extremist phenomena in the Swiss legal system. In recent years, however, there has been a paradigm shift in this regard, ...
Digitale Ökonomie: Erforderlichkeit sektorspezifischer ex-ante Regulierung?
(2023)
Worldwide, the demand for digital services is concentrated on a few, extremely powerful companies. An international competition policy debate has been initiated as to the extent to which ex-post abuse control under competition ...
Dangerosité : du juge influencé par l'expert au juge indépendant
(2025)
In our Western society, which has become intolerant of risk, the identification, treatment and management of “dangerous offenders” have taken on a predominant role in criminal law enforcement in recent years.
In the current ...
20 ans de transparence à Genève
(2022)
A few years before Confederation, the canton of Geneva adopted a law on transparency, the objective of which is to promote the free formation of opinion and participation in public life. LIPAD celebrated its 20th anniversary ...
Zur Geschichte des Eigengebrauchs im schweizerischen Urheberrecht - Entwicklung, Erkenntnisse, Quellen
(2023)
The regulation of personal use is the most important barrier to Swiss copyright law. It largely frees the use of copyrighted works by private individuals, in the classroom and within companies and other organizations, but ...
Recht in der Krise
(2022)
How does the law react to real crises and what is the problem-solving power of legal regulation in difficult situations? Conversely, do crises also have an impact on how the law works – and should they have one at all? In ...
Tötungsdelikte in der Schweiz von 1990 bis 2014
(2022)
Homicides are among the most serious offenses with serious consequences both for the relatives of victims and perpetrators and for the sense of security of the general population. This book is based on the Swiss Homicide ...
Der Anscheinsbeweis im schweizerischen Zivilprozess
(2022)
This paper is devoted to a special form of "proving" in civil proceedings. The prima facie evidence is about proving a causal connection with life experience and common knowledge. The term "prima facie evidence" appears ...
International anwendbare Streitgenossenschaftsgerichtsstände
(2023)
Although the forum of the cooperative dispute has been known to some legal systems for more than two centuries, the institute is still very challenging for jurisprudence and doctrine today. This paper aims to contribute ...
Der Mietvertrag mit mehreren Mietern
(2023)
Tenancy agreements with several tenants are widespread (e.g. shared apartments or rent by married or unmarried couples). A joint tenancy also arises in the case of inheritance, if the deceased tenant leaves several heirs. ...
Expedited Procedures in International Commercial Arbitration
(2023)
International arbitration has enjoyed remarkable success. However, in recent years repeated concerns relating to the efficiency of the proceedings have emerged. These concerns have led to the introduction of provisions for ...
Wirtschaftliche Berechtigung
(2023)
Despite increasing prevalence and relevance, fundamental questions about economic justification remain unresolved: Are there relationships and connections between different use cases? Is there a uniform concept? How should ...
Der Prozess
(2023)
Processes play a central role in legal science. The XXIV edition of the APARIUZ series puts the court process in the foreground and at the same time opens our eyes to other legal processes. In addition to procedural issues, ...
Strafzumessung und Doppelverwertung
(2023)
Long before the Swiss Criminal Code was enacted with its provisions on sentencing, the assessment of the specific punishment in individual cases was seen as the most difficult and demanding, but also the most important ...
Das Kompensationsprinzip im Schweizer Raumplanungsrecht
(2023)
Again and again there are demands on the land that are understandable, but are hardly compatible with the constitutional goals of economical land use and separation of building areas and non-building areas. In such situations, ...
Die Indirekte Stellvertretung
(2023)
Indirect representation has so far only been treated rudimentarily, especially in German-language literature. The present study entitled “Indirect Representation – at the same time a contribution to the doctrine of consent ...
Le profilage dans le cadre d'une procédure d'embauche entre particuliers
(2023)
The new data protection law now contains a legal definition of profiling. The question of the extent to which profiling is legal as part of a recruitment process that is subject to Swiss private law has not yet been addressed ...
Zielkonflikt zwischen Lärmschutz und Siedlungsverdichtung
(2023)
The conflict between settlement density and noise protection leads to challenges in spatial planning and construction projects. The pressure to densify settlements is constantly increasing. At the same time, traffic, ...
Strafrechtliche Dopingbekämpfung in der Schweiz
(2024)
The present dissertation deals with the role of criminal law in combating doping, particularly focusing on the regulation of self-doping. The central question underlying this work is whether Switzerland should introduce a ...
Die Verantwortungsgemeinschaft
(2024)
As a proposal for considering care work in Swiss civil law, this dissertation introduces the concept of the 'Verantwortungsgemeinschaft.' Its purpose is to guarantee financial security for individuals performing care work. ...
Auswirkungen des BEPS-Projekts der OECD auf die Steuerordnung der Schweiz: Umsetzung des Aktionspunkts 5
(2024)
The OECD initiated the BEPS project to combat what it considers harmful tax avoidance practices by multinational corporations like Amazon or Google. According to the OECD, this effort was made to build a more transparent ...
Füllung der Gesetzeslücken im schweizerischen Adhäsionsverfahren
(2022)
Adhesion proceedings enable civil claims to be assessed in criminal proceedings. Its legal regulation in Art. 122 ff. StPO is, however, very rudimentary and incomplete. Jurisprudence and doctrine have so far hardly addressed ...
Die Rechnungsstellung im schweizerischen Obligationenrecht
(2020)
Although invoicing is of great importance in practice, there is no fundamental treatment of its effects in the area of application of the Code of Obligations in the Swiss civil law literature. The present study entitled ...
Die privatisierte Erfüllung staatlicher Aufgaben
(2020)
Can privatizations live up to the expectation of reducing the size of the state? Or will the fears be proven true that privatization can push back on democratic principles and the rule of law? This study tackles four ...
Datenschutz bei drohnengestützter Datenbearbeitung durch Private
(2020)
The usage of drones is constantly increasing, even among private individuals. Anyone who hears or sees a drone usually does not know whether he is being observed or filmed and whether the recorded material is being broadcast ...
Das Verfahren vor dem Berner Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzgericht
(2020)
In the canton of Bern, the Child and Adult Protection Court performs the tasks of the judicial complaints authority in child and adult protection matters. It forms part of the civil department of the higher court and is ...