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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Digitales Verwaltungshandeln
(2021)
"At a time when most everyday tasks can be performed online, public administration is also facing increasing demands in terms of accessibility, availability and simplification of its services. For this reason, numerous ...
Vertragliche Rechtsfolge der «Verwendung missbräuchlicher Geschäftsbedingungen»
(2021)
This dissertation seeks an answer to the question of what the "contractual legal consequence" - i.e., the effect on the contract - is when parties conclude a contract that contains general terms and conditions that are ...
Die Staatsunabhängigkeit der Medien
(2022)
If the journalistic media are to be able to effectively perform their essential democratic tasks of forming public opinion and controlling state power, they must be independent of the state. At the same time, this state ...
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 ...
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 ...
Indeterminacy of International Law?
(2021)
The most important (in)determinacy theses in international law since the 1920s are scrutinised in this book. As Severin Meier demonstrates, the extent of legal determinacy depends neither on some linguistic essence found ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...