Prof Dr Dr Hc Frank Vischer FBA

Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
1992
Year of birth
1923
Year of death
2015
Honours
FBA
Sections
Law

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Civil Law and Private International Law, University of Basle; Senior Partner of VISCHER, Attorneys at law, and Honorary President of the Institute for European Studies, University of Basel

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Political, moral, and legal philosophy: deontological ethics; justice; moral realism as a moral doctrine; legal positivism and legal objectivity; rights and freedom

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