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
Private Law (Contract, Restitution, Commercial law), Constitutional and Administrative Law (in particular the position of the judiciary and human rights)
Justice in critical & dialectical philosophy; the social-theoretical understanding of law; crime & punishment; criminal law & theories of responsibilities
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