Thommen: Introduction to Swiss Law

Introduction to Swiss Law

Editor: Marc Thommen

Published as Vol.2 in the series sui generis

Date of Publication: 09/2018 (452 printed pages)

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What are the origins of direct democracy in Switzerland? How does the Swiss judiciary function? What are the principles of Swiss civil, contract and administrative law? What is the role of public service broadcasting in the political decision making process? What are the leading cases in tax law? What forms of euthanasia are legal in Switzerland? In this introduction 13 legal scholars of the University of Zürich Law Faculty try to answer these questions and give the reader an overview of Swiss public, private and criminal law. As the first comprehensive introduction to Swiss law in English, it is addressed to both lawyers from abroad and incoming students.

Marc Thommen is professor of Criminal Law at the University of Zurich. Until 2010 he worked as a law clerk at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne.