Andreas Auer

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Andreas Auer (born February 29, 1948 in Chur ; † December 7, 2018 in Geneva ) was a Swiss constitutional lawyer and professor at the Universities of Zurich and Geneva .

Career

Auer studied law at the University of Neuchâtel / Neuchâtel (lic.iur. 1971 and Dr. iur. 1975 with Jean-François Aubert ) and Southern Methodist University in Dallas , Texas (LL.M. 1973). From 1980 to 2008 he was Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Geneva , and from 2000 to 2003 he was Dean of its Faculty of Law. From 2008 to 2013 he was professor for public law at the University of Zurich . He also taught in Paris , Rome , Berlin , Antananarivo , Bamako , Dakar , Ouagadougou , Berkeley , Ulaanbaatar . His research focused on constitutional law (federal, cantons, municipalities), comparative constitutional law, direct democracy, administrative law, public procedural law, transnational law, migration law and transport law.

He was (co-) founder and former director of:

  • 1993 Center for Research on Direct Democracy in Geneva ( c2d , in Aarau since 2007 )
  • 2001 Center universitaire de droit international humanitaire in Geneva / University Center for International Humanitarian Law (CUDIH), since 2008 Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (Geneva Academy)
  • 2009 Center for Democracy Aarau / Center for Democracy Aarau / Center for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA)

From 2007 he was an editorial member of the European Constitutional Law Review ( EuConst ) in The Hague / Asser , from 1980 of the current legal practice, Pratique juridique actuelle (AJP / PJA) in St. Gallen.

In addition to his academic work, he was also active as a consultant. a. from 1998 to 2012 for a law firm in Geneva, from his retirement in 2013 he was a consultant at a law firm in Zurich.

His assessment that the new equality article in the federal constitution should be weighted more heavily than cantonal autonomy inspired Theresia Rohner , a citizen of Appenzell Innerrhoden, to sue for the lack of cantonal women's right to vote. In 1990, the Federal Supreme Court gave her and other co-plaintiffs rights in a “controversial” decision , thereby introducing women's right to vote in the last canton.

Auer was involved in discussions about the development of democracy in the EU, Europe and the world. Among other things, he was a co-initiator of the democracy conferences and meetings between Baden-Württemberg and Aargau . Auer was a member of the board of trustees of Mehr Demokratie . He also worked as a co-author of the “ Rasa Initiative ” (“Get out of the impasse!”), With which the SVP's “ mass immigration initiative ” should have been reversed.

Nature conservation was also a concern of Auer. He fought at the forefront for compliance with the Water Protection Act and made a decisive contribution to preserving the Greina plateau and over a dozen other river landscapes. Auer served for many years as a board member of the Swiss Greina Foundation for the preservation of alpine rivers.

Awards

In 2003 he received the Great Walther Hug Prize as a professor at the University of Geneva in recognition of his work on Swiss constitutional law.

Publications (selection)

  • Constitutional law of the Swiss cantons, Stämpfli, Bern 2016, ISBN 978-37272-3217-6 (print), ISBN 978-3-0354-1335-9 ( judocu )
  • with Giorgio Malinverni and Michel Hottelier: Droit constitutionnel suisse . Vol. I: L'Etat; Vol. II: Les droits fondamentaux . Stämpfli, Bern 2000, 3rd edition 2013
  • with Alexandre Trechsel: Voter par Internet? The projet e-voting dans le canton de Genève dans une perspective socio-politique et juridique, Basel / Geneva 2001
  • The Supreme Law of the Land: Eléments du droit constitutionnel des Etats-Unis, Basel 1990
  • Le référendum et l'initiative populaires aux Etats-Unis, Basel / Paris 1989
  • Problèmes et perspectives du droit d'initiative à Genève, Lausanne 1987
  • The Swiss constitutional jurisdiction, Basel / Frankfurt 1984
  • Problèmes fondamentaux de la démocratie suisse, Rapport à la Société suisse des juristes, Basel 1984
  • La juridiction constitutionnelle en Suisse, Basel / Frankfurt 1983
  • Les droits politiques dans les cantons suisses, Geneva 1978
  • Les Noirs, les écoles publiques et le système constitutionnel aux Etats-Unis, Bern / Frankfurt 1975

Auer was also the editor of numerous compilations on his specialist areas, above all on the subjects of direct democracy, constitutional law and European law.

literature

Web links

credentials

  1. ↑ Base de données des élites suisses au XXe s. In: unil.ch, accessed on December 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ L'éminent prof de droit Andreas Auer est mort. In: lematin.ch of December 10, 2018, accessed on December 16, 2018.
  3. ↑ New Geneva University Institute for Humanitarian Law - Postgraduate Studies in International Law , NZZ July 18, 2002
  4. ↑ Strengthening bilateral relations between Aargau and Baden-Württemberg - First official visit to Switzerland by the Prime Minister from Baden-Württemberg - Strengthening cooperation; Strengthen civic participation and direct democracy; Exchange of information on cross-border issues , media release, August 31, 2011, on the web of Canton Aargau ag.ch
  5. ↑ Kretschmann visits Canton Aargau - strengthening of cooperation; Strengthen civic participation and direct democracy; Exchange of information on cross-border issues , press release, August 31, 2011 on the Baden-Württemberg web baden-wuerttemberg.de
  6. ↑ Annual report ZDA 2011 ( Memento from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), on the web of the Democracy Center Aarau zdaarau.ch
  7. ↑ mehr-demokratie.de/kuratorium.html
  8. ↑ Andreas Auer - a brilliant constitutional lawyer is no longer. In: Aargauer Zeitung of December 11, 2018, accessed on December 16, 2018.
  9. ^ Obituary notice from the Swiss Greina Foundation for the Conservation of Alpine Rivers for Andreas Auer in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung from December 12, 2018.
  10. ↑ Walther Hug Prize to Andreas Auer ( memento from February 24, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ), pd / NZZ November 25, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Auer, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss constitutional lawyer and professor at the Universities of Zurich and Geneva
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur , Graubünden
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 2018
Place of death Geneva