Frank Vischer

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Frank Vischer (1986)

Frank Benedict Vischer (born September 11, 1923 - † June 25, 2015 ) was a Swiss legal scholar .

Life

Frank Benedict Vischer-Honegger (1923–2015) legal scholar, grave on Wolfgottesacker, Basel
Grave on the Wolfgottesacker , Basel

Vischer studied law at the Universities of Basel and Geneva . During this time he joined the Swiss Zofinger Association . He received his doctorate in 1946 under Max Gerwig in Basel and was admitted to the bar in the canton of Basel-Stadt in 1948 . In 1953 Vischer received his habilitation at the University of Basel and in 1956 was appointed associate professor. From 1964 until his retirement in 1993 he was a full professor of private law , international private law and labor law . He was dean in 1968, 1978 and 1988of the law faculty and 1979/80 rector of the University of Basel. From 1993 to 1997 Vischer presided over the European Institute in Basel .

He was an honorary doctor of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . In 1992 he was elected a corresponding member of the British Academy . The politician Daniel Vischer was his son.

Frank Vischer was the namesake of the Vischer law firm .

Publications (selection)

  • Frank Vischer: The marriage ban for the mentally ill and incapable of judgment . 1946, Basel (dissertation).
  • Frank Vischer: The comparative legal facts in international private law - the agreement of the substantive legal content as a prerequisite of international private law, the meaning of the concept of equivalence . Basel 1954 (habilitation).
  • Frank Vischer (Ed.): Zurich Commentary on the Merger Act . 2nd Edition. Schulthess, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7255-6429-3 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary notice. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 29, 2015, accessed August 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bernhard Christ: An authority of private and commercial law: On the 80th birthday of Frank Vischer. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . September 10, 2003, accessed August 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ Schweizerischer Zofingerverein, Schweizerischer Altzofingerverein (Ed.): Membership Directory 1997. Zofingen 1997, p. 27 (available in the Swiss National Library , call number SWR 1338).
  4. ^ A b Corinne Widmer Lüchinger : Obituary for Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. hc Frank Vischer ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Law Faculty of the University of Basel, July 3, 2015.
  5. ^ Vischer, Frank , website “550 Years of the University of Basel”, accessed on November 3, 2019.
  6. ^ Fellows: Frank Vischer. British Academy, accessed August 14, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Walter Bernet: A leftist who doesn't fit into any drawer . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 19, 2017 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 3, 2019]).
  8. ^ Katharina Fontana: Doyen of private law . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . June 30, 2015 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 3, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Vischer, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vischer, Frank Benedict
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1923
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 2015