Hans Huber (lawyer)

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Hans Huber (born May 24, 1901 in St. Gallen ; † November 13, 1987 in Muri bei Bern ; reformed ; resident in Heldswil , from 1931 in St. Gallen) was a Swiss legal scholar and federal judge .

Life

Hans Huber, son of the textile merchant Johannes Huber, devoted himself to studying law at the Universities of Zurich and Bern , especially with Walther Burckhardt , after graduating from the St. Gallen Cantonal School , and graduated in 1926 with a doctorate . In the same year he also passed the bar exam in Zurich.

Huber initially worked as a lawyer in Zurich. In 1929 he was given the post of Secretary of the Federal Supreme Court, assigned to the 1st Civil Department. In the March 1934 session of the Federal Assembly , he was elected federal judge. 1946 joined Huber at the Institute for State , administrative and international law at the University of Bern, he until his retirement held in 1970th In addition, he was rector there in the 1960/61 academic year .

Hans Huber - he was a supporter of the young liberal movement - expanded thinking on constitutional law by taking into account findings from the social sciences , political science , history and other sciences. In 1978 he was awarded the Culture Prize of the City of St. Gallen and honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bonn and Geneva .

From 1937 Hans Huber was married to Elly Künzler, daughter of the embroidery merchant Hermann Walter Künzler.

Fonts (selection)

  • The conflict of competencies between the federal government and the cantons. Stämpfli , Bern 1926.
  • The constitutional position of the general in Switzerland: attempt at a history and presentation. Sauerlander , Aarau 1928.
  • The expansion of administrative jurisdiction in the Confederation and cantons: Lecture. Chamber of Commerce, Basel 1950.
  • The law in the technical age: Rector's speech. Paul Haupt, Bern 1960.
  • The Constitutional Significance of Freedom of Contract: Lecture. De Gruyter , Berlin 1966.
  • How Switzerland is governed: updated and revised version. Schweizer Spiegel, Zurich 1967.
  • Worldwide interdependence: Thoughts on cross-border social conditions and the backwardness of international law. Paul Haupt, Bern 1968.
  • Legal theory, constitutional law, international law: selected essays 1950–1970. Commemoration for the 70th birthday of the author. Stämpfli, Bern 1971.

literature

  • Universitas, Volume 9, Page 1150, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1954
  • In memory of Hans Huber: May 24, 1901 to November 13, 1987, 1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the winners of the St. Gallen Culture Prize from 1954.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the city of St. Gallen.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.stadt.sg.ch  
personal data
SURNAME Huber, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss legal scholar and federal judge
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1987
Place of death Muri near Bern