Hans Peter Walter

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Hans Peter Walter (born November 30, 1944 in Burgdorf BE ) is a Swiss legal scholar .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1963, Walter studied at the University of Bern from 1963 to 1969 . From 1969 to 1986 he ran a law firm in Bern and from 1979 to 1986 was a member of the board of the Bern Bar Association. From 1982 to 1984 he was a city ​​councilor in Bern for the FDP . From 1984 to 2002 he was a judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court , initially as a substitute judge and in 2001/2002 as President of the Federal Supreme Court. From 1988 to 2000 he was also a lecturer at the University of Zurich and from 1997 to 1999 at the University of Freiburg. In 1997 the University of Bern awarded him an honorary doctorate . From March 2004 until his retirement in January 2010, he was professor of private and commercial law at the Civil Studies Department at the University of Bern.

Fonts

  • The suspension of the (patent law) infringement or nullity proceedings due to opposition or nullity proceedings pending before a third instance under Swiss law, GRUR Int. 1989, 441 ff.
  • The competitive relationship in the new UWG, SMI 1992, 169 ff.
  • The judge and the building process, Building Law Conference 1993, Volume 1, Freiburg (CH) 1993, 2739 ff.
  • The factual review by the Federal Supreme Court in the patent process, SMI 1993, 9 ff.
  • Jean-François Poudret / Suzette Sandoz-Monod, Commentaire de la loi fédérale d'or-ganisation judiciaire, review, AJP 1993, 325.
  • Derogation c. Prorogation - collisions arising from intercantonal or internationally agreed jurisdiction in civil proceedings, in: Siehr / Meier (ed.), Rechtskollisionen, FS for Anton Heini, Zurich 1995, 509 ff.
  • Party-autonomous litigation and lack of will, messages from the Institute for Civil Court Proceedings in Zurich, No. 22, 1997, 5 ff.
  • Careless management of an attorney's mandate, in: Münch / Geiser (ed.), Handbooks for Lawyers' Practice, Volume V, Basel / Geneva / Munich 1999, 781 ff.
  • Liability of trust: weeds or flowers in the garden of law ?, ZSR 2001 I 79 ff.
  • Legal inconsistencies and judicial training, in: Geiser et al. (Ed.)
  • Private law in the field of tension between social change and ethical responsibility, Festschrift for Heinz Hausheer, Bern 2002, 19 ff.
  • On the waiver of the statute of limitations during the current statute of limitations - plea for the acceptance of the case law of the federal court - BGE 132 III 226; Anwaltsrevue 2007, 284 ff. (Co-author lic. Iur. Christoph Hurni).
  • Process-related aspects in disputes between clients and asset managers, ZSR 2008 I 99 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Walter, Hans Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Burgdorf BE