Regina Kiener

Regina Kiener (* 1962 ) is a Swiss lawyer and constitutional lawyer . As a full professor for constitutional, administrative and procedural law, she teaches at the University of Zurich .

academic career

Kiener studied law as well as medieval studies and art history at the University of Bern . After being admitted to the bar in 1989 and working as a lawyer, she returned to the University of Bern, where she assisted Ulrich Zimmerli's chair . In 1994 she completed her doctorate with a dissertation on the information rights of parliamentary commissions, and in 2000 she completed her habilitation on the subject of judicial independence .

From 2001 to 2009, Kiener was a full professor of constitutional and administrative law at the University of Bern, and since 2009 she has been a full professor of constitutional and administrative law including public procedural law at the University of Zurich. She was involved in several projects of the Swiss National Science Foundation , including as Co-Director of the Swiss-Georgian International co-operation in legal education in Tbilisi . She also works as a lecturer at various institutions such as the Swiss Judges Academy and the Swiss Police Institute in Neuchâtel.

practical activity

Kiener performs numerous mandates in commissions and working groups in the field of justice administration.

In 2004 and 2005 she was an expert at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Macedonian Ministry of Justice, among others . From 2001 to 2009 she was a member of the research commission of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the University of Bern (from 2007 as Vice President); from 2003 to 2008 she was a member of the Swiss Federal Gaming Board (ESBK); from 2008 to 2013 member of the Takeover Commission (TOB).

Since 2013 Regina Kiener has been a substitute judge at the Judicial Court of the Canton of Aargau , a member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law ( Venice Commission ) and the admission commission for the corps diplomatique of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).

Awards

Kiener's dissertation was awarded the Professor Walther Hug Prize in 1994.

Publications (selection)

Kiener is the author of a wide variety of scientific publications, including monographs, textbooks, commentaries, and essays.

• The information rights of the parliamentary commissions. A contribution to the relationship between parliament, government and administration, presented according to the federal regulation '', Bern 1994 (dissertation)
• Judicial independence. Constitutional requirements for judges and courts '', Bern 2001 (Habilitation)
• with Walter Kälin and Judith Wyttenbach: Grundrechte , 3rd ed. Bern 2018 (1st ed. 2007)
• with Bernhard Rütsche and Mathias Kuhn: Public procedural law , 2nd edition Zurich / St. Gallen 2015 (1st edition 2012)
• as editor and editor: Justiz - Justice - Giustizia (Swiss judges' newspaper)

Web links

• Regina Kiener Chair , University of Zurich
• List of publications
• Venice Commission

credentials

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} CV. In: University of Zurich, Institute for International Law and Foreign Constitutional Law - Prof. Regina Kiener. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Publications. In: University of Zurich, Institute for International Law and Foreign Constitutional Law - Prof. Regina Kiener. Retrieved April 13, 2019 . 
3. ↑ CV of Prof. Regina Kiener. In: Council of Europe - Venice Commission. Retrieved April 13, 2019 .