Thomas Geiser
Thomas Geiser (born October 29, 1952 ) is a Swiss legal scholar .
education
From 1972 to 1976 Geiser completed a law degree at the University of Basel , which he completed with a licentiate. He then completed various internships and in 1979 became a Solothurn advocate and notary . In 1983 he received his doctorate from the University of Basel . In 1990 he received the venia docendi for private law from the trustees of the University of Basel.
Professional activities
From 1978 to 1989 Geiser worked at the Federal Office of Justice in the private law department. He then worked as an assistant at the Swiss Federal Court and received his first teaching assignments for family law and personal law at the University of St. Gallen . From 1992 he worked part-time as an assistant professor at the University of Basel. In January 1995 he became a full professor for private and commercial law at the University of St. Gallen. Between 1999 and 2003 he was Vice Rector of the University of St. Gallen. He retired at the end of 2017 .
Since 1995 he has also been a part-time judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.
His research areas are in private law, commercial law , labor law and social security law . Geiser is co-editor of the Basel Commentary on the Civil Code.
Publications (selection)
- The employer's duty of loyalty and its limitations . Stämpfli, Bern 1983, ISBN 3-7272-0125-8 (dissertation).
- The violation of personality, especially through works of art . Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel 1990, ISBN 978-3-7190-1126-0 (habilitation).
literature
- Ivo Schwander , Ruth Reusser , Roland Fankhauser (eds.): Focus on family law, commemorative publication for Thomas Geiser on his 65th birthday . DIKE, Zurich / St. Gallen 2017, ISBN 978-3-03751-973-8 .
- Roland Müller , Kurt Pärli , Isabelle Wildhaber (eds.): Labor and labor law, commemorative publication for Thomas Geiser on his 65th birthday . DIKE, Zurich / St. Gallen 2017, ISBN 978-3-03751-969-1 .
Web links
- Thomas Geiser on the website of the University of St. Gallen
Individual evidence
- ↑ HSG Focus. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geiser, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1952 |