Werner Kägi (lawyer)

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Werner Kägi (born August 26, 1909 in Biel ; † October 4, 2005 in Zurich ; von Turbenthal ) was a Swiss legal scholar .

Life

Kägi was born in Biel in 1909 and spent his youth in Davos . He studied in Zurich , Berlin (with Dietrich Bonhoeffer ) and London and received his doctorate in 1937 at the Law Faculty of the University of Zurich with Zaccaria Giacometti ( "On the emergence, transformation and problems of the principle of separation of powers" ). In 1943, he was based on his in the subsequently produced Bonn Republic acclaimed habilitation "The Constitution as a basic legal order of the state" the same location for lecturers appointed, three years later, an appointment followed as associate professor and in 1952 finally was promoted to Associate Professor of International Law , State - and canon law and constitutional history .

The Reformed Christian Kägi was very committed to society. During the Second World War he headed the legal department of the Polish Interned University in Switzerland. He firmly advocated the introduction of women's suffrage and made a significant contribution to the elimination of confessional exceptions in the federal constitution (Jesuit articles and monastic prohibitions) with a highly regarded , extensive report . Among other things, he was active as a long-standing member of the board of the New Helvetian Society and as an advisor to various church bodies.

In 1973, Kägi received an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the University of Bern . Four years later, the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem awarded him the same honor.

While the obituary in the NZZ emphasized that he "remained steadfast against brown and red temptations [...]", recent research shows that Kägi was active in the frontist movement during his student days .

Quote

"Switzerland will be federal or not."

- Werner Kägi

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