853-0050-00L  Introduction to Public Law

SemesterSpring Semester 2020
LecturersR. Müller
Periodicityyearly recurring course
Language of instructionGerman
CommentOnly for Public Policy BA.


AbstractPublic law treats the relationship between citizens and the state. It includes state organization law, fundamental rights as well as administrative and procedural law.
The introduction provides a general overview of public law, its sources, principles and interpretation.
ObjectiveStudents shall be able to
- explain the creation and modification of constitutional and administrative law;
- interpret public law according to legal methods;
- identify forms of action of the state and assess their legality;
- apply selected areas of administrative law;
- describe the conditions for law enforcement.
ContentBased on acts as well as doctrine, jurisprudence and official practice, the following contents are taught:
- introduction into constitutional law;
- sources and interpretation of the law;
- the democratic state and its institutions;
- fundamental rights;
- principles of a general administrative law;
- administrative actions;
- administration of justice in public law
- public property, monopolies, concessions, permits;
- public charges;
- federal personnel law and liability.
Lecture notesDocuments on "moodle".
Literature- Hans-Jakob Mosimann/Marion Völger Winsky/Kaspar Plüss, Öffentliches Recht. Ein Grundriss für Studium und Praxis, 3. Aufl., Zürich 2017 (zur Anschaffung empfohlen).
- Axel Tschentscher/Andreas Lienhard/Franziska Sprecher, Öffentliches Recht – Verfassungsrecht, Verwaltungsrecht, öffentliches Verfahrensrecht, 2. Aufl., Zürich/St. Gallen 2019 (alternatively).

Participants are kindly requested to bring along a compendium of the most important Acts of (Swiss) public law. Recommended is Biaggini Giovanni/Ehrenzeller Bernhard (Hrsg.), Öffentliches Recht, Studienausgabe, 8. Aufl., Zürich 2017.


Additional material will be distributed during the course.
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