Visiting Professorships
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The Faculty of Law receives visiting professors at the request of the chairs. Visiting professors spend two to three weeks at the Faculty of Law and are involved in teaching and in faculty events.
Current Visiting Professorships
The Faculty of Law RWF is honored to host the following visiting professors during spring semester 2025:
| Name Visiting Professor | Home University | Activity (Course, Lecture) |
| Prof. Angus Johnston | University of Oxford, GBR | Lecture Seminar |
| Prof. Mary Keyes | Griffith University, AUS | Lecture |
| Prof. Gregory Shaffer | Georgetwon University, USA | Seminar |
| Prof. Sivan Shlomo Agon | Bar-Ilan University, ISR | Lecture |
| Prof. Naoshi Takasugi | Doshisha University, JPN | |
| Prof. Karel van Hulle | KU Leuven, BEL | Lecture |
Upcoming Events
Prof. Angus Johnston will hold a public lecture on "What did the EU leave behind after Brexit?". The lecture will take place on
Friday, 23 May 2025 at 12.15 p.m. in room KO2-F-150 (main building).
Former Visiting Professors
The following list provides details of all visiting professors who have been invited to work at the Faculty of Law in Zurich since 2012.
| Prof. Dr. David Garland New York University, USA Fall Semester 2024 |
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Prof. Dr. Aurore Gaillet |
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| Prof. Dr. Maneesha Deckha University of Victoria, CAN Spring Semester 2024 |
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Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Botero |
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| Prof. Dr. Orit Malka Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISR Fall Semester 2023 |
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Prof. Dr. Christos Gortsos |
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Prof. Norberto Hernández Jiménez |
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Prof. Dr. Lydia Bracken |
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| Prof. Dr. Silvia Suteu University College London, UK Fall Semester 2022 |
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| Prof. Dr. Lloyd Bonfield New York Law School, USA (em.) Fall Semester 2022 |
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| Prof. Dr. Christopher Whytock University of California, Irvine, USA Spring Semester 2022 |
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| Prof. Dr. Kenichi Moriya Osaka City University, Japan Spring Semester 2022 |
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Prof. Judit Sandor |
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Prof. Dr. Kathleen Claussen |
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| Prof. Dr. Michael Peachin University of New York, USA Spring Semester 2021 |
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Prof. Dr. Stephen Morse |
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Prof. Dr. Urs Gasser |
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Prof. Dr. Yuko Nishitani |
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| Prof. Dr. Martha C. Nussbaum Visiting Professor Hedi Fritz-Niggli University of Chicago, USA December 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Stephen J. Morse University of Pennsylvania Law School, USA Fall Semester 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Zahara Nampewo Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Fall Semester 2018 |
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Prof. Dr. Makoto Tadaki |
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| Prof. Dr. Diana Cerini Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Mailand Fall Semester 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Torbjörn Andersson Universitet Uppsala, Sweden Fall Semester 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Ziba Mir-Hosseini Professorial Research Associate, Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Spring Semester 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Walter Scheidel Stanford University in Kalifornien Spring Semester 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Emmanuelle Chevreau Institut de droit romain of the Université Paris II (Panthéon Assas) Fall semester 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Niamh Moloney Law Department, London School of Economics Spring semester 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Stephen Phua NUS LAW, National University of Singapore Spring semester 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. David J. Gerber Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago Fall semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Herman Cousy University KU Leuven, Belgium Fall semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. David Marcello Tulane University Law School, New Orleans Fall semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Lawrence O. Gostin Georgetown University, Washington Spring semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Colin B. Picker University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Spring semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Andreas Schloenhardt School of Law at The University of Queensland, Brisbane Fall semester 2014 |
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| Prof. Dr. Diarmuid Rossa Phelan Trinity College, Dublin Fall semester 2014 |
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| Prof. Dr. Gianluca Parolin The Aga Khan University, Pakistan Spring semester 2014 23 March 2014 to 16 April. 2014 |
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| Prof. Dr. Samin Ünan University Bilgi, Istanbul Spring semester 2014 7 April 2014 to 20 April 2014 |
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| Prof. Dr. Makoto Ida University Keio, Japan Fall semester 2013 13 November 2013 to 1 December 2013 |
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| Prof. Dr. Dikgang Moseneke Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Fall semester 2013 16 December 2013 to 22 December 2013 |
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| Prof. Dr. Marju Luts-Sootak University of Tartu, Estonia Spring semester 2013 1–30 June 2013 |
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| Prof. Dr. Dikgang Moseneke Deputy Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa Fall semester 2013 16 December 2013 to 22 December 2013 |
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| Prof. Dr. Paul M. Schwartz University of California, Berkeley School of Law, USA Spring semester 2012 15–30 April 2012 |
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| Prof. Dr. Andrew Byrnes University of New South Wales, Sydney Fall semester 2012 3–9 October 2012 |
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| Prof. Dr. Moshe Hirsch Hebrew University, Jerusalem Fall semester 2012 1–30 November 2012 |
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| Prof. Dr. Lloyd Bonfield New York Law School, USA Fall semester 2012 2–14 December 2012 |
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