Hans Huber, born 24 May 1901 in St. Gallen, died 13 November 1987 in Muri bei Bern, followed the course of his jurisprudential studies at the Universities of Zurich and Berne, mainly with Walther Burckhardt, and obtained a doctorate in 1926. After having been secretary and later judge of the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne, he taught public law and international law at the University of Berne, where he was chancellor in 1960. He represented the young-liberal movement and in his domain, he introduced insights of the social and political sciences as well as historical reflections into legal thinking and legislation.
For more information, please consult:
Andreas Kley: Hans Huber – Der “Preis der Unsicherheit und der Unruhe”, in: Staatsrechtslehrer des 20. Jahrhunderts, Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015, pp. 539 ss.
Selected Works of the Author
Hans Huber: Das Menschenbild des Rechts (first printing in: Zeitschrift für Schweizerisches Recht, ed. Max Gutzwiller, N. S. vol. 80 (1961), Basel: Helbing & Lichtenhahn, 1961), in: Rechtstheorie, Verfassungsrecht und Völkerrecht, Ausgewählte Aufsätze 1950-1970, zum 70. Geburtstag des Verfassers ed. Kurt Eichenberger, Richard Bäumlin and Jörg Paul Müller, Bern: Stämpfli & Cie. AG, 1971, pp. 76ss.