Gustav Vogt (1829 – 1901, originally from the Grand Duchy of Hesse, from 1846 officially from Erlach BE) studied law at the University of Bern, where he earned his post-doctoral habilitation in 1855. After working as an attorney, journalist and criminal prosecutor, he became Director of the Federal Statistical Bureau in 1860 and full professor of constitutional law at the University of Bern in 1862.
He was active in promoting direct democracy, constitutional jurisdiction based on the United States model and the international peace movement. From 1870 he was professor of democratic constitutional law at the University of Zurich, and from 1878 to 1886 he had a reduced university workload while working as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung. From 1872 – 1881 he was also a member of the cantonal parliament of Zurich. He is considered the creator of federation law in the spirit of liberalism of 1848. During his time in Zurich he advocated for the introduction of jurisdiction over administrative cases. The University of Bern awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1867.
Select publications:
Die Einsetzung eines eidgenössischen Verwaltungsgerichtshofes (1897); Ein eidgenössischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof (1893); Die Organisation der Bundesrechtspflege in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (1890); Beiträge zur Kritik und Geschichte der Administrativjustiz im Kanton Bern (1869); Handbuch des schweizerischen Bundesrechts (1860)
Sources:
https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/013312/2012-10-23/; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Vogt_(Jurist);
swisscovery – vogt gustav 1829 1901 (slsp.ch)