Gérard Hertig: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2017

Name	Prof. em. Dr. Gérard Hertig
E-mail	ghertig@ethz.ch
URL	http://www.hertig.ethz.ch
Department	Humanities, Social and Political Sciences
Relationship	Professor emeritus

Number	Title	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
851-0703-AAL	Introduction to Law for Civil Engineering Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.	2 credits	4R	G. Hertig
Abstract	This class introduces students to basic features of the legal system. Questions of constitutional and administrative law, contract law, tort law, corporate law, as well as litigation are covered.
Learning objective	Introduction to fundamental questions of public and private law which serves as a foundation for more advanced law classes.
Content	1. Public Law Constitutional law: sources of law, organization of the state, fundamental rights. Administrative law: administrative decisions, organization of the administration, enforcement of administrative decisions, procedural law, basics of police, environmental and zoning law. 2. Private law Contracts: contractual freedom, formation and breach of contracts, basics of sales and lease contracts. Tort law: negligence and strict liability, liability limitations. Basics of corporate and civil procedure law.
Lecture notes	The basic Introduction book will be in English. The posted basic Skript will be in German.
Literature	F. Dessemontet and T, Ansey, Introduction to Swiss Law, 3d ed. 2004 Further information is available at http://www.hertig.ethz.ch/education/grundzuege-des-rechts-fuer-baug-und-arch.html
851-0703-03L	Introduction to Law for Civil Engineering Only for Civil Engineering BSc, Geomatic Engineering and Planning BSc, Environmental Engineering BSc and Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems MSc Students who have attended or will attend the lecture "Introduction to Law for Architecture " (851-0703-01L) cannot register for this course unit.	2 credits	2V	G. Hertig, T. Ender, E. Rüegg
Abstract	This class introduces students to basic features of the legal system. Questions of constitutional and administrative law, contract law, tort law, corporate law, as well as litigation are covered.
Learning objective	Introduction to fundamental questions of public and private law which serves as a foundation for more advanced law classes.
Content	1. Public Law Fundamental rights, administrative decisions, procedural law, basics of police, environmental and zoning law. 2. Private law SIA (Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects) Design Engineering Services Contract, SIA-Norm 118 (SIA General Terms and Conditions for Construction Services) including unforseen ground conditions, liability of designers/civil engineers, construction insurance, property law for civil engineers, sale of land, contaminated sites, public procurement.
Lecture notes	There are 'Lecture Notes' (in German) for this course.
851-0735-04L	Workshop and Lecture Series in Law and Finance	2 credits	2S	G. Hertig
Abstract	The Workshop and Lectures Series in Law & Finance is a joint seminar of ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich and the University of St. Gallen. Each semester, several guest scholars from law, finance and related fields give a lecture and/or discuss their ongoing research. All speakers are internationally well-known experts from Europe, the U.S. and beyond.
Learning objective	The Lecture and Workshop Series in Law & Finance aims at allowing participants to discuss current financial regulation and corporate governance issues with leading academics.
Content	Participants discuss current Law & Finance issues with guest scholars from Europe and the U.S. In addition, participants write a comment on one of the discussed papers.
Lecture notes	To be discussed papers are posted in advance on the course's web page
Literature	- Benefit-Cost Analysis of Financial Regulation, Conference Issue, 43(2) Journal of Legal Studies 2014 - Andrei Shleifer, The Failure of Judges and the Rise of Regulators (MIT Press 2012) - Viral Acharya et al., Regulating Wall Street (Wiley 2011) - Raghuram G. Rajan, Fault Lines (Princeton University Press 2010) - Reinier Kraakman et al., The Anatomy of Corporate Law. A Comparative and Functional Approach (2d ed., Oxford University Press 2009) - Curtis J. Milhaupt and Katharina Pistor, Law and Capitalism (University of Chicago Press, 2008) - Jean Tirole, The Theory of Corporate Finance (Princeton University Press, 2006)