Heinz Aemisegger (born 1947) studied law at the University of Zurich, was admitted to the bar in Schaffhausen in 1972 and received his doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1975. After working as a legal assistant for the Swiss Association for Regional Planning, he served as justice on the High Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen from 1975 to 1987, and as part-time judge at the Federal Supreme Court from 1984 to 1987. From 1987 to 2014 he was a member of the Federal Supreme Court, which he presided over from 2003 to 2004. Since resigning as federal judge he has been a legal consultant for a major law firm. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Zurich in 2014. In his work on the bench and a legal theorist he focused in part on addressing spatially related matters (spatial planning, building law, environmental protection, etc.).
Select publications:
Praxiskommentar Raumplanungsgesetz (Mitherausgeber, 2016 – 2020); Kommunikation durch das Bundesgericht (2015); Probleme der Umsetzung der EMRK im schweizerischen Recht (2015); Die Bedeutung des US-amerikanischen Rechts bzw. der Rechtskultur des common law in der Praxis schweizerischer Gerichte, am Beispiel des Bundesgerichts (2008); Der Föderalismus in der Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts (mit André Jomini, 2005); Kommentar zum Bundesgesetz über die Raumplanung (Mitherausgeber, 1999 – 2010); Rechtsprobleme der landwirtschaftlichen Nutzung (1986); Raumplanung und Heimatschutz (1985)
Sources: https://www.bger.ch/judge-federal?objectId=aemisegger-heinz; swisscovery – heinz aemisegger (slsp.ch)