Charlotte Sieber-Gasser examines how globalization and digitalization reshape law and democracy, focusing on Switzerland. Combining empirical data and legal theory, Charlotte Sieber-Gasser reveals power shifts, democratic challenges, and offers solutions for legitimacy, justice, and future generations.

Globalization and digitalization, together with the growing urgency of global challenges, are reshaping the boundaries of law. Democracies face mounting pressure as crucial decisions are increasingly taken outside of national procedures. Using Switzerland as a case study, Charlotte Sieber-Gasser demonstrates how these dynamics alter the balance of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, while simultaneously eroding the mechanisms of direct democratic participation. Her analysis integrates empirical legal data with normative and legal-theoretical reflection, focusing in particular on public economic law, processes of Europeanization, and the constitutional significance of intergenerational justice. The study delivers a precise diagnosis of the institutional challenges and sketches pathways toward an internationalized democracy capable of safeguarding legitimacy, the rule of law, and social cohesion.

Autorentext
Born 1982; studied law in Fribourg and Bern; Master in Development Studies at the University of Manchester, UK; 2014 PhD (Bern); Senior Assistant and Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Lucerne, as well as PostDoc at the DCU Brexit Institute in Dublin; 2025 Habilitation (Bern); currently Professor at the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute and lecturer at the University of Zurich, among others.

Inhalt

Vorwort
Einleitung
A. Terminologie und Ausgangslage
B. Die Internationalisierung des Rechts
C. Die Internationalisierung des Rechts in der Schweiz
D. Rechtsgrundlagen in der Internationalisierung des Rechts
E. Internationalisierung des öffentlichen Wirtschaftsrechts
F. Auswirkungen auf die Staatsordnung
G. Generationengerechtigkeit in der Internationalisierung des Rechts
Fazit