Curriculum vitae
1943 Born in Fribourg, April 5th; son of Jean Tercier, Professor of
Geology at the University of Fribourg, and Gretel, née Dürst.
1948-1953
Primary school, Fribourg
1953-1962
Secondary and high schools: "Collège St-Michel",
Fribourg.
Classical studies section, "Maturité type A".
1962-1966
Law School, University of Fribourg.
Graduated summa cum laude.
1966-1968
Trainee at the law firm of José Ackermann, Fribourg.
Admitted to the bar in 1969.
1968-1970
Assistant to Professor Henri Deschenaux at the Faculty of Law,
University of Fribourg.
Doctoral thesis on an issue dealing with tort law; PhD obtained in
1971.
1970-1971
Assistant and visiting lecturer in family law at the Faculty of
Law,
University of Geneva.
1971-1972
Research at the "Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und
internationales Privatrecht", Hamburg (FRG).
Grantee of "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft" and later of the
Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research.
1972-1973
Research and studies in comparative law at the University of
Cambridge (UK).
since 1973
Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg, teaching
civil law, contracts and commercial law.
1987-1989
Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Fribourg.
since 1988
Visiting professor in construction law at the "Ecole
polytechnique fédérale" in Lausanne.
1990-1991
Sabbatical in New York (Columbia Law School) and Paris (Panthéon
Assas).
Teaching
activities
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Currently teaching law of obligations, contracts, torts.
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Previously taught introduction to law, introduction to private law,
law of persons, family law, corporations, competition law.
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Visiting professor at the University of Paris I (spring 1990; Swiss
and German law: contracts and torts; Prof. J. Ghestin and G. Viney DEA),
the University of Geneva (summer 1990: comparative competition law), the
University of Paris II (spring 1991: Prof. B. Audit/D. Tallon, Chr.
Laroumet, M. Grimaldi et Ph. Malinvaud DEA). Also spent a semester at the
Columbia Law School (New York; Professor A. Farnsworth and G. Berman) and
the University of Paris IV (1999).
Other professional activities
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Author of a number of books, handbooks and articles.
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Member of the Editorial Board of the following reviews and
publications:
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"Baurecht"/"Droit de la construction"
Construction law quarterly
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"Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht/"Revue
suisse de
droit des affaires"
Swiss Review of Business Law
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"Schweizerisches Privatrecht"/"Traité de droit privé
suisse"
Collection of treatises on Swiss private law
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"Medialex, Revue du droit de la communication"
Swiss Review of Communication law.
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Chairman of the Swiss Cartel Commission since 1989; member of said
Commission since 1977. From 1996 to July 1998 Chairman of the Swiss
Commission on Competition.
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Former Chairman of the Swiss Insurance Law Society (branch of the
International Association for Insurance Law, "AIDA").
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Former Chairman of the Supervisory Authority for the Land Registry
of the Canton of Fribourg.
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Former member of the Banking Commission of the
"Banque de l'Etat de Fribourg" of the Canton of Fribourg.
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Appointed by the federal authorities on several occasions as expert
in charge of examining issues dealing with tort law and law of tourism.
Presided over the group of experts in charge of revising the section of
the Swiss Civil Code on the protection of individual rights.
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Regularly called upon to act as advisor or arbitrator in matters at
national and international levels.
Other
personal data
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Married, four children.
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Rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Swiss army (Mountain Division 10)
August
2001
