DAVID DÜRR

David Dürr attaches importance to correct behavior, orderly processes and harmonious relationships. That is why he is an anarchist.

An-Archie understood in the sense of the word as order without "arch" (= Greek supremacy), that is as a social order with reliable rules of conduct, order structures and procedures, if need be with effective conflict solutions in fair processes - but all of this without anyone claiming a monopoly in the sense of an ultimate supremacy in these matters. For that would - like every monopoly - worsen the quality of the regulatory and procedural services, increase the price and make the provider arrogant. The latter is particularly dangerous in the field of law and order, as history has repeatedly shown.

David Dürr is senior partner in a law firm in Basel and professor emeritus of private law and legal theory at the University of Zurich.

He lives in Basel, is married, has four adult children and several grandchildren.