Raffael N. Fasel

Raffael N. Fasel is a SNSF Ambizione Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich, with affiliations as an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Scholar at NYU Law School. His work bridges animal rights law, constitutional theory, and comparative jurisprudence.

• Education: Dr. iur. from University of Cambridge, LL.M. from Yale, MA from University College London.
• Current research focuses on nonhuman legal personhood, direct democracy, and constitutional constraints in global contexts.

His publications analyze intersections between legal philosophy and practical governance, including forthcoming work on Animal Rights Law and peer-reviewed articles on topics like Sieyès' constitutional theory and Swiss primate rights cases. He has collaborated with artists on public legal education projects, such as an installation on the monkey selfie case (Naruto v. Slater) in Aarhus Courthouse (2020).

• Scientific awards: SNSF Ambizione Fellowship
• Key thematic areas: animal rights law, constitutional self-determination, judicial reasoning, and democratic legitimacy.