Martin Lendi

Martin Lendi (*September 23, 1933, in Bad Ragaz) is a Swiss legal scholar with major contributions to spatial planning and spatial planning law throughout Europe. Starting in 1969, he was a professor at the ETH Zurich, and in 1976, he became a full professor of law. He retired on October 1, 1998 but has remained academically active since.
==Life==
Lendi is a citizen of Tamins and Küsnacht. He studied law in Zurich, earned his doctorate in 1958, and obtained his attorney's license in 1960.
From 1961 to 1969, Lendi served as the General Secretary for the Department of Construction in the Canton of St. Gallen. Between 1969 and 1987, he held various leadership roles, including director of the ORL Institute, head of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, and head of the Department of Law and Economics at ETH Zurich. From 1987 onward, he held an independent professorship in law. His research focused on topics such as spatial planning, traffic law, and environmental law. Significant projects included contributions to national spatial planning frameworks, political planning, quasi-state administration, traffic law, and the theory of spatial planning.
==Honors and Guest Lectureships==
* Honorary Professor at the Danube University Krems
* Guest lecturer at the Technical University of Vienna
* Winner of the Camillo-Sitte Prize (1987)
* Member of the German Academy for Spatial Research and Regional Planning (ARL)
* Honorary Doctorate from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (1999)
* Honorary member of the Swiss Association for Spatial Planning
* Honorary member of the Swiss Building Secretaries Conference
* Honorary member of the European Academy for Land Use and Development
* Recipient of the Röpke Prize for Civil Society (Liberal Institute, 2018)
==Publications==
===Major Works (Selection)===
* Legalität und Ermessensfreiheit (1958) – Legality and Discretionary Freedom
* Planungsrecht und Eigentum (1976) – Planning Law and Property
* Recht und Politik der Raumplanung (1984) – Law and Politics of Spatial Planning
* Lebensraum, Technik, Recht (1988) – Habitat, Technology, Law
* Bewährung des Rechts (1992) – Testing the Law
* Grundriss einer Theorie der Raumplanung (1988) – Outline of a Theory of Spatial Planning
* Verkehr und Recht (1998) – Traffic and Law
* Politisch, sachlich und ethisch indizierte Raumplanung (1998) – Spatial Planning: Political, Factual, and Ethical Dimensions
* Gesellschaftlich vernetztes Recht (1999) – Socially Integrated Law
* Rechtsordnung (1992) – Legal Order
* Steuerung der Siedlungsentwicklung (2003) – Control of Settlement Development
* Politikberatung (2005) – Policy Consulting
* Die Zukunft als Herausforderung des Rechts (2007) – The Future as a Challenge for the Law
* Regieren – Strategiekompetenz, Politikmanagement (2015) – Governing: Strategic Competence, Political Management
* Geschichte und Perspektiven der schweizerischen Raumplanung (2018) – History and Perspectives of Swiss Spatial Planning
* Freude am Recht (2019) – The Joy of Law
===Educational Works (Selection)===
* Schweizerisches Planungsrecht (1974) – Swiss Planning Law
* Einführung in die Regierungs- und Verwaltungslehre (1977) – Introduction to Government and Administrative Studies
* Grundriss des Raumplanungsrechts (1981) – Outline of Spatial Planning Law
* Nationalplanung (1983) – National Planning
* Verkehrsrecht (1983) – Traffic Law
* Probleme des Bodenrechts (1990) – Issues in Land Law
* Rechtsfälle zum Raumplanungsrecht (1985) – Legal Cases in Spatial Planning Law
* Das Recht der schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik (2001) – The Law of Swiss Security Policy
===Essays and Smaller Works===
* In die Zeit gesprochen (1990) – Spoken into Time
* Planung als politisches Mitdenken (1993/1994) – Planning as Political Co-Thinking
* Politik – Gespräch mit der Gegenwart (1994) – Politics: A Conversation with the Present
* Subtilitäten des Rechts (1996) – Subtleties of the Law
==Works in Honor of Martin Lendi==
* Alexander Ruch, Gérard Hertig, Urs Ch. Nef (Eds.): Das Recht in Raum und Zeit (1998) – Law in Space and Time
* Michael Koch, Willy A. Schmid (Eds.): Die Stadt in der Schweizer Raumplanung (1999) – The City in Swiss Spatial Planning
==External Links==
* Publications by and about Martin Lendi in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
* Video of Martin Lendi’s farewell lecture: Gegenwärtigkeit und Zukunftsfähigkeit des Rechts (1998) – Present and Future Viability of the Law
Category:1993 births
Category:Swiss people
Category:Swiss legal scholars