| Christian Schwarzenegger | |
| Birth Name: | Christian Michael Schwarzenegger |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Occupation: | Legal scientist, professor of criminal law, procedure and criminology |
| Children: | 1 |
| Relatives: | Arnold Schwarzenegger (cousin once removed) Gustav Schwarzenegger (cousin) |
Christian Michael Schwarzenegger[1] (born 11 November 1959) is a Swiss academic lawyer and professor of criminal law, criminal procedure and criminology at the University of Zurich.
Schwarzenegger was born 11 November 1959 in Zürich, Switzerland to Austrian-born Gerold Schwarzenegger (1930-1990), a musician who later turned engineer and a Swiss mother. His father was a cousin of Arnold Schwarzenegger who immigrated to Switzerland from Styria in the 1950s.
He received his doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1992 and was admitted to the bar in the canton of Schaffhausen the following year.
From 1994-99, he was Assistant Professor of European Law, Comparative Law, Criminal Law and Criminology, at the universities of Niigata and Aichi, in Japan.
Schwarzenegger's fields of research include family violence, cybercrime, homicide, abortion and end-of-life decisions (i.e. assisted suicide). He served as an expert for Swiss Television (SRF) in more than fifty crime documentaries.[2]