Hersch Lauterpacht

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Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897, Zolkiew, Poland - 8 May 1960) was a Judge of the International Court of Justice, between 1955-60.

The Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, UK, is named after him.

[edit] Major works

• The Function of Law in the International Community, Oxford, 1933;
• The development of international law by the International Court, London, 1958
• Oppenheim's International Law, Vol. 1, 8th ed., 1958
• Annual Digest and Reports of Public International Law Cases, Vols. 1-16, subsequently continued as International Law Reports, Vols. 17-24

[edit] See also

• Whewell Professorship of International Law

[edit] External link

• Tributes to Sir Hersch Lauterpacht