The Life of Hersch Lauterpacht

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Hersch Lauterpacht, of whom this book is an intimate biography by his son, Elihu, was one of the most prolific and influential international lawyers of the first half of the twentieth century. Having come to England from Austria in the early 1920s, he first researched and taught at the London School of Economics before moving to Cambridge in 1937 to become Whewell Professor of International Law. He did valuable work to enhance relations with the United States during the Second World War, and was active after the war in the prosecution of William Joyce and the major Nazi war criminals. For ten years he was also involved in various significant items of professional work and in 1955 he was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice. The book contains many extracts from his correspondence, the interest of which will extend to lawyers, historians of the period and beyond. HALF-TITLE TITLE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION CONTENTS PLATES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS PROLOGUE AND INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 BACKGROUND AND EARLY YEARS, 1897–1919 Excursus: recollections of youthful contemporaries From Dr Joseph Roth From Dr Fleisher From Dr Lew Gilead, Tel Aviv From David Horowitz (Later Director General of the Bank of Israel, Geneva) From Dr Gilead From Professor Max Frankel (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), 1960 Chapter 2 VIENNA: RESEARCH, ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE, 1919–1923 Chapter 3 ENGLAND AND THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, 1923–1937 Meeting arnoldm cnair Private law sources Annual Digest of International Case-Law Assistant lecturer Other early articles Contributions to the annual survey of english law The function of law in the international community Development of the annual digest League of nations union The peace act, 1933–4 Extract from the preface to volume ii of the fifth edition (1935) of oppenheim Chapter 4 CAMBRIDGE, 1937–1939: THE WHEWELL CHAIR Chapter 5 THE WAR YEARS, PART I: SEPTEMBER 1939–JANUARY 1941 First visit to the unitedsta tes The journey to the unitedsta tes and the first days there Us lecture tour, october–december 1940 1941 memorandum for the us attorney-general on ‘qualifiedneutrality ’ Cambridge, january 1941 Chapter 6 THE WAR YEARS, PART II: FEBRUARY 1941–MARCH 1942 Arrangements with wellesley college, january–march 1941 To the United States again Hersch’s return to england, march 1942 CAMBRIDGE AND RUSSIA Chapter 7 THE WAR YEARS, PART III: APRIL 1942–DECEMBER 1944 Chapter 8 HUMAN RIGHTS Chapter 9 THE YEARS OF PRACTICE, 1945–1950 1945 Preparation for the nuremberg trial 1946 1947 1948 The corfu channel case Un survey of international law: new york, april–may 1948 Israeli declaration of independence, may 1948 Colorado, june–august 1948 The effect of security council recommendations Hyderabad, june–october 1948 1949 Rights under oil concessions in the Persian Gulf Chapter 10 1950–1954 1950 Recognition Lectures in Jerusalem State immunity, 1950–1951 Atomic weapons Korea Stephen M. Schwebel 1951 Early release of convicted war criminals The anglo-iranian oil company case 1952 International law commission, 1952–1956 Manual of military law Chapter 11 THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, 1955–1960 EPILOGUE: THE MAN His personality Method of work His politics Appendix 1 THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF SIR HERSCH LAUTERPACHT Books Editorial publications Courses of lectures delivered at the hague academy of international law Articles andpapers International court of justice, separate and dissenting opinions Book reviews Appendix 2 BIOGRAPHICAL AND ACADEMIC WRITINGS ON SIR HERSCH LAUTERPACHT Appendix 3 OBITUARIES OF SIR HERSCH LAUTERPACHT Appendix 4 CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SIR HERSCH LAUTERPACHT INDEX