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Hersch Lauterpacht
Born	August 16, 1897(1897-08-16) Zholkva, Austria-Hungary
Died	May 8, 1960 (aged 62) Ukraine
Occupation	Judge of the International Court of Justice

Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897, Zholkva, Austria-Hungary, now in Ukraine – 8 May 1960) was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to 1954 and a Judge of the International Court of Justice from 1955 to 1960. In the words of former ICJ President Stephen M. Schwebel, Judge Sir Hersch Lauterpacht's "attainments are unsurpassed by any international lawyer of this century [...] he taught and wrote with unmatched distinction" ^[1]. Sir Hersch's writings and (concurring and dissenting) opinions continue, nearly 50 years after his death, to be cited frequently in briefs, judgments, and advisory opinions of the World Court.

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom is named after him. His son Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC, who founded the Center, was its first director and remains actively involved in the work of the Centre as its Director Emeritus and an Honorary Professor of International Law.

[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
• Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, Hersch Lauterpacht - The Scholar as Judge, Part I. 37 British Yearbook of International Law 1-72, 1961; Part II, 38 British Yearbook of International Law 1-84, 1962; Part III, 39 British Yearbook of International Law 133-189, 1963
• Annual Digest and Reports of Public International Law Cases, Vols. 1-16, subsequently continued as International Law Reports, Vols. 17-24
• International Law - The Collected Papers of Hersch Lauterpacht, Vol.5, Edited by Elihu Lauterpacht (Cambridge 2004) reviewed by H.E. Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, 99 American Journal of International Law 726-729 (2005)

[edit] See also

• Whewell Professorship of International Law

[edit] References

1. ^ S.M. Schwebel, International Arbitration: Three Salient Problems, xiii (Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures 1987)

[edit] External links

• Sir Hersch Lauterpacht 1897-1960 and Lauterpacht Centre's Sitemap
• 25th Lauterpacht Centre Anniversary, Cambridge, 11-12 July 2008 and Dinner Speeches of Former ICJ President Stephen_M._Schwebel, current President Rosalyn Higgins and Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, CBE QC
• Squire Law Library of Eminent Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, CBE QC and Conversations with Sir Elihu and His Family Photographs
• Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, 8 EJIL 1997 No.2
• H.E. Former ICJ President Stephen M. Schwebel's Memories about Sir Hersch and 8 EJIL 1997 No.2
• Tributes from Hans Kelsen and Lord McNair to Sir Hersch Lauterpacht
• Shabtai Rosenne, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht's Concept, in Rosenne, An International Law Miscellany, 782-829, 1993
• Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, CBE QC and Who's Who in Public International Law 2007
• TDM Co-Editor Lauterpacht
• The Lauterpacht Centre
• Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures

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