The life of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, QC, FBA, LLD

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lauterpacht, Elihu
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2010
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue and introduction
  • Background and early years, 1897-1919
  • Vienna : research, engagement and marriage, 1919-1923
  • England and the London School of Economics, 1923-1937
  • Cambridge, 1937-1939 : the Whewell Chair
  • The war years, part I : September 1939-January 1941
  • The war years, part II : February 1941-March 1942
  • The war years, part III : April 1942-December 1944
  • Human rights
  • The years of practice, 1945-1950
  • 1950-1954
  • The International Court of Justice, 1955-1960
  • Epilogue: The man