Hersch Lauterpacht

Sir Hersch Lauterpacht (16 August 1897 in Zółkiew, Austria-Hungary (nowadays Schowkwa in Ukraine) – 8 May 1960 in London) was an Austrian-born British jurist of Jewish descent."Elihu Lauterpacht: Sir Hersch Lauterpacht: 1897–1960". European Journal of International Law. 8/1997. Oxford University Press & European Society of International Law, pages 313–320, ISSN 0938-5428 He was a legal scholar, specialized in international law and a philosopher of law, and also a judge and a lawyer.
Life
Lauterpacht was born in Austrian Galicia, which became Polish after World War I. He studied in Lemberg and in Vienna. During this time he was the first president of the World Federation of Jewish Students. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1923, where he studied at the London School of Economics. He became a British citizen in 1931. 

He lectured at several British universities like the London School of Economics, the University of London, and the University of Cambridge.

Lauterpacht 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. The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom is named after him. His son Elihu Lauterpacht started the center and was its first director.

 References 
 Hersch Lauterpacht. 1897–1960. Arnold Duncan McNair. Oxford University Press, London 1962

Other websites
 Sir Hersch Lauterpacht 1897-1960 
 Judge Schwebel's Memories About Sir Hersch 
 Tributes from Hans Kelsen and Lord McNair to Sir Hersch Lauterpacht 



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