Kurt Lipstein
Kurt Lipstein
public international law and pioneer in comparative law
.
Born in
Theresienstadt
concentration camp.
After World War II, in which he spent some time in an internment camp as an enemy alien, he became a fellow at Clare College, and served as Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Cambridge (1973–76).
He married, in 1944, Gwyneth Herford; she was later a city councillor in Cambridge from 1971–87, first for the Labour Party and then for the SDP, representing Newnham ward.
Further reading
- Forsyth, Christopher (2004). "Kurt Lipstein (*1909)". In Beatson, J.; Zimmermann, R. (eds.). Jurists uprooted: German-speaking émigré lawyers in twentieth-century Britain. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 463–482. ISBN 0-19-927058-9.
External links
- "Conversations with Kurt Lipstein" at Soundcloud (University of Cambridge)
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