L. F. L. Oppenheim

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Lassa Francis Lawrence Oppenheim
Born(1858-03-30)30 March 1858
public international law
TitleWhewell Professor of International Law
Spouse
Elizabeth Alexander
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(m. 1902⁠–⁠1919)​

Lassa Francis Lawrence Oppenheim (30 March 1858 – 7 October 1919) was a German

legal positivist school of thought. His two-volume International Law: A Treatise has influenced international law.[1] He inspired Joseph Raz and Prosper Weil
.

Birth, life, and career in Germany

Oppenheim was born in Windecken near the

Heidelberg.[3]

In 1881, he obtained his PhD of Law at the

University of Leipzig, where he became a disciple of the renowned Professor of Criminal Law Karl Binding. In 1885 he completed his Habilitation at the University of Freiburg and taught criminal law there until he moved to the University of Basel in 1892. In Basel, Oppenheim still worked on criminal law. It was not until he moved to the United Kingdom
that he turned from criminal law to international law.

Life and career in the United Kingdom

Oppenheim moved to the United Kingdom in 1895, acquiring citizenship in 1900, and lived there until his death.

He first lectured at the

Whewell Professor of International Law in the University of Cambridge
. He is the author of the internationally renowned International Law: A Treatise, the first edition of which was published in 1905–1906.

The eighth edition of the part on

Arthur Watts. The work is still considered a standard text of international Law.[4]

Works

Books and monographs

Other works

  • The Science of International Law: Its Task and Method, American Journal of International Law, vol. ii, pp. 313–56 (1908)

Edited by Oppenheim

  • The Collected Papers of John Westlake on Public International Law (Cambridge University Press 1914)
  • Co-editor, Zeitschrift für Völkerrecht, Vols. i–viii (1906–14)
  • Contributions to International Law and Diplomacy (Longmans, Green and Co.)

References

  1. ISSN 0143-6503
    .
  2. ISBN 0-19-927058-9
    .
  3. ISSN 0002-9300
    .
  4. ^ B Fassfender and A Peters (eds), Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law (OUP 2012) 1152
  • Gregory, Charles Noble (January–April 1920). "In Memoriam: Professor Oppenheim". American Journal of International Law. 14 (1/2). American Society of International Law: 220–32.
    JSTOR 2187848
    .

External links
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