Max Sørensen
Max Sørensen | |
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Judge of the European Court of Human Rights | |
In office 1980–1981 | |
Nominated by | Government of Denmark |
Preceded by | Helga Pedersen |
Succeeded by | Jørgen Gersing |
Judge of the European Court of Justice | |
In office 1973–1979 | |
Nominated by | Government of Denmark |
Preceded by | Seat established |
Succeeded by | Ole Due |
Personal details | |
Born | Graduate Institute of International Studies | 19 February 1913
Max Sørensen (February 19, 1913 in Copenhagen – October 11, 1981 in Risskov) was a Danish diplomat, judge, and professor of international law. He holds the distinction of being the first person to have sat as a judge on both the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
Life
The son of a merchant, Sørensen studied law at the
Sørensen engaged in various positions of international politics and law. In 1949 he was a member of the Danish delegation to the London Conference on the
In 1955 he was appointed to the
From 1973 to 1979, Sørensen sat as a judge on the European Court of Justice alongside other famous jurist, including Pierre Pescatore, Robert Lecourt, André Donner, Alexander Mackenzie Stuart Hans Kutscher, and Josse Mertens de Wilmars. From 1980 to 1981, he sat as a judge of the European Court of Human Rights. He was the first of four lawyers who spoke at both institutions. He died in 1981 at the age of 68 years.
Sørensen was a member of the
Personal life
Sørensen married Ellen Jacobsen, daughter of Major-General Carl Jacobsen in 1940.
Bibliography
Sørensen published his first legal paper at the age of 19, "La prescription en droit international". "Les sources du droit international" (1946) and his lecture "Principes de droit international public" at the Hague Academy of International Law (1960) are considered to be his most important works. He was editor of the international law textbook "Manual of Public International Law", which contained the contributions of lawyers from twelve countries. He belonged to the editorial board of the "Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights".
Awards
- Honorary doctorate from the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel(1964)
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg
References
- Manfred Lachs: The teacher in international law. 2. Auflage. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1987. S. 143–145.
- Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights. Volume 23, 1980, S. 50–53. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
- PDF of Chapter 8 - Presidents of the Commission, p. 125 of The Conscience of Europe - 50 years of the European Court of Human Rights, with all chapters available here.
German references
- Erika Engel (u.a.): Europäische GRUNDRECHTE-Zeitschrift. Jahrgang 1980, S. 308. N.P. Engel Verlag, Kehl am Rhein.
- Internationales Biographisches Archiv 42/1981 vom 5. Oktober 1981
- Kurzbiographie auf der Webseite des EuGH
- Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern: Max Sørensen (19.2.1913 – 11.10.1981). In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht. Ausgabe 32, 129. Jahrgang 1982. S. 129.