Oppenheim, Lassa Francis Lawrence
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▪ German jurist
born March 30, 1858, Windecken, near Frankfurt am Main
died Oct. 7, 1919, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.
German jurist and teacher of law who was best known for his Positivist approach to
international law.
Oppenheim moved from Basel, Switz., to London, where he joined the faculty of the newly organized London School of Economics and Political Science in 1895. In 1908 he became Whewell professor of international law at Cambridge. Oppenheim's most important book is
International Law: A Treatise, 2 vol. (1905–06), in which he elaborated an international jurisprudence based on specific agreements and customs among nations rather than on theoretical prescriptions. Although he emphasized the supremacy of national laws and national sovereignty over international law, he came, during and after World War I, to believe in the necessity for the League of Nations.
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