John Westlake

John Westlake ( born February 4, 1828 in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, † April 14, 1913 in London ) was an English jurist and social reformer. He was professor of international law at the University of Cambridge and in 1911 was appointed Honorary President of the Institut de Droit International. The focus of his jurisprudential activity was the private international law.

Life

John Westlake studied at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated from in 1850. In 1864 he married Alice Hare, a daughter of the lawyer Thomas Hare, is named after, among others, the Hare- Niemeyer method for the allocation of seats in elections.

Professionally, he has distinguished himself in the field of international law. In 1868 he founded together with the Dutch lawyers Tobias Asser and the Belgian Gustave Rolin - Jaequemyns under the title of Revue de Droit International et de Legislation Comparee (Journal of Comparative and International Law ), the first periodical journal of International Law. From 1888 to 1908 he was the owner of the Whewell Chair of International Law at the University of Cambridge.

In 1895, he led the 15th Session of the Institut de Droit international ( Institute of International Law ), a company founded by eleven lawyers for the further development of international law in September 1873 facility. In 1911 he was sent to Gustave Rolin - Jaequemyns and Swiss Gustave Moynier appointed for the third honorary president in the history of the Institute. From 1900 to 1906 he worked at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.

In 1906 he was appointed by French lawyer Antoine Pillet, a member of the Institut de Droit International, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Six years later appointed him the American Society of International Law, an honorary member. His publications were regarded at the time as standard works in the field of international law, and are currently the most important contemporary sources on the state of international law in the late 19th and the early 20th century.

Works (selection)

• A Treatise on Private International Law, or the Conflict of Laws. Maxwell, London 1858
• Chapters on the Principles of International Law. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1894
• International Law, Part I: Peace. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1904
• International Law, Part II: War. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1907