Albert Blaustein | |
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Born | October 12, 1921 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | August 21, 1994 Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 72)
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, legal advisor |
Albert Paul Blaustein (October 12, 1921 – August 21, 1994) was an American civil rights and human rights lawyer and constitutional consultant who helped draft the Fijian and Liberian constitutions, as well as being called in as a consultant for the constitutions of Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Peru. To a lesser extent, he was involved in the constitutions of Poland, South Africa, Hungary, Romania, Niger, Uganda and Trinidad and Tobago. He was the editor of the 20-volume encyclopaedia Constitutions of the Countries of the World.