L. F. L. Oppenheim

Lassa Francis Lawrence Oppenheim
Born(1858-03-30)30 March 1858
Windecken, Electorate of Hesse
Died19 October 1919(1919-10-19) (aged 61)
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1900 until death
EmployerUniversity of Cambridge
Known forWork in 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 jurist. He has been characterized as the father of the modern discipline of international law, especially the hard legal positivist school of thought. His two-volume International Law: A Treatise has influenced international law.[1] He inspired Joseph Raz and Prosper Weil.

  1. ^ Janis, Mark W. (1996). Oppenheim, Lassa; Jennings, Robert; Watts, Arthur (eds.). "The New Oppenheim and Its Theory of International Law". Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 16 (2): 329–336. ISSN 0143-6503.