Wolfgang Friedmann
Wolfgang Gaston Friedmann (25 January 1907 – 20 September 1972) was a German American legal scholar. Specializing in international law, he was a faculty member at Columbia Law School.[1][2]
Wolfgang G. Friedmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1907 |
| Died | September 20, 1972 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | German American |
| Occupation | Legal scholar |
Biography
Born in Berlin, Friedmann finished his studies of law at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1930. Being Jewish, he immigrated to London in 1934, shortly after the Nazis' seizure of power in Germany. He obtained a University of London LLM, taught at University College London, became a British citizen in 1939 and served in the British Army during the Second World War.
He went as Professor to the University of Melbourne (1947-50) and then to the University of Toronto Law School (1950-55).
In 1955, he became a professor of international law at Columbia Law School, where he founded the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.[3] In 1972, he was robbed and stabbed to death in front of Public School 36 at Amsterdam Avenue between 122d and 123d Streets near Columbia's campus in Manhattan.[4] The Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award was established in his honor.[5][6]
References
- Hazard, John N.; Henkin, Louis; Lissitzyn, Oliver J. (1973). "In Memoriam: Wolfgang Gaston Friedmann 1907–1972". The American Journal of International Law. 67 (1): 102–103. ISSN 0002-9300.
- Panhuys, H. F. van (1973). "In Memoriam: Wolfgang Gaston Friedmann (1907–1972)". Netherlands International Law Review. 20 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1017/S0165070X00020830.
- "History". Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.
- "Professor Slain in Mugging Here". New York Times. 21 September 1972.
- "Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award". Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.
- Smothers, Ronald (23 September 1972). "Biaggi Scores Lack of Foot Patrolmen". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
Further reading
- Bell, John (2004). "Wolfgang Friedmann (1907–1972), with an Excursus on Gustav Radbruch (1878–1949)". In Beatson, Jack; Zimmermann, Reinhard (eds.). Jurists Uprooted: German-speaking Émigré Lawyers in Twentieth-century Britain. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 517–534. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270583.001.0001. ISBN 0-19-927058-9.
- Works by or about Wolfgang Friedmann at Internet Archive