Bernard Loder

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Bernard Cornelis Johannes Loder (born  September 13, 1849 in Amsterdam , †  November 4, 1935 in The Hague ) was a Dutch lawyer . He was a member of the High Council of the Netherlands from 1908 to 1921 and served as a judge at the Permanent International Court of Justice from 1921 to 1930 , including from 1921 to 1924 as the first president in the history of the court.

Life

Bust of Bernard Loder in the Peace Palace in The Hague

Bernard Loder was born in Amsterdam in 1849 and studied law at the Athenaeum Illustre , the forerunner of the University of Amsterdam . In 1873 he received his doctorate from the University of Leiden . In the following, he was mainly interested in international law and in particular the area of maritime law . In 1897 he was one of the founders of the Comité Maritime International , whose tasks were later partially taken over by the International Maritime Organization . In 1905, 1909, 1910 and 1923 he represented the Netherlands at international conferences on the law of the sea, and was also one of the delegates from his home country to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 .

From 1908 to 1921 he was a member of the High Council of the Netherlands , the highest ordinary court in the country. After he was a member of the committee that worked out the statute of the Permanent International Court of Justice (StIGH) in 1920 , he became its first president from 1921 to 1924 after the founding of the StIGH. He then remained as a judge at the court until 1930 . From 1921 he was a member of the Institut de Droit international and four years later President of the 33rd meeting of the institute, which took place in The Hague .

Bernard Loder was married from 1877 and had two daughters. He died in The Hague in 1935.

literature

  • Biography of the youth. M. B. C. J. Loder, ancien President. In: Rapport Annuel de la Cour Permanente de Justice International (1 he  janvier 1922 to 15 juin 1925). Société d'éditions AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1925, pp. 12/13
  • Howard N. Meyer: The World Court in Action: Judging Among the Nations. Rowman & Littlefield, New York 2001, ISBN 0-7425-0924-9 , pp. 205/206
  • Peter Macalister-Smith: Bio-Bibliographical Key to the Membership of the Institut de Droit International, 1873-2001. In: Journal of the History of International Law. 5 (1) / 2003. Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 77-159, ISSN  1388-199X
personal data
SURNAME Loder, Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loder, Bernard Cornelis Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer and first President of the Permanent International Court of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 1935
Place of death The hague