Jean Spiropoulos

Jean Spiropoulos , actually Ioannis Georgiou Spyropoulos ( Greek Ιωάννης Σπυρόπουλος , born  October 16, 1896 in Nafplio ; †  August 7, 1972 in Athens ), was a Greek lawyer . He worked as a professor of international law at the Universities of Thessaloniki and Athens and from 1958 to 1967 as a judge at the International Court of Justice .

Life

Jean Spiropoulos was born in Nafplio in 1896 and completed his school education in Hamburg , Zurich , Lausanne and Lugano . He then studied from 1917 to 1920 at the University of Zurich and from 1921 at the University of Leipzig , where he completed his studies in 1922 with a doctorate on airspace as part of the national territory . In the same year he became an assistant at the Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel , where he acted as section head from 1925 and became a private lecturer two years later .

In 1928 he changed to a professorship for international law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , from 1939 to 1958 he taught at the University of Athens . In 1929 he also taught at the Hague Academy for International Law . From 1949 to 1957 he was a member of the United Nations International Law Commission . He then worked as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague from 1958 to 1967 , having previously worked as an ad hoc judge there in one case. He died in Athens in 1972 .

Legal philosophical views

Due to his training, Jean Spiropoulos was influenced by the German-Austrian school of thought in international law, which emphasized the importance of legal positivist principles . Nonetheless, he rejected orthodox legal positivism. Rather, he derived certain principles from the practice of state action, which he placed as general legal principles alongside international treaty law and customary international law .

Awards

Jean Spiropoulos was a member of the Institut de Droit international from 1950 and from 1955 also belonged to the Academy of Athens .

Works (selection)

• Expulsion and internment of enemy nationals. Leipzig 1922
• The de facto government in international law. Kiel 1926
• The general principles of law in international law. Kiel 1928
• Théorie générale du droit international. Paris 1930
• Traité théorique et pratique du droit international public. Paris 1933

literature

• Jean Spiropoulos. In: Arthur Eyffinger, Arthur Witteveen, Mohammed Bedjaoui : La Cour internationale de Justice 1946–1996. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague and London 1999, ISBN 9-04-110468-2 , p. 328
• Manfred Lachs : The Teacher in International Law: Teachings and Teaching. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague 1982, ISBN 90-247-2566-6 , p. 115
• Notice biographique. Jean Spiropoulos. In: Recueil des cours (Académie de droit international). Volume 30. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Den Haag 1929, p. 193
• Pan. J. Zepos : Jean Spiropoulos (1896–1972). In: Revue hellénique de droit international. 25/1972. Institut hellénique de droit international et étranger, p. 1/2
• Dimitri Constantopoulos: Jean Spiropoulos, sa vie et son oeuvre. In: Revue hellénique de droit international. 25/1972. Institut hellénique de droit international et étranger, pp. 3–8

Web links

• Literature by and about Jean Spiropoulos in the catalog of the German National Library