Willem van Eysinga

Willem van Eysinga (1907)

Jonkheer Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga (born  January 31, 1878 in Noordwijkerhout , †  January 24, 1961 in Leiden ) was a Dutch lawyer and diplomat . He worked from 1908 to 1912 as a professor of public law at the University of Groningen and then as a professor of international law at the University of Leiden . From 1931 to 1946 he served as a judge at the Permanent International Court of Justice .

Life

Willem van Eysinga was born in Noordwijkerhout in 1878 as the son of Junkers Tjalling Aedo Johan van Eysinga (born April 2, 1846 in Leeuwarden; † January 11, 1898 in The Hague) and his wife Henriette Jacoba Johanna Kluit (born January 30, 1852 in Leiden; † May 3, 1931 in The Hague). After attending grammar school, he studied law and political science at the University of Leiden , where he completed his doctoral examination in law in 1900 and obtained a doctorate in political science six years later . From 1902 to 1908 he worked for the Dutch Foreign Ministry, during which time he represented his home country during the second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 . He then became a professor of public law at the University of Groningen in 1908 , where he stayed until 1912. In the same year he switched to a professorship for international law at the University of Leiden, where he also served as rector in 1928/1929 .

After the end of the First World War , he was a member of the Dutch delegations to the meetings of the Assembly of the League of Nations from 1920 . In addition, from 1926 he was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and several arbitration commissions for the settlement of international conflicts. In addition to teaching the then Princess of the Netherlands in constitutional and international law, he also taught as a lecturer at the Hague Academy for International Law in 1923 and 1927 . On September 25, 1930 he was elected judge at the Permanent International Court of Justice , his term of office began in early 1931. Since the judges' elections, which were scheduled for 1939, were not held due to the beginning of World War II , he remained formally until the court was dissolved in office after the end of the war, although the court's activities ceased in 1942.

The works of Willem van Eysinga include a biography of the legal scholar Hugo Grotius , who is considered one of the co-founders of natural law and international law, as well as a treatise on the history of international law in the Netherlands. He died in Leiden in 1961.

Awards

Willem van Eysinga was a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and was also made an honorary member of the American Society for International Law in 1933. He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau , was commander of the Order of the Dutch Lion , commander of the Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown , second class knight of the Prussian Red Eagle Order , commander of the Bulgarian Order of St. Alexander , second class knight of the Russian St. Anna Order and Commander of the House Order of Orange .

family

Van Eysinga married on June 30, 1908 in The Hague with the baron Coralie Leopoldine van Hogendorp (born June 17, 1885 in The Hague; † October 29, 1959 in Leiden), the daughter of Baron Dirk van Hogendorp (born September 18 1849 in The Hague; † May 19, 1925 ibid.). There are children from the marriage. We know of these:

• Tjalling Aedo Johan van Eysinga (* August 7, 1914, † July 2, 2002 in Lochem) m. Wilhelmine Aletta Rensina Horst (1917 - June 13, 2010)
• Dirk van Eysinga (born November 7, 1916 in Leiden; † August 17, 1980 in Donoratico / Italy) married on January 28, 1948 in Brussels to Annetta Guglielmina Silvia Maria Alagia della Torre di Lavagna (born October 12, 1901 in Rivarolo Canavese / Italy; † December 27, 1982 in Lugano / Switzerland)
• Henriette Jacoba van Eysinga (* March 7, 1920 in Leiden; † February 2, 2007 in The Hague) married on September 28, 1946 in Leiden with Gerard Marius Leonard Kam (* April 16, 1919 in The Hague; † October 21, 2003 ibid.)
• Ephraima Coralie Lucipara van Eysinga (* May 7, 1909 in Groningen; † July 30, 1909 ibid.)
• Cornelis (Cees) van Eysinga (born November 14, 1923 in Leiden) married. Maria Clara Electa Walburga barones van Harinxma thoe Slooten (born August 29, 1927 in Amsterdam, † February 26, 2015 in Oudemirdum)

Works (selection)

• Proeve eener inleiding tot het Nederlandsen tractate law. Leiden 1906
• Ontwikkeling en inhoud der Nederlandsche traktaten (sedert 1813). The Hague 1916
• Rijndocumenten: Verzameling van internationale gemeenschappelijke Regelingen, national uitvoeringsverordeningen en other important documents concerning the Rijnvaart sedert 1803. The Hague 1918
• Evolution du droit fluvial international du Congrès de Vienne au Traité de Versailles, 1815-1919. Leiden 1919
• La guerre chimique et le mouvement pour sa ré pression. Series: Recueil des Cours de l'Academie de la Haye. Volume 16. The Hague 1927
• La Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin: Historique. Leiden 1935; German edition: The Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine: Historical presentation. Leiden 1936
• Huigh de Groot. Een schets. Haarlem 1945; German edition: Hugo Grotius: A biographical sketch. Basel 1952
• Geschiedenis van de Nederlandsche wetenschap van het volkenrecht. Amsterdam 1950

literature

• Biographical Notes concerning the Judges and Deputy-Judges. Jonkheer W.J.M. van Eysinga, Judge. In: Seventh Annual Report of the Permanent Court of International Justice. AW Sijthoff's Publishing, Leiden 1931, pp. 35/36
• Eysinga, yr. Willem Jan Mari van. In: Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen. Elsevier, Amsterdam and Brussels 1966, Volume 7, p. 375
• CG Roelofsen: Eysinga, yr. Willem Jan Mari van (1878–1961). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. The Hague, 1989, Volume 3 ( online )
• JHW Verzijl: Levensbericht WJM van Eysinga. In: Jaarboek of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 1960–1961. Amsterdam, pp. 302–309 ( Online PDF )
• Henriette LT De Beaufort: Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga (Noordwijkerhout, 31 januari 1878 - Leiden, 24 januari 1961). In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij from the Nederlandse Letterkunde te Leiden, 1961–1962. EJ Brill, Leiden 1962, pp. 78-88 ( online )
• Ontroerende Herdenking Persoon en Arbeid van Prof. van Eysinga. In: Leidsch Dagblad. Edition of February 3, 1961, p. 3 ( online )
• Prof. v. Eysinga Overleden op 82-year-old Leeftijd. In: Leidsch Dagblad. Edition of January 26, 1961, p. 3 ( online )
• Prof. van Eysinga Overleden. Groot leererde op gebied van internationaal right. In: Nieuwe Leidsche Courant. Edition of January 26, 1961, p. 3 ( online )
• How is dat. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1931, p. 74

Web links

• Eysinga in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• Eysinga in the professorial catalog of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
• Eysinga at the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)
• Eysinga entry at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)