ESIL Interest Group History of International Law

ESIL Interest Group History of International Law

Tuesday, 6 July 2021

ADVANCE ARTICLE: Miloš VEC, "A Luminous Trace. Commemorating the Frankfurt Lawyer and Historian of International Law Michael Stolleis (20 July 1941–18 March 2021)" (Journal of the History of International Law/Revue d'histoire du droit international) (OPEN ACCESS)

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First paragraph:

Perhaps it is not an inappropriate idea to have a profile of the late pioneer of global international legal history and emeritus editor of this journal, Michael Stolleis, begin in a Munich attic room. So let’s travel back a few decades, to Munich in the late 1960s, where Stolleis, a doctoral student and later post-doctoral lecturer, received crucial inspiration for his style of thinking.

Read further on the journal's website: DOI 10.1163/15718050-12340188

A German version is available here: DOI 10.1163/15718050-12340190