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Oppenheim\'s International Law
A classic twentieth-century English-language work which is described by its current editors as a ‘practitioner\'s book’. Lassa Oppenheim (1858-1919) was of German origin, but came to Britain towards the end of the century and was appointed a professor at Cambridge in 1908. He wrote the Introduction to the first edition of Satow\'s Guide to Diplomatic Practice. ‘Oppenheim’, as it became known, first appeared during the period 1905-6, and over the next 50 years, latterly revised by other hands, went through a number of editions – eight for Volume I on Peace and seven for Volume II on War. Hersch Lauterpacht had prepared the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th editions and was working on the 9th when he died in 1960. After an interval of almost 40 years since its last revision, Volume I appeared in a 9th edition in 1992, edited by Judge Sir Robert Jennings and Sir Arthur Watts. |
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