Paul Fauchille

Paul Auguste Joseph Fauchille (11 February 1858 – 9 February 1926) was a French lawyer and scholar, best remembered as a pioneer of air law.[1][2] He was born in Loos, France, and studied law in Douai and at the University of Paris.[3] An advocate at the Court of Appeals, a law professor and Member of the Institut de Droit International he promoted with his mentor Louis Renault the new interest in international law. He had been a co–founder and editor of the Revue Generale de Droit International Public (1894) and co–founder of the Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI 1921) .[4] His magnum opus became the four volume Traite de Droit international public 1921–26 which encompassed 4600 pages being still in print.

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References

  1. ^ Johnson, David H. N. (1965). Rights in Air Space. Manchester University Press. p. 12.
  2. ^ Adey, Peter (2010). Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects. John Wiley & Sons. p. 70. ISBN 9781444391343.
  3. ^ Scott, James Brown (April 1926). "In Memoriam: Paul Fauchille". The American Journal of International Law: 335–337. doi:10.1017/S0002930000177668.
  4. ^ Pluralism and the Idea of the Republic in France. Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. p. 217. ISBN 9780230272095.


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