John Westlake

John Westlake (1828-1913) was an English law scholar, born at Lostwithiel, Cornwall. He graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1850, was fellow of the college in 1851-60, was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1854, and became a bencher of the Inn in 1874. In 1885 he was elected to Parliament as Liberal member for the Romford Division of Essex, from 1888 to 1908 was professor of international law in the University of Cambridge, and in 1900-06 was a member for Great Britain of the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague.

In 1864 he married Alice Hare (1842-1923), artist and key supporter of the women's suffrage movement.

Works

His works, of the highest importance in their field, include:
* "A Treatise on Private International Law" (1858; second edition, rewritten, 1880; fifth edition, 1912)
* "Chapters on the Principles of International Law" (1894)
* "International Law" (two volumes, 1904-07; second edition, 1910-13)

His "Collected Papers on Public International Law" were edited by L. Oppenheim in 1914.

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