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Tobias Asser
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Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913)
Tobias Asser was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar who lived from 1838 to 1913 and made important contributions to international law during a time when the field was developing rapidly. His work helped establish legal frameworks for resolving disputes between nations and advancing humanitarian standards in international relations.
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- Works
- 7
Top works
- [Review of] J. de Louter. Het stellig volkenrecht, 1910
- Elemente de drept international privat saŭ conflictul legilor
- La session parlementaire des Pays-Bas, 1868-1869, au point de vue droit international
- Eléments de droit international privé ou du conflit des lois
- Internationale Privatrecht
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Peace Prize1911
“for his role as co-founder of the Institut de droit international, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (Conférences de Droit international privé) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tobias
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Place of death
- The Hague
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Amsterdam
- Employer
- Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Native language
- Dutch
- Field of work
- law
- Image
- TMCasser.jpg
- Work location
- Amsterdam
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- Tobias Asser
- date of birth
- 1838-04-28
- date of death
- 1913-06-29
- member of
- Romanian Academy
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- Commons gallery
- Tobias Asser
- nominated for
- 2010 Nobel Peace Prize
- name in native language
- Tobias Michael Carel Asser
- place of burial
- Oud Eik en Duinen
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Encyclopedic overview
Tobias Michael Carel Asser ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtoːbijɑs miˈɕɛl ˈkaːrəl ˈɑsər]; 28 April 1838 – 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899 and for his achievements in establishing the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
Life
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