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Prosper Weil

1926 – 2018

French lawyer

Jurist Professeur des universitésUniversity teacher
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About Prosper Weil

Lived 1926 – 2018 (aged 92). Prosper Weil was a French jurist, professeur des universités, university teacher and legal counselor.

Prosper Weil (21 September 1926 – 3 October 2018 ), was a French lawyer, professor emeritus of Panthéon-Assas University's law school and, since 1999, a member of the Institut de France's Académie des sciences morales et politiques.

Life Weil was born in Strasbourg. His doctoral thesis, titled Les conséquences de l’annulation d’un acte administratif pour excès de pouvoir, earned him the prix de thèse de la Faculté de droit de Paris.

Prosper Weil came first in the competitive agrégation exam for public law in 1952. He co-wrote the textbook Les grands arrêts de la jurisprudence administrative, as well as many books and articles in public international law, especially in maritime law. He was also an international arbitrator and counselor for the International Court of Justice at the Hague.

In 1992, Weil was the French representative on the arbitration panel that decided the Canada–France Maritime Boundary Case; Weil wrote a dissent from the panel's decision in the case. He was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Institut de droit international, and was a member (1980–1999) and president (1989–1993) of the administrative tribunal of the World Bank.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Positions held
President, Director
Employers
Grenoble Alpes University, The Hague Academy of International Law, Panthéon-Assas University Paris
Awards
Manley-O.-Hudson medal; Grand Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles; Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Prosper Weil's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Prosper Weil?

French lawyer (1926–2018)

When was Prosper Weil born?

Prosper Weil was born on 21 September 1926 in Strasbourg.

When did Prosper Weil die?

Prosper Weil died on 3 October 2018 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

What was Prosper Weil's occupation?

Prosper Weil was a jurist, professeur des universités, university teacher and legal counselor.

What nationality was Prosper Weil?

Prosper Weil was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Prosper Weil

· Wikidata: Q1463198

· DBpedia: Prosper Weil

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