Walther Adrian Schucking (1875 to 1935) was a German liberal politician and scholar of international law born in Munster, Prussia. He was the first German judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague, and earlier took part in an inquiry into the Balkan Wars of 1913 and 1914, represented Germany at the Paris Peace Conference after the First World War, and sat in the Weimar National Assembly and the Reichstag from 1919 to 1928. He argued for permanent international organizations and contributed to the development of the concept of peremptory norms in international law, and advised China's government in the 1920s on ending foreign extraterritoriality. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times between 1918 and 1934 and died in The Hague in 1935. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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How did Walther Schücking contribute to the law of peremptory norms?
His separate opinion in the Oscar Chinn Case contributed to the theory of peremptory norms.
While a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice, Schücking issued an important separate opinion on the Oscar Chinn Case. In that opinion he contributed to the theory of the peremptory norm in international law.
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Walther Adrian Schücking was a German liberal politician, professor of public international law and the first German judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague.
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Walther Adrian Schucking (1875 to 1935) was a German liberal politician and scholar of international law born in Munster, Prussia.
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Walther Adrian Schücking (6 January 1875-25 August 1935) was a German liberal politician, professor of public international law and the first German judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague.
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occupation/position claim resolves to: Judge and Politician
Wikidata Q74745, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1875
Wikidata Q74745, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1875-01-06
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P570 (date of death): 1935
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P570 (date of death): 1935-08-25
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P19 (place of birth): Münster
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P20 (place of death): The Hague
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