Yorozu Oda

Yorozu Oda
織田 萬
Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice
In office
January 1922 – 6 December 1930
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMineichirō Adachi
Member of the House of Peers
In office
7 August 1931 – 26 May 1945
Nominated by the Emperor
Personal details
Born(1868-08-21)21 August 1868
Hizen Province, Japan
Died26 May 1945(1945-05-26) (aged 76)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Yorozu Oda (織田 萬, Oda Yorozu; 21 August 1868 – 26 May 1945) was a Japanese lawyer, academic and judge who served as one of the first Judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice. From 1899 to 1930 he served as a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University,[1] where he was an expert in ancient Chinese law and administrative law.[2] In 1921 he was appointed to the Permanent Court of International Justice, where he heard 30 cases, dissenting from the main judgment once.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Wolfrum (2002), p. 10
  2. ↑ Spiermann (2005), p. 139
  3. ↑ Wolfrum (2002), p. 11

Bibliography

  • Wolfrum, Rüdiger (2002). Liber amicorum Judge Shigeru Oda. Vol. 1. BRILL. ISBN 90-411-1797-0.
  • Spiermann, Ole (2005). International legal argument in the Permanent Court of International Justice: the rise of the international judiciary. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-83685-9.
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