Review Essay

Between the 'Public' and the 'Private'

Abstract

This review essay seeks to understand the link between Hersch Lauterpacht’s biography and his scholarship by using the dichotomy of the ‘private’/’public’ divide. It argues that this dichotomy is a repeated motif in Hersch’s life and work, and hence also in this biography. In the concluding section, the review shifts to discuss how this dichotomy is reflected in Elihu Lauterpacht’s writing.

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