Henri-Léon Lévy-Ullmann (1870 – 1947) was a French legal scholar who specialized in comparative law. He was Professor of Civil Law, then Professor of Comparative Law, at the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

, as well as the co-founder of the

Paris Institute of Comparative Law The Paris Institute of Comparative Law ( French: ''Institut de droit comparé de Paris'', commonly referred to as "IDC") is a public institution of research and higher education which was founded in 1931 by Henri Capitant and Henri Lévy-Ullmann. ...

. During the Interwar period, Lévy-Ullmann worked on the creation of a universally valid "world law of the 20th century", based on studies in comparative jurisprudence.

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{{reflist 1870 births 1947 deaths French legal scholars Academic staff of the University of Paris Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy