Robert Poplawski (born 12 July 1886 in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

, died 8 August 1953) was a

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

and a

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at the law faculty in Bordeaux (dean from 1949 till death). His speciality was penal law, but he also studied and published in the field of the pharmaceutical law. He published a pharmaceutical law treaty written with his colleagues Frank Coustou and Jean-Marie Auby. Robert Poplawski has been chosen in 1946 to direct with Dean Henri Vizioz the law institute in Pau with tuitions given by professors from the law faculty of

. This institute has given birth thereafter to the law faculty at the

University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour The University of Pau and the Adour Region ( French: ''L'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour'', often known by the initialism ''UPPA'') is a multi-site, public university located in southwestern France. Founded in 1972, it is based in Pau (' ...

and was lodged in Villa Lawrence in Pau town centre.

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La faculté de droit de Bordeaux 1870-1970 By Marc Malherbe on Google book
(French) 20th-century French lawyers Academic staff of the University of Bordeaux 1953 deaths 1886 births {{France-academic-bio-stub