Heinrich Triepel (12 February 1868,

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– 23 November 1946 in Untergrainau) was a

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Life

From 1913, he was professor of law in

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. He took critical aim at legal positivism, which at the time was the dominant legal conception in the German-speaking world. He was member of

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. Main works: *''Das Interregnum''. 1892. * ''Die neuesten Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete des Kriegsrechts''. 1894. *''Völkerrecht und Landesrecht'', 1899 * ''Unitarismus und Föderalismus im Deutschen Reiche''. 1907. *''Die Zukunft des Völkerrechts'', 1916 * ''Die Reichsaufsicht''. Berlin 1917. * ''Die Freiheit der Meere und der künftige Friedensschluß''. Bern 1917. * ''Virtuelle Staatsangehörigkeit''. Berlin 1921. * ''Streitigkeiten zwischen Reich und Ländern''. Berlin 1923. * ''Völkerrecht''. (around 1924). * ''Les rapports entre le droit interne et le droit international''. 1925. * ''Der Föderalismus und die Revision der Weimarer Reichsverfassung''. (around 1925). * ''Staatsrecht und Politik''. Berlin 1926. * ''Die Staatsverfassung und die politischen Parteien''. Berlin 1928. * ''Wesen und Entwicklung der Staatsgerichtsbarkeit''. Berlin 1929. * ''Die Staatsverfassung und die politischen Parteien''. 1930. * ''Internationale Wasserläufe''. 1931. *''Die Hegemonie – Ein Buch von führenden Staaten'', 1938

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