Tobias Michael Carel Asser (1838-1913)

Awarded the Prize “for he was one of the founders of the Institut de droit international (1873) has been one of its most active influential members; Asser has above all been a practical legal statesman. As a pioneer in the field of international legal relations, he has earned a reputation as one of the leaders in modern jurisprudence.”

Dutch jurist. Asser was born on April 28, 1838 at Amsterdam, The Netherls. He studied law at the Athenaeum in Amsterdam, taking a doctor’s degree in 1860. He was a professor of commercial private international law at the University of Amsterdam from 1862 to 1893. He was also a founder of the Institute of International Law in 1873. Asser died on July 29, 1913 in The Hague.
Major Works:
Schets van het internationaal Privatrecht (1877); Schets van het Nederlsche Helsrecht (1904)