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FREUND, Sir Otto Kahn-, 1900-1979, Professor of Legal Science


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 KAHN-FREUND

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: FREUND, Sir Otto Kahn-, 1900-1979, Professor of Legal Science

Date(s): [1940-1979]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 64 boxes

Name of creator(s): Freund | Sir | Otto Kahn- | 1900-1979 | Knight | Professor of Legal Science

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1900; educated at Goethe-Gymnasium, Frankfurt-am-Main, the University of Frankfurt, the University of Heidelberg, the University of Leipzig, and the University of London; Judge in German Courts, 1928-1933; Barrister-at-Law (Middle Temple), 1936-; Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, and Reader in Law, London School of Economics, 1935-1961; Professor of Law, LSE, 1951-1964; Honorary Bencher, Middle Temple, 1969; Professor of Comparative Law, University of Oxford, 1964-1971; Emeritus Fellow, Brasenose College, 1971; Arthur Goodhart Professor of Legal Science, and Professorial Fellow, Cambridge University, 1975-1976; Honorary Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1977; Co-editor, Modern Law Review; Hon. President, International Society for Labour Law and Social Legislation; Member, Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations, 1965-1968; died 1979. Publications: A source-book on French law (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1973); Comparative Law as an academic subject (Clarendon Press, London, 1965); Labour and the law (Stevens, London, 1972); Labour law: old traditions and new developments (Clarke, Irwin and Co, Toronto/Vancouver, 1968); editor of Labour relations and the law (Stevens and Sons, London, 1965); Matrimonial property: where do we go from here? (University of Birmingham, 1971); The growth of internationalism in English private international law (Magnes Press, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1960); The law of carriage by inland transport (Stevens and Sons, London, 1939); editor of The institutions of private law and their social functions (Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1949); Laws against strikes (Fabian Society, London, 1972); editor of Labour law and politics in the Weimar Republic (Blackwell, Oxford, 1981); Labour relations: heritage and adjustment (Oxford University Press, 1979).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sir Otto Kahn-Freund, [1940-1979], mainly relating to his work in the field of legal science, and comprising extensive working papers for publications and lectures, as well as correspondence with colleagues and friends.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, German

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Closed until listed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright retained by the donor and their heirs.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unlisted.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Given by the family in 1982.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives hold further material relating to Otto Kahn-Freund in the LSE Archives (Ref: Small LSE Deposits/12), and correspondence with Friedrich Mann, 1958-1978 (Ref: Coll Misc 0894).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Comparative law | Law
Legal systems | Law
Legal theory

Personal names
Freund | Sir | Otto | Kahn- | 1900-1979 | Knight | Professor of Legal Science x Kahn-Freund | Sir | Otto

Corporate names
LSE | London School of Economics and Political Science x London School of Economics and Political Science
University of Cambridge x Cambridge University
University of Oxford x Oxford University

Places